In the blink of an eye, Charles' life had stopped and started. He had lost his godfather, his best friend, Jules Bianchi but in that moment, he gained something greater, Y/N. Jules' daughter. The daughter he never had the chance to meet. Camille had named him Y/N's godfather and so when Camille fell into depression and hardship, Charles had to rise to the challenge and become the father figure that Y/N would need in her life. The weeks and months following his death were difficult but together the two of you got through them and on the 2nd anniversary of his death, Y/N said her first world; Charles. It was the exact kind of medicine he needed to persevere through the dark times.
As his last living memory of Jules, Charles adored you and was extremely protective over you to the extent that the media hadn't seen you since Jules funeral. It was for this reason that Charles was nervous to introduce Charlotte to you even though he had full faith that you's would get on like a house on fire.
It was decided that Charlotte would pop round after visiting the library to finally meet you and so it was no surprise when a knock came from the door. Charles opened it and guided Charlotte into the open plan kitchen/living room to meet you. "Y/N, princesse this is Charlotte." Charles introduced, "She's my girlfriend." You had just turned four, so it wasn't too hard to comprehend.
"Girlfwend?" You asked, Charles nodded and moved forward to pick you up. You were growing each day and he knew that soon you wouldn't want to be picked up all the time regardless of how much you generally liked it. Charlotte moved forward and introduced herself to you while she rubbed your back. As you were set back down, you grabbed Charlotte's fingers and dragged her to your room where you kept your doll house. "Play?" You asked holding out some dolls. Charlotte nodded and the two of sat down for a day of playing dollhouse.
Originally, Charlotte was weary of becoming the primary female figure in your life but that was soon thrown out the window after a couple of months of being around each other constantly and Charlotte became someone very important to both you and Charles. She was everything that Charles wanted in not only a girlfriend but a motherly figure for Y/N; she babysat you when Charles had to train and even some weekends when you couldn't go to the races as you tended to only go to the European ones due to travel, she played with you and did everything that a mother would do. You use to be jealous of the other children in nursery as they all had mums and dads but now you had Charlotte and Charles, and they were the next best thing – that much you were sure of.
Quarantine was tough on everyone. It had severely disrupted your sleep schedule to the point that when you did get to sleep, Charlotte ensured that the apartment was quiet so that you'd stay asleep. However, try telling that logic to a 22 year old streaming simulator races with his friends. Every time Charlotte told Charles to quieten down it seemed he just got louder. Charlotte tried to tell him he'd wake Y/N up and for about 5 minutes he'd be quiet but then something would happen in the race and his screams would echo through the apartment. After the 5th time of telling him to be quiet you heard the soft patter of feet entering the living space. With a sigh, you glanced up to see Y/N. She had her teddy in one hand and with the other she was rubbing her eyes. Charlotte eyed Charles but it seemed that his concentration on the race hadn't wavered and he was yet to notice Y/N.
Charlotte stood up; laptop, university work and paperwork thrown aside, and picked you up onto her hip as she weaved through the apartment into Charles' bedroom that they shared when she stayed over. Setting you down on the bed, you shuffled into the centre and Charlotte lay on her side beside you. You snuggled into her chest and it wasn't long before you drifted off into a peaceful slumber.
Meanwhile, Charles was still going strong in the kitchen/living room when he noticed that Charlotte was no longer beside him. 'Did she go to bed without me?' he wondered. He checked the time, eyes wide in shock that it was past midnight. "Boys, I'm going to have to go. Past midnight here." Alex, George and Lando, who you'd been streaming with, said goodbye. He ended his stream and stretched. It had been an enjoyable night – not the same as real racing but it would do until he could get back on the track. He turned the simulator off and quietly walked back to his room. He had to stop and stare at the scene he found; Charlotte and Y/N cuddled together, fast asleep. Silently, Charles took his phone from his pocket and snapped a picture for his Instagram story. Yawning, Charles changed into his pyjamas and lay beside Y/N, wrapping his arm around the two most important girls in his life.
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As university is over, I have plenty of (maybe too much) time on my hands. I finished Uni on the 13th March due to COVID-19 and I'm not back until the 21st September. So 6 month summer for me. Also all my uni exams and assignments have been cancelled so I literally have nothing to do!
How's Quarantine working out for you all? Hope it doesn't last all summer, I have a holiday booked to Spain with my friends and if that gets cancelled I might cry!
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