#pierre/charles
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a little while ago, i got this ask asking me if i could make some sort of introduction to the pierre/charles ship and all its lore. and since they are, without question, my f1 rpf OTP, my answer was oh my god yes of course. it's taken me a little while to compile all that lore - because boy, is there a lot - but it's been one of the happiest research projects of my life, without question. and i think it's finally ready to go!! so, with no further ado...
ABOUT PIARLES: a (not-so-brief) introduction to f1 rpf's french friends to lovers ship
so the first thing you need to know about piarles is that they're childhood best friends. not that uncommon in a sport like f1, to be fair - most of the drivers grew up together, racing against each other in karting. but pierre and charles are a little different in that they aren't just karting acquaintances: the two of them (and their entire families) are genuinely good friends.
in fact, if you ask either pierre or charles about the other (and interviewers often do) one of the first things they'll probably say is "we've known each other for a long time," quickly followed by "we used to go on holiday together when we were kids." and they ALWAYS say this with the fondest expressions 🥰 even if you take shipping completely out of the equation, it's clear that these two have a very long-standing and very close friendship, with many fond memories which both of them seem to treasure very much.
in charles' own words:
"Pierre! We know each other since... a long, long time. We used to go on holidays together when we were children with our parents, and uh... we did quite a bit of mess together when we were children, but (laughs) very good memories. And the relationship never really changed throughout the years, even though we have taken different paths, because he was a bit older, so we weren't always in the same categories. But we would always call each other, text each other, go on holidays together... and yeah, I just have so many memories." (source - watch from timestamp 2:06)
pierre tells a very similar story:
"He's definitely one of my best friends. Charles is a very nice person and an incredible driver. We met when we were 9 years old and created a very strong bond. Our parents are very close, and we went on vacations from when we were 10, so we created lots of memories. We were teammates in karting when we were 12, and today we find ourselves in Formula 1. It's a pretty incredible story. But for me the most important part is to see the person he's become, and he hasn't changed since he was young." (source)
i think it's important to note that these aren't the only times pierre and charles have spoken about each other in glowing terms like this - no, it happens quite frequently. pretty much every time they're asked about each other, tbh. (i'm not going to add quotes from every single time here, though, because we would be here for the rest of the month if i tried. 😅) the point is, piarles are pretty damn close, and think very highly of each other.
but it's not just them that are close: like i mentioned in the first paragraphs of this post, their families are close, too. they really are childhood friends in that "your family is practically my second family" sense, which i think is something really special.
here, for example, is pierre's father jean-jacques talking about charles:
Charles is part of the family. We've known him since he was nine and when he started in karting with Pierre. (...) When the races were in England Charles was sleeping at our place, and when the races were in Italy, Pierre was sleeping at Charles's place. Then Pierre moved to F4. I don't think there have ever been a big rivalry between them even though their careers were similar. Charles is part of the family probably even more since Hervé passed away. Our door will always be open for him and he knows.” (source)
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what's more, charles has also said numerous times that it's hard to maintain true friendships in f1 - but his bond with pierre is one of those rare exceptions:
It’s rare I think, it’s very rare to have a sincere friendship in F1, because there’s a lot of competition. So yes there’s friendship, but it’s not always entirely sincere - but with Pierre it really is, and it has always been. (source)
they're friends. they really are friends, not just friendly coworkers, like many of the other f1 drivers are. pierre and charles genuinely like and appreciate each other's company very much - which, even if you put shipping completely aside, is just such a wonderful thing, and always makes me smile so much.
one of my personal favourite moments was when pierre talked about charles on the beyond the grid podcast in 2023:
"That's why I really like these chats that I can have with Charles, because I know with Charles, discussing about both our lives, we won't judge each other... because we know what it's like and we just speak very openly about various things. And I know it's almost like a happy place or a comfortable place where you really feel you can open up. He'll understand, I'll understand him..." (source - listen from timestamp 32:01)
if that doesn't make your heart melt at least a little bit, then i don't know what to say to you.
... no, actually, i do. if this kind of sentimentality won't do it for you, how about a bit of silliness and humour?
that's right. like any good childhood friends, pierre and charles also have an embarrassing nickname for each other: "calamar," which is french for "squid." (we know that they call each other that courtesy of charles' insta).
what on earth is the origin of this nickname, you may be wondering? well, according to pierre...
"It goes back to a long time ago when we were kids, like... nine, ten years old. We would go on holidays together and spend more time. I don't know. It just came, like one day we decided to call each other calamar, which is not really such a beautiful nickname, but yeah it was just for fun. We were kids and we were laughing. And actually, we have many other nicknames because we were teammates also in karting and we spent a lot, a lot of time together. So, a lot of nicknames came alongside all this time. And this kind of stayed with us." (source)
as pierre said in this quote, "calamar" is not even the only nickname they have - pierre sometimes calls charles "charlito" and also "charlo," while charles calls pierre "mon petit."
and as if that's not enough, they're also that pair of boyfriends friends who always have to bring each other up in conversation. if there's ever an interview question along the lines of "which f1 driver would you...." then you can pretty much bet pierre will answer "charles," and charles will answer "pierre."
for example, here is pierre choosing charles as the one f1 driver he'd take for a drink. and here is charles naming pierre as his best friend in the paddock. oh, and here is pierre saying he'd choose charles as one driver to take with him to a desert island. there's more, but i think you get the idea 😆❤️
so yeah! that's a quick(ish) overview of the background/context of piarles - AKA the french (yes, i know charles is monégasque, but he SPEAKS french) friends/boyfriends on the grid.
(if you'd like to know more details about their friendship, especially about their pre-f1 years, then i recommend this post and its follow-up compiled by the incredible @vegasgrandprix. these posts really are a treasure trove for piarles history & lore!)
but now that i've painted a pretty clear picture of their friendship, let's move on to some more shippy moments, shall we? the "lovers" part of friends to lovers <3333
believe it or not, eveything up till now was just the background information about piarles. it's more than enough to build an OTP on already, i'd say - but wait, there's more!
the thing with pierre and charles is that along with being friends, they are also french (or....french-adjacent. close enough) which means that they have absolutely zero problem with being very openly affectionate with each other.
this has given us some very delicious shipping moments, which i will now try and give an overview of. (my fellow piarlies: if i've left out one of your favourite moments, please forgive me - they have so many moments with each other, and tumblr has a post character limit, so there was just no way for me to include everything, much as i wanted to. but i do think this is a good introduction!)
let's start with perhaps the most iconic piarles moment of them all: monza 2020, aka pierre gasly's first win in f1.
that was a crazy, wonderful day in so many ways - first of all, the race itself was insane. pierre started 10th on the grid, and with a lot of luck + a safety car that really worked out for him, ended up leading the race and defended from carlos sainz with DRS to get his maiden win. this was almost exactly a year after he'd been dropped from red bull, so the win was pretty much the biggest fuck-you to everyone @ RBR and comeback moment for pierre that was possible. it was also a dream come true (every f1 driver dreams about winning a race!) and you only need to look at any interview pierre did afterwards to see how much it meant to him.
what makes it even more insane, though, is that charles was right there to congratulate him and watch his podium. keep in mind that, in the same race, charles crashed out - both ferraris did, in monza of all places. i don't think anyone would've been surprised, or held it against him at all, if charles just kept his head down for the rest of that day.
but no. even though he wasn't medically cleared after the crash yet (!!) charles went to parc fermé anyway to congratulate pierre. remember that thing i said about them being french and very open with affection? well:
here are some pictures of the monza piarles congratulations hug. (am i the only one who thinks it looks like charles wants to kiss pierre in that second pic?! god....) here and here are some more angles of the hug to go insane over, if you like.
you can also watch it in video format here - and yes, charles really did pull pierre out of his hug with romain so that he could congratulate him himself. i know. (also, yes, pierre does pat charles' ass just before they go their separate ways. what can i say? french.)
as if that's not already insane enough, charles also stayed to watch pierre's podium despite not being medically cleared yet after his crash. (we have to thank netflix FOREVER for providing us with that specific behind-the-scenes shot 🙏 drive to survive - you did well that time, you really did.)
and afterwards, charles said:
It was just a dream for one of us to get into F1 one day. In the end we’re both in F1, we’ve both won a GP, both of us in Monza. (...) I was really happy that day, even if my race went wrong, his win made it a good day. (source)
your honour. who says that about another driver's win, especially on a day where you yourself had an awful race? if that's not love in a sport like f1, i don't know what is!
i really could talk about monza 2020 and how much it means for a very long time, but i will rein myself in to just one final comment: isn't it rather beautiful to think that pierre & charles' names will always be next to each other in the monza winners list? charles won there in 2019, and then pierre won there in 2020. talk about soulmatism ❤️💙
now, moving on to another absolutely iconic (and delightfully gay) piarles moment: baku 2021, aka that time pierre and charles had an awesome last-lap battle for the P3 podium spot.
it was very close racing, with them swapping positions several times down the straight - but they kept it clean. in fact, they kept it so clean that someone remarked it's like they know each other by heart. yup. totally a normal thing to say about two men racing.
equally normal was charles' comments after the race:
"The last lap was my favourite part of the race. It was crazy and had a lot of actions. With Pierre it was hot. I'm happy for him for his podium." (source)
and as if that's not enough, he also GRABBED pierre into a hug in parc fermé, and then held him incredibly close while congratulating him.
you can watch this hug in video format here and gif format here, if you want - and i really recommend doing so, because it's insane to see how charles quite literally crashes into pierre's personal space and yanks him into a hug. (here is a close-up of their helmets during said hug - and you can just say it with me. GAY.)
that's still not all, though: charles congratulated pierre twice after the race. once on the outlap (with a thumbs-up and a middle finger as pierre's car drove past his, LMAO) and then on social media as well (with a nickname and a kiss emoji).
he ALSO commented on pierre's instagram post about the race with another kiss emoji:
so, apparently, charles was thinking about kissing pierre quite a lot in baku 2021. 🤭 an iconic day all around!
and as it happens, 2021 brought us another iconic piarles moment - though this one is a whole less happy. i'm talking about styria 2021, aka that time pierre and charles had contact in a race, and pierre had to retire from that grand prix.
here is the official f1 news article about the incident - the long and the short of it is that charles misjudged on lap 1 and crashed into the side of pierre's car, ending pierre's race. naturally, pierre was furious and upset, especially because the alphatauri was actually a good car in 2021, and he'd stood to score really good points that sunday.
now, for most f1 girlies, an incident like this between childhood friends immediately brings up vivid brocedes flashbacks. and, to be honest, it wouldn't have been that much of a surprise if this had indeed soured pierre and charles' friendship - we saw exactly this happen with pierre and esteban, after all.
but no. charles went to see pierre post-race to clear the air between them, and although pierre was furious with him, he didn't let it ruin their friendship. in fact, when he was asked how the incident affected their friendship, pierre had the following to say:
"Yeah... I was really sad to end 15 years of friendship. He is no more my friend (laughs). No, no, it's... honestly, it was really painful, you know, you work so hard the whole weekend for Sunday to score points, and then after literally like 20 seconds, the whole race was over. So, quite a difficult one to swallow, but, you know, we know each other, with Charles, we have a lot of respect for each other. He came to see me after the race - I was still pretty pissed off with him, but, uh, we knew before last Sunday, nothing ever happened between us on the race-track, and we knew one day it would happen. Unfortunately I paid the price more than him, but yeah, it's racing, unfortunately. (...) It's painful, it's racing, it happens sometimes - I just told him to make sure it doesn't happen another time, and... we're fine." (source - watch from 17:01)
i think that styria 2021 is vital piarles lore not because it's a fun shippy moment, but rather because it shows the strength of their connection. an incident like this could easily have destroyed their friendship, but they didn't let it. they mean enough to each other that they let what happens on-track stay on-track and not affect their closeness off-track. and that, i think, is something truly special - they were tested in a way which has destroyed f1 friendships before, and yet they still came out stronger.
iconic indeed.
on a happier note again, now, there is also montreal 2022, which many piarles fans consider one of THE seminal piarles moments. the race itself was not so memorable for our boys this time, but what they did off-track is.
that is to say: pierre and charles went on a dinner date. then, they were spotted driving around the streets of montreal in a white ferrari. and THEN, as if that's not mind-blowing enough already... charles posted, to his public instagram story, a video of pierre wearing his charles-leclerc-16 branded ferrari hat.
these screenshots are peanut quality, i'm sorry, lmao... but all of montreal 2022 feels a bit like a fever dream in the best way, so i think the blurriness just captures the vibes, tbh.
we're not quite done with montreal 2022 yet, though - earlier on the same day, charles also had a very sweet hello with pierre's parents. you can just SEE how much pierre's parents love charles, and isn't that just the most heartwarming thing 😭❤️
now, one final thing about montreal 2022: pierre never posted his infamous photo dump after that race. that might not seem particularly important, but... this is the only race of 2022 for which pierre DIDN'T post a photo dump.
there are a thousand and one theories about why he didn't - maybe he just forgot, maybe he had a busy weekend, maybe he didn't have any photos he wanted to share. or, in a more shippy interpretation... maybe he does have photos, especially photos of charles, but he doesn't want to share them/wants to keep them all to himself. we don't know!
one lucky piarlie got to meet pierre in london in 2022 at an alphatauri event, and actually asked him about the montreal photo dump thing. here is what he said (courtesy of the lovely @they-call-it-traffic 💞)
the descriptions there... you can just picture pierre's expressions & smirks SO perfectly, right? he is insane. they are insane. #investigatemontreal !!
anyways. moving on one year again: 2023 brought us pierre and charles' basketball date:
as well as two tennis dates:
(i call them "dates" because pierre and charles spent a significant time together during them, hanging out & enjoying each other's company and looking at each other with major heart-eyes. obviously, irl, they aren't officially dates - in fact, both pierre and charles had their irl girlfriends along with them when they attended wimbledon. but who cares too much about irl -- this is a rpf post 😉)
i'm not going to spend too long explaining the lore behind these, because i'm already flirting with the tumblr post character limit 🙈 but basically, what happened is that on all 3 these occasions, pierre and charles chose to hang out together at events completely unrelated to f1, simply because they are friends and like each other's company. (that, to me, is always a measure of how much f1 drivers actually like each other - whether or not they choose to spend time with each other when they're not forced into proximity by f1. pierre and charles pass this test with flying colours.)
the basketball date is particularly insane, because that day was actually an event which charles, pierre and esteban attended. but you wouldn't know THAT from charles' post about it. charles fully cropped esteban out of his post - he really said "esteban who? i only spent time with my friend pierre 😌" and he said it with his whole chest.
ALSO, while we're on the subject of the basketball date and social media - pierre and charles co-posted a reel about it on instagram. yes. CO-POSTED. you know, like a couple co-posting about their date.
piarles basketball date, you will always be famous!!
(P.S. - a lot of piarles fans refer to this 2023 basketball date as "basketball date 2.0" - and this is because pierre and charles have actually done this before, in 2021. i really can't talk too much about that date - character limit, my beloathed - but let me just say that pierre draping his arm round the back of charles' chair is something that lives rent free in my mind. rent free.)
another thing that lives in my mind rent-free is charles being interviewed at their first tennis date, and calling pierre his best friend <3333 love is friendship set on fire, etc etc!
... so, okay, when i said i wasn't going to talk too much about the lore behind the tennis & basketball dates, i lied a little bit. but in my defence - they were insane for these, they really were!
anyways. now, let's skip back in time a little - because i would be very remiss if i didn't include pierre and charles' 2016 joint championship celebrations.
in the year 2016, pierre was the GP2 champion and charles the GP3 champion (GP2 and GP3 are the old names for F2 and F3). in a very pretty twist of fate, they both clinched their respective titles at the same circuit, in the final race of their respective series - and then, of course, they celebrated together.
here is an adorable gifset of them celebrating together after the final GP2 race. and here are some more pictures from the official Prema photoshoot for the GP2 & GP3 champions (yes, they did a joint photoshoot together. even Prema ships it, apparently!)
actually, while we're on the subject of celebrating together: pierre and charles almost always congratulate each other for their significant achievements in f1. see: charles making a point to congratulate pierre on his podium in baku, as i discussed earlier in this post, and again in zandvoort 2023. (both times with a kiss emoji, mind you). similarly, check out pierre seeking charles out in parc fermé to congratulate him for his bahrain 2022 season-opener pole, and then congratulating him for his win twice over on social media. (and these are just a few examples out of many!)
this is one of those things that sets them apart from many other f1 rpf pairings: they both seem genuinely happy when the other does well. and like. they are COMPETITORS - but they're good enough friends that they can still celebrate each other's achievements genuinely and happily. that is insane!!
yes, sure, it's good sportsmanship to congratulate other drivers for wins/podiums - but that is usually done with a handshake in person or a copy-paste "congrats to XYZ" in the post-race interview, or something like that. one rarely gets the sense that it comes from a place of genuine, deep happiness for the other driver being congratulated.
pierre and charles are just on a whole different level. they specifically seek each other out in parc fermé, hug each other with so much enthusiasm that it looks suspiciously gay, and also post about each other's achievements very fondly on social media.
again, this is something you might see a driver do for their teammate - for example, charles congratulating "carlos and the team" for a win in singapore - but almost never with a freaking KISS EMOJI. and a pet name. and so much genuine joy.
just... yeah. they care about each other so much, and are each other's biggest supporters ❤️
it's not just in good times that they're there for each other, either: 2019 was a truly difficult year for both pierre and charles (pierre especially) but they were still there for each other when it mattered.
the prime example of this is monza 2019, which was one race after pierre's demotion from red bull, and also one race after anthoine hubert's death. because the fia has no sense of basic kindness or decency, naturally they put pierre into a press conference that very weekend.
the video of that press conference is very hard to watch - every time pierre is asked a question, you can hear how much he is struggling to hold it together. honestly, the sole good thing from this presscon is that at least pierre had charles beside him.
here is a post i made where i discuss this in a bit more detail, but essentially: charles sat as close as possible to pierre for the entirety of that conference - close enough that their shoulders were practically touching - as a non-verbal gesture of support. you can see the difference in space between charles & pierre vs all the other drivers, and there's no way that was accidental. charles might not have been able to voice his support for pierre out loud right then, but it's there in every part of his body language.
another very meaningful moment is also from 2019, when pierre went up to charles pre-race in spa:
"I told Charles before the race, please win this race for Anthoine." (source)
and charles did. 💙
then later in 2019, when pierre got his first podium in brazil, guess who was right there to hug and congratulate him? that's right.
this was another case where charles' own race fell apart - he had a crash with his teammate, in fact - but he still made a point of going to hug pierre after his P2, and going on social media to tell pierre and also the whole world that pierre deserved that podium. that's what i call supporting your best friend.
now, at this point, you might be thinking... well, pierre and charles have it all. whether you're looking for happy moments or deep emotional moments or suspiciously gay moments to fuel your shipping fire, it's all there.
and you'd be right! they do have it all. though i will say this - one of the complaints i've heard whispered around this fandom is that piarles is a fun ship, but they don't have any content videos together like teammates do. so it's harder to ship them, because you don't get to see them actually interact with each other aside from like 5-second video clips...
to that i say: well. they might not have any teammate videos together, but oh boy. as of 2023, they do have something else: the squeezie video.
i could talk about the squeezie video for MONTHS, i really could - but let me try and keep it brief. so, squeezie is this french youtuber who has this "who's the impostor?" video series in which he gets a couple of celebrities to join him on the show, plus some people from a certain profession, and then they have to guess who actually does that profession and who's the impostor.
the day that pierre and charles were guests on the show, the professions were "firefighter," "midwife," "flight attendant" and "school counselor." this resulted in absolute chaos of the best kind - ah, man, i cannot even begin to describe to you what a glorious mess it was. that video had everything from charles & pierre cradling fake babies, to charles & pierre extremely dramatically accusing each other of lying, to pierre making dirty hand gestures while charles blushes profusely, to charles & pierre play-acting being naughty schoolkids (feat. charles saying he fell asleep in class and woke up from a nightmare screaming "box box" 😭)
here are some screenshots of some of my favourite moments:
the way they LOOK at each other... GOD.
anyways! you can watch the video here. my recommendation is to watch it with the original french sound track - there is an english dub available, but it sounds incredibly strange to hear american accents coming out of pierre & charles' mouths, off-sync with what they're actually saying. it's a MUCH better experience to watch in french, so you can hear what they actually said, and enjoy how they interact with each other. (english subtitles are available!) alternatively, you can find some translated highlights here, courtesy of the incredible @sedicii <3333
aside from all the still-can't-believe-they-actually-did-this-on-camera content, one of the things that makes me feel the most insane is that pierre and charles both chose to appear on this video. there was no contractual PR requirement saying they both had to participate in it, like with teammate challenges - no, they did it in their free time, because they wanted to.
i mean, sure, that video was definitely good for PR for both of them, but the point stands that they didn't have to do it, and they certainly didn't have to do it together. they CHOSE to - and what's more, they said at the end of the video that they'd do it again.
that's so central to pierre and charles, i think: they choose each other, time and time again. they freely choose to spend time with each other, because they genuinely like each other and enjoy each other's company. so much so that you will find them together at least once on almost every race weekend.
no, seriously. it's a very unusual race weekend if pierre and charles aren't spotted together at least one time. whether it's being glued to each other's sides on driver's parades, or chatting in the background of some or other interview, or just walking through the paddock together... they will find each other.
there are SO many instances where this happens that i would be here for over a month if i tried to list them all - and i'd still probably miss some. but here are some of my personal highlights!
pierre and charles finding each other pre-race in jeddah
pierre and charles chatting in the media pen in the background of one of alex's interviews
pierre and charles walking together in vegas (feat. fond smiles)
pierre and charles being baby gossip girls in 2018
more baby piarles in 2018
even more baby pierre and charles chatting in 2017
and just to round things off: most recently, pierre and charles walking together in jeddah 2024
and many, many more... including a whole bunch of moments we'll probably never know about.
that's another thing that makes me more than a little insane about these two: pierre has actually said, in so many words, that they'll never share everything about their friendship.
In the end we have the same life, we grew up together. We've done many things together, but you won't hear about all of it. (source)
all these moments that we see, that we go insane over... that's probably not even the half of what they've actually done together. and that makes me feel some type of way. if this is just the small pieces of their lives & interactions that they choose to share with the public, then just imagine what else there could be...
....buuuuut that'll start becoming a fanfic if i let myself carry on with that line of thinking too long. (can i just say one thing about that, though? the piarles fanfic community is absolutely INCREDIBLE. such talented writers, such wonderful people... just, chef's kiss all around!!) but, yeah! i think this post has gone on for more than long enough now, haha.
so, to conclude: pierre and charles really are the epitome of a friends to lovers ship: they get along famously, they genuinely seem to love each other's company and are always laughing together - and they can very often be found giving each other the heart-eyes/looking at each other like they're in love. if it's warmth, joy and friends to lovers feels that you're after, then look no further <3333
thank you so much for reading! and i do hope that after all this, you're at least a little bit in love with piarles, too ❤️
#piarles#pierre/charles#10 x 16#1016#❤️💙#otp of all otps!#and this is why ❤️#.... this is SO long oh my word#i... am so sorry?#but also not sorry at all#i am completely insane about them <3#and i always will be!!
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like a heart made of dynamite
Pierre/Charles | explicit | 31k. playlist here
a very special gift to @espithewarlock <3 hope you enjoyed this fic as much as I did writing it.
Maybe all these years they were coming towards each other like a car crash in slow motion. Charles just had to wait for the brakes to fail.
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this babe to be your only, piarles, 850 words
Charles cries during the ceremony because he always cries during weddings, the tip of his nose turning red while he sniffles quietly to himself in the back row.
“You do not even know the bride this time,” Pierre whispers, amused, and Charles turns a watery glare at him.
“That is not true,” Charles protests, sneaking a quick peek down at the program where Esteban’s name intertwines with his fiancée’s in an elegant script. “Elena, she is very nice.”
They had met Elena once before when Pierre had cautiously brought up that he had run into Esteban at work and it hadn’t been so bad, having to collaborate on the same project together—and anyway, they were both adults now, and Esteban was even engaged now, wasn’t that funny? Hands stained with ink, Charles had agreed that was very funny, and then he had asked Pierre when they were coming over for dinner because he knew Pierre and what it meant when Pierre was carrying the tell-tale green of a Ladurée bag. Sheepishly, Pierre had popped a macaron into Charles’s mouth and admitted he had invited Esteban over for dinner that very same night.
It had been a nice evening, after Charles had gotten over his initial burst of anxiety and Pierre could actually tell Charles that he had already ordered from their favorite Thai restaurant around the corner and that the food was set to arrive in 15 minutes. They had managed to tidy up most of Charles’s work supplies before the door rang, and Esteban and Elena thankfully had seemed charmed by the box of watercolors that lived permanently by their dining table. Elena had shown Charles the moodboard for the wedding that she had saved on her phone and Charles had dutifully complimented the ring on her left hand, while Pierre and Esteban tacitly decided to stick to safe topics like the unseasonable weather.
Even so, Pierre was surprised a week later to find an invitation to Esteban’s wedding in the mail. The single envelope was addressed to the both of them, M. Pierre Gasly & M. Charles Leclerc, in a flowing font that Charles examined with the critical eye of a competitor before proclaiming the work was “fine,” and getting distracted by the bubbling pasta sauce on the stove spitting out a dark splotch of red across the kitchen ceiling. He said nothing about the curling ampersand linking their names together, and Pierre let out a deep slow breath that he hadn’t even realized he had been holding.
At the dinner reception, Pierre and Charles find themselves seated at a table with a few of Elena’s distant friends from college who seem just as pleasantly surprised to have made the cut.
“See,” Pierre says into Charles’s ear under the guise of getting up for the bathroom. “I told you we are second string.”
“Pierrot, be nice,” Charles admonishes, which is unfair. Pierre has been very nice all day at this nice wedding with all these nice people and the very nice wine selection.
When he comes back to the table, Charles is caught up in an animated conversation with Anna (or Anya? Pierre cannot quite remember) about last year’s Dior exhibition in Brooklyn. Pierre pulls his seat closer so he can rest his arm over the back of Charles’s chair and nod along at appropriate moments with their discussion about post-war silhouettes. The wine, perhaps, was a little too nice and Pierre is just this side of tipsy, thumb rubbing slow circles into Charles’s shoulder as Charles leans back into his arm, a comfortably warm and familiar weight.
“They’ve got that new Mugler exhibition,” Anna-or-Anya says. “Have you and your boyfriend seen it yet?”
Cheeks turning pink, Charles laughs, embarrassed. “Pierre and I… we are not—we are not boyfriends?” Pierre feels like he is having an out-of-body experience watching Charles shrug helplessly in response to Anna’s increasing disbelief. “Pierre is just my—Pierre.”
“Wow, looks like our glasses are all empty,” Pierre announces, standing abruptly. “I’m going to the bar, does anyone want anything?”
Charles brightens with the enviable short-term memory of a small domesticated animal. “Oh! Can you get me another one of those—I can’t remember what they are called, with the cherries—”
“Yes, of course, I know what you like, mon petit,” Pierre says, unable to tamp down the fond note in his voice although he regrets it almost immediately. The judgment in Anna’s eyes is near palpable and Pierre hastily retreats. In the growing distance, he can hear her ask Charles again, “So have you and your Pierre seen the new Mugler exhibit?”
“Ah, no, Pierre has been too busy lately,” Charles answers, mournful and unaware. “His job has been working him so hard, and with this new project with Esteban—”
At the bar, Pierre must look harried enough that the bartender passes him a shot of something suspiciously clear and astringent. “I think,” he says, to no one in particular, “I have been very stupid.”
“Of course,” Esteban agrees appearing suddenly beside him. “What are we talking about?”
Spitefully, Pierre wonders if it is possible to take back a wedding present.
#piarles#pierre/charles#pg10#cl16#f1 fic#my fic#yeeting this silly little thing with its million emdashes out into the world so i can be free
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Tag masterlist - updated!
It's been a year since the last one and some new things have popped up so time for a refresh of the pinned post!
Pairing links (still not exhaustive):
George/Alex
Max/Daniel
Max/Charles
Fernando/Lance
Carlos/Lando
Lando/Oscar
Logan/Oscar
Pierre/Esteban
Seb/Mick
Seb/Lewis
Pierre/Charles
Charles/Carlos
Seb/Charles
I am a shameless multishipper who will read just about anything, so do try your luck with the search function for any other pairings or feel free to drop me an ask! Any gangbang-adjacent content is tagged character/multi.
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lists - other people’s rec lists/masterposts
fic bits - headcanons, snippets, fic ideas etc
bonus content - director’s commentaries and other additional bits of fic insight
Putting the common tags on this post for easy reference if the links break:
#george/alex#max/daniel#max/charles#fernando/lance#carlos/lando#lando/oscar#logan/oscar#pierre/esteban#seb/mick#seb/lewis#pierre/charles#charles/carlos#seb/charles#art#lists#fic bits#bonus content
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wait wait wait... that actually looks really good!!!! The contrast of dark Charles with soft, light Pierre...... I did a good job apparently (pats self in the back)
Rise, Piarles
#checkinlife#charles leclerc#pierre gasly#formula 1#f1blr#f1 fanart#prints#f1 digital art#sbr.lookbook#piarles#pierre/charles
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MAFIA AU MAFIA AU MAFIA AU
Yesss!!!
I'm lov9ng the idea of Lando letting himself get hurt to protect Charles and poor Charles trying to stop the bleeding/help him when he is back with him and just talking like "it's okay, they're going to save us, you'll see. They'll find us, Lance and Pierre will find us"
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hi! i don't know if you're still taking ideas for the five sentence fic prompts, but!! i've really been enjoying your writing so!! any charles ship of your choice + hesitate :>
Pierre always waits until Charles is asleep, eyelashes dipped beatifically against his cheeks and the bow of his lips half parted. What would be an unattractive expression on anyone else instead looks like it was crafted to sit on his face, like he could've been a muse pulled out of a cold block of marble.
When Charles is awake he twists himself to appear kind, mean, forgiving, mercurial, and so human in some ways that it only hurts.
Pierre's hand hesitates, he listens again to measured breaths puffing into the air before he lifts up a limp arm, pulls off skin-warmed rings carefully and sets them on the bedside table, holding them in his fingers like pearls slipped out of an oyster. He is methodical, travels up to unclip bracelets and release the necklace pooling in Charles' breastbone; a kiss pressed to his temple against a patch of downy hair.
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phantoms and pencil marks | bonus chapter!
Pierre woke to the scent of cidre chaud. He opened his eyes to hazy golden light and a coziness only winter could bring. His bedroom was cold, but he had plenty of heat under the covers, made warmer still by the man sleeping beside him.
merry christmas! :)
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oh no guys... guess who found the barbie generator...
#piarles#10 x 16#pierre/charles#BARBIE!!#this doesn't even make any sense 🤣🤣#but EYE love it#besties i have one braincell and it is permanently in piarles mode#also as you can probably tell; those piarles pics from earlier today DID something to me#i am still not over it#i may never be over it#just. GOD. the way charles looks at him...#*god.*#my edits#katie edits; shittily
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shoulder to shoulder. (through the years)
#through every stage.. a shoulder to lean on#hi lexie hi mar ty for yelling about this with me <3#the 30000 (11) GIFs i found of them just knocking shoulders pressed up casually accidentally :\#the way i was *this* close to photoshopping their shoulders together in the one pic#ill. anyways bye#pierre/charles
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evocatio
Pierre/Charles • 35k • explicit •
Some still look at him and whisper, Il Predestinato comes forth, but Charles disregards the old legends. In another chapter of the story written by gods, he wants to be remembered as Charles Leclerc — a mortal, a race car driver, a winner.
In a life beyond the deafening rev of running engines and a tart taste of adrenaline, Charles wishes for the simplicity of being a brother, a friend, a lover.
But racing, undoubtedly, forever comes first.
a playlist curated specifically for this fic.
written for wonderful @russiardo for Piarles Winter Fic Exchange 💕
once again I want to thank each and every person who took part in making this exchange, I love you all so much! shout out to @gaslytopsfirst for helping me beta this and for being there for all my deranged ideas.
i have never written a 35k fic, let alone in one month. this is not just a fic but a piece of my soul, a gift, a wild concept born out of song and my love for metaphors. this is, truly, my pièce de résistance.
hope you will enjoy ❤️
#vicsy writes#piarles#pierre/charles#1016#my photoshop skills are RUSTY#but i really wanted to make an edit so this whole thing in complete#f1 rpf#i really said religious guilt and blasphemy? make it double#the racing gods are real! races are sacrifices to gods! charles and Pierre fuck about it after three hundred years of angst!!!#vicsy creates
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happy lottie day @monacoprince 💗 i failed at writing anything really new, but here is a cleaned up snippet that serves as a tiny prequel to little bright things ;;;
Charles doesn’t mean to watch. He sees Pierre first, whistling down the path toward the tennis courts and looking even more dashing than usual in his new Parisian suit. Charles almost jumps down from his perch in his favorite tree to call out Pierre’s name, but some quiet unnamed fear stops him.
It isn’t proper anymore, Lorenzo had told him on the last real day of summer, before Pierre had to leave for college.
The uncertain pause while Charles worries at the peeling skin by his thumb nail lasts long enough for Pierre to disappear down the bend. Charles makes up his mind then to follow. If Pierre is being so rude as to ignore all the guests that have gathered for a welcome home party in his honor, then Charles can throw propriety to the wind.
Resolved, Charles leaps down and skips down the path after Pierre. He stops short once he gets to the glass paneled walls of the indoor courts, partly obscured by one of the perfectly manicured hedges that adorn the Gasly estate.
There’s someone else in the shadows, a long willowy figure sheathed in layers of swirling fabric. Charles ducks down behind the precisely manicured bushes as she turns toward Pierre, toward the light coming in from behind them. There’s a soft murmur of voices, a peal of laughter which rings out high-pitched and bubbly like champagne, the clinking of glasses. Then—quiet. Curious, Charles peers over the green.
Their champagne flutes are suspended carelessly in the still summer air, an unending toast as Pierre’s free hand presses flat against her back, face tucked behind a curtain of perfectly crimped curls. When Pierre finally pulls back, satisfied, his mouth is shiny and wet.
Eyes clamping shut, Charles sucks in a deep breath, turning his face to the side as if he’s been hit.
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This is lil something I had on my mind for weeks literally and I just had to write it good thing is not a lot of ppl follow me so I can do whatever I want lol
Pierre/Charles, no idea how many words
Tw feminization (???)
It's not something he's done before, but it is something he has thought about ever since he first saw his mom putting on makeup. The way her eyes would appear a little bigger, more open, with just a few coats of mascara. Or her lips, rosy and shiny, spread into a big smile. He'd asked her why she's doing all of that, once, when he was still too young to know anything about himself. She just smiled at him, pecked his cheek leaving some of the shine on it, and said "because your dad does the same for me".
It didn't make sense to him back then because his dad never wore makeup. He was as manly as someone can be. But he gets it now. Sees it in the way Pierre acts around him. The way he dresses. Pierre always looks put together, and even if he didn't, Charles would still think he looks better than the stars. But he always tries better when he's with Charles. Puts on a perfume he knows Charles loves on him. Styles his hair without gel, because Charles has once told him he likes the way it feels under his fingertips.
So he gets it, he thinks. His mom wanted to look her best for his dad, because his dad always tried to look his best for her. And Charles - he hasn't done anything for Pierre, he thinks. Yes, he wears the rings Pierre bought for him. Said it makes him feel like he's with him all the time, even when he isn't.
Once, Pierre told him he likes the way kissing girls feels like when they have lipstick on. So, he wants to do that for him. But the thing is, Charles doesn't know how to do it. He had watched probably dozen videos of people applying makeup. His YouTube search history and his recommendations page on Instagram are not something he wants other people seeing, ever.
The first lipstick he bought was some cheap nude one - becuse one of the girls said that is the best way to get used to applying one. And now, for the last few days, he's been locking himself in the bathroom and brings his lipstick and a lipstick brush. He tries and tries and almost cries because it never looks good enough. And Pierre deserves the best, not just something mediocre.
But as he starts getting better at it, he starts liking the way it makes him feel. Put together. The way it brings out how white his teeth look. Or how sharp his cheekbones are. So he buys a red lipstick. Puts it on and starts crying. He looks just like his mom did, back when his dad was still alive. It makes him feel better about himself. Maybe he can finally show how much he actually cares about Pierre.
Pierre has always said he likes Charles' eyelashes the best. How he could make every girl jealous. And now, when he knows how to apply lipstick, he buys his first mascara. This time he does his research. Finds out which one is the best for his type of lashes. Which one would make his eyes look bigger and round and his lashes fuller. First time he tries it, he stabs himself in the eye. It hurts like a bitch but he can't complain about it to Pierre. Because then he would know what Charles has been doing and he just wants a little bit more time for himself with makeup. Because it's not about just Pierre anymore, it's about him as well. He never felt like this, so not like himself but also so much like he finally fully belongs to himself. He can just lock himself in the bathroom, try on his lipsticks, watch his favorite youtubers, not be Charles the Ferrari F1 driver. He's just Charles.
But he has to show it to Pierre, because Pierre keeps trying his best when he's with Charles. Wears a new shirt Charles bought him, even though Charles knows it's something he would have never picked out himself. Still doesn't apply hair gel and apologies every time he does. Charles loves him so much, he sometimes feels like his heart might just burst open.
He does it during their free week, when both of them agreed to stay together and just be with each other. He asks Pierre to please stay in the living room and goes to the bathroom. There is no point in locking himself, he knows Pierre wouldn't come in after he had asked him to wait. But there is something calm in the routine he has created for himself.
He applies lipstick first, because he wants to make it perfect. Spends probably too long fixing little mistakes he knows Pierre wouldn't notice but still. This feels special. It feels important. Once he's done with lipstick, he goes on to do his lashes. Goes real slow and wiggles the wand a little, because it works the best that way, he found. He doesn't dare to look at himself in the mirror once he's done, just unlocks the door and steps out. Takes a deep breath and goes to find Pierre.
"What took you so long" Pierre asks and looks like he was trying to say more but nothing comes out. His mouth stays open and his eyes go wide. Charles wants to hide.
"Do you like it?" and his voice sounds desperate even to his own ears. But it does something to Pierre because he moves so fast then, face to face with Charles.
"I - yes, yes I do. I love it. Can I touch?"
And Charles finds himself nodding, eyes full of tears. Pierre's hand is so gentle on his face. His fingers trace around the lipstick and the mascara, but never dare to touch. Like he doesn't want to mess up all the work Charles did.
"Why?" he asks once his hand settles on Charles' cheeks. His eyes look so shiny, like looking at Charles is the most important thing in the world at that moment.
"For you," he answers, even though he knows it's not the whole truth.
#the way i want to expand on this but have no talent or will to do it#just something lil okay#pierre gasly#charles lechair#pierre/charles#my fic#pirales#pirrales#??????#idk
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Tag masterlist
Ok I made this blog as way to like fics without them clogging up my main blog likes, but then the wonderful @prettydangrotten called me out for having zero organisational system, so now there’s tags! I’m still working through the archive, but the last few months of posts are now tagged.
Pairing links (not exhaustive, I’ve definitely missed a lot of the rarer pairings):
George/Alex
Max/Daniel
Seb/Mick
Seb/Lewis
Carlos/Lando
Pierre/Charles
Pierre/Esteban
Charles/Carlos
Seb/Charles
I am a shameless multishipper who will read just about anything, so do try your luck with the search function for any other pairings or feel free to drop me an ask! Any gangbang-adjacent content is tagged character/multi.
This is literally the first time in a decade on Tumblr I have attempted to use a consistent tagging system, so I’m keeping it limited to pairings mostly! Other tags currently in use are:
ao3 - links to fics on ao3
lists - other people’s rec lists/masterposts
fic bits - headcanons, snippets, fic ideas etc
bonus content - director’s commentaries and other additional bits of fic insight
Putting the common tags on this post for easy reference if the links break:
#george/alex#max/daniel#seb/mick#seb/lewis#carlos/lando#pierre/charles#pierre/esteban#charles/carlos#seb/charles#ao3#lists#fic bits#bonus content
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I am so so soft for trans lance trans Callum and genderfluid Charles 🥹🥹🥹
Can we please have some thoughts of them in scenes with their partners (lance/este/lando) (mick/Callum/Marcus) (Pierre/Charles / max)
I am too anon! I can't wait to write them 🥺 and yes we can!!!!
NSFW under cut
Lance when he is with his partners love the control he has. Even though Esteban is a dom, he often lets Lance take a majority of the power and he gives suggestions and eggs him on. Doing scenes with his partners makes Lance feel hot and handsome. He loves the way Lando gets when he makes him kneel and suck him off (be it his clit or his strap). The way Lando so openly wants him, and the way Esteban's eyes still go all dark after all this time and he can't get enough of touching them. When he's feeling off about his body, Esteban knows how to worship him and shows Lando how to do it so he can make Lance fall apart for them and it's never about Lando or Esteban cumming, just about Lance and showing them how they love his body.
Scenes with Callum can range from extensive to soft. Mick and Marcus are always aware of triggers, especially after the wobble, but they adore watching Callum dress up for them so they can ruin it. They love making him cum in his pretty lingerie, and Mick especially has a thing for buying Callum specific sets for the purprose of ripping them off him, loves tying Callum down and talking all low to him, calling him his pretty boy and tearing everything off him. Marcus loves to edge and tease him to show him how much he adores him and hos body. Callum likes to serve as well and enjoys when they're watching movies, doing a small scene where he is kneeling and his doms can just play with him, never about getting off, just about intamacy and the idea that they own him.
Pierre and Charles are very intimate and intuative. Pierre has known Charles their whole life, he knows what they need when submitting. He knows when to be soft on Charles, when they need to be worshipped or take apart just by Pierre pinning them down and slowly fucking them until Charles is babbling in French and crying or when Charles needs to be spanked and choked, told they are a little whore. He always adjusted based on Charles mood and identity because he knows feminine Charles likes sweet domming, masculine Charles likes to be used and put in their place and when theyre feeling androgynous they want hard doming to bring them back into their body
With Max, it's always loving and fun. They take turns topping. When they scene together, they're always holding hands and kissing, they both get fussy if Dan or Pierre tell them not to touch. They just have so much love and respect for each other
#professional dom au#esteban/lance/lando#lestappen#charles/max#pierales#pierre/charles#gender fluid charles#trans lance#trans callum
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