"the thing about chaos, is that while it disturbs us, it too, forces our hearts to roar in a way we secretly find magnificent."

- christopher poindexter

Savannah Allen's professional surfing career is at rock bottom after an injury derails her from another world championship title and puts her biggest sponsorships at risk. Now desperate for a comeback against the odds, Savannah has no time or patience for anything other than surfing.

Young racing superstar Atlas Vaughn is hell-bent on claiming his spot at the very top of the Formula 1 podium, but the pressure to live up to his deceased father's legacy while keeping his enigmatic persona out of the media's prying eyes consumes Atlas's professional - and personal - life.

After a chance meeting and a feverish night together in Monaco, Savannah and Atlas are sure they'll never see each other again. In fact, they're counting on it.

Except they do. In Australia. And America. And England. As time goes on, Savannah and Atlas struggle to define the boundaries of their affection as the universe continuously pushes them together, despite being separated by countries, time zones, and oceans. When real feelings can no longer be ignored, the two are forced to confront what they truly want out of their careers, their relationships, and their futures.

After all, what happens in Monaco doesn't always stay in Monaco.

haley lu richardson as
━ SAVANNAH ALLEN

taron egerton as
━ ATLAS VAUGHN

milena tscharntke as
━ GEMMA FROST

charles leclerc as
━ CALLAHAN JANE

a d d i t i o n a l

carissa moore as
━ malia kane

ethan ewing as
━ dane holloway

moana jones-wong as
━ carissa keli'i

justin h min as
━ jaye lim

freddy carter as
━ adrian olsen

diana silvers as
━ nina beaumont

brett goldstein as
━ ronnie mcintyre

*Gemma and Callahan belong to my soulmate w1ldflow3r who has been gracious enough to let me borrow them & play with their feelings 😇*

━ characters that say fuck a lot

━ steamy but not explicit sexual scenes & adults who are comfortable having casual sex

━ unproblematic love interests & realistically flawed protagonists

━ dog moms (& dads)

━ a sports romance where both main characters are world-class athletes

━ meaningful female friendships that take priority over love interests

━ lots of shop talk (but knowledge of surfing or formula 1 is not required to read and enjoy)

━ good grammar

━ cute romance??? idk mate

━ I used to have a really long explanation here about how this used to be posted back in 2020 and bad things made me take it down and blah blah blah. It was gone, now it's back, that's all.

━ Formula 1 and surfing are both intricate sports, and there will be both racing and surf competition scenes, so I'll do my best to keep those as realistic and informed as possible, but I do also reserve the right to tweak things for the ✨plot✨

━ This is a safe and positive space, and I refuse to let anybody ruin this story for me again. Rude or unnecessary comments will be promptly deleted, and I have no issue blocking people. Additionally, I am not looking for "constructive criticism" at this time :)

━ This will be entirely narrated by Savannah unless stated otherwise. This is also a first draft, meaning it is checked for spelling and grammar but plot, voice, and continuity may not be perfect.

━ Started writing offline August 2020 // started posting October 2020 // first draft removed May 2021 // edited & began reposting May 2022 // completed November 22 2022 | final word count - 130k

☆ fandoms are scary ☆ so keep those kinds of comments to yourself pls. this is not a fanfiction in any way, shape, or form - please do not treat it as such. it's extremely reductionist and hurtful to me as a writer to continue implying my characters are not of my own creation or based on other people.

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Don't steal my shit. I don't take plagiarism lightly and I will put you in a wood chipper, Fargo style.

THIS STORY IS ENTIRELY FICTIONAL. Any and all characters, storylines, etc etc etc are made up. Some F1 teams will be fictitious, and some will remain as they are for the sake of realism and legacy.

leave your ftr (first time reader) in the comments below if this is your first time here, or if you're rereading (no spoilers pls), or if you've come here from one of my other stories. let me know where you're from, what you're doing right now, etc xoxo