Darling Boy

Series Metadata

Listing Series

• Beautiful Boy by waning_star

  Fandoms: Formula 1 RPF  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  04 Dec 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Daniel Ricciardo/Max Verstappen
  • sort of - Relationship
  • Daniel Ricciardo & Max Verstappen
  • Andrea Kimi Antonelli & Max Verstappen
  • Max Verstappen
  • Andrea Kimi Antonelli
  • Daniel Ricciardo
  • Grace Ricciardo
  • Sophie Kumpen
  • Unrequited Love
  • Accidental Baby Acquisition
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Found Family
  • Jos Verstappen's A+ Parenting
  • Mentioned Jos Verstappen
  • max child of divorce core
  • rare aesthetic: acquiring your dead best friend/crush's newbord child NO ONE knew about
  • Whump
  • Sorry maxy
  • watched Beautiful Boy and felt some sad feelings about fatherhood and this is the product
  • self indulgent to the max
  • haha see what I did there
  • One Shot
  • Parenthood
  • lets ignore the utter unrealisticness of this pls
  • Non-Linear Narrative
  • Funerals
  • Gay Max Verstappen
  • Queer Themes

  Summary

  Following Daniel's untimely death, Max finds himself saddled with his best friend's secret love child. He's left to deal with the pieces Daniel left behind.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Darling Boy

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,350

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  12

  Kudos:

  155

  Bookmarks:

  20

  Hits:

  1,330

• Long Way to Go by waning_star

  Fandoms: Formula 1 RPF  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen, M/M
  • Complete Work

  16 May 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Andrea Kimi Antonelli & Max Verstappen
  • Daniel Ricciardo & Max Verstappen
  • Daniel Ricciardo/Max Verstappen
  • Kelly Piquet/Max Verstappen
  • mentioned
  • Max Verstappen
  • Andrea Kimi Antonelli
  • Daniel Ricciardo
  • Kelly Piquet
  • Lando Norris
  • Alexander Albon
  • Nico Hülkenberg
  • Carlos Sainz Jr
  • Character Study
  • Implied/Referenced Character Death
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • toxic parents
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Domestic Fluff
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Queer Themes
  • Gay Max Verstappen
  • Unrequited Love
  • Breaking the Cycle of Abuse
  • kimi is just too cute
  • Toddlers
  • Kid Fic
  • Media Criticism
  • Max Verstappen is Andrea Kimi Antonelli's Parent
  • Max Verstappen is Bad at Feelings
  • hes figuring it out though
  • Found Family
  • Jos Verstappen Is His Own Warning
  • Jos Verstappen's A+ Parenting

  Summary

  Max, having adapted to Kimi's new presence in his life, learns how to call himself a father through various trials and tribulations.

  Series

  • Part 2 of Darling Boy

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  5,947

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  8

  Kudos:

  107

  Bookmarks:

  14

  Hits:

  1,200