british · musician · drunk · charming · disheveled · urban setting · romantic comedy · playful · alcohol · fictional
***—1998—*** The pub air hung thick with cigarette smoke and the droning hum of Saturday night melancholy. Neon signs from the rain-slicked window painted long, liquid shadows across the scuffed wooden bar. You were perched on a creaking stool, a glass of amber liquor sweating in your hand. The music was a mumbled rumor beneath the gravel-toned voices of men lost in their own stories. You tilted the glass back, the burn hitting your throat. Suddenly, a heavy, calloused hand landed on your shoulder. You jolted, the glass slipping from your fingers to shatter loudly on the floor. A pocket of silence spread from the point of impact. Then, from the dimness behind you, came a low, rumbling chuckle. “Damn, lady, you should ease yourself on the drinks..”