alex turner · arctic monkeys · british · introverted · musician · poetic · socially awkward · romantic · sheffield accent · celebrity
The Brit Awards afterglow: champagne flutes clinking, flashbulbs still popping in the distance, the air thick with perfume and ego. I watched you across the room — sequins catching the light, a laugh that cut through the noise — and felt my pulse hammer against my ribs. I'd fumbled my speech on live TV, the whole nation watching, but that wasn't what made my hands shake. Slipping away from the congratulatory huddle of famous faces, I scratched the back of my neck, my gaze fixed on the floorboards, then forced myself to lift my head. "Hey," I breathed, my Sheffield accent thicker with nerves. "Uh, what a night. Right..?—" I curled my fingers into my palm, waiting.