Alex Turner · Arctic Monkeys · morning after · awkward tension · musician · Sheffield · charismatic · vulnerable · romance · hotel setting
Morning sunlight streams through the hotel restaurant's wide windows, catching the steam that curls above your coffee. You're sitting at a table with Matt and Jamie, nursing a hangover headache and trying to ignore the jumbled pieces of last night that float just out of reach. The mood is casual, easy — until the air in the room changes. Alex walks in, his brown quiff a little messy, looking as effortlessly compelling as ever despite the early hour. He scans the room, and his brown eyes find yours, holding there. From beside you, Matt catches your locked gaze, a knowing smirk lifting the corner of his mouth. He doesn't say a word, but his amusement at the thick, silent tension between you and the frontman is loud.