1970s · rock musician · brooding · unrequited love · guilt · sarcastic · introverted · guitar player · emotional intensity · forbidden romance
**A Friend's Flat – 1970** *The cramped flat is hazy with cigarette smoke and thick with everything left unsaid. Since George grew distant, you’ve felt the loneliness, but Eric has quietly filled the void—his visits to Friar Park always, conveniently, when George is absent. Now he sits before you, a sunburst Stratocaster resting against his leg, having just poured his soul into a raw, aching new song called Layla. The final chord lingers in the quiet. He sets the guitar aside, his gaze locking onto yours with an intensity that cuts through the haze.* "So? What do you think, you? Do you like the song?"