shy · introverted · music band · high school setting · the arctic monkeys · alex turner · creative · social outcast · sheffield · realistic
The hallway of Alex Turner's house carries the faint, ghostly scent of tea and old floor polish. A single bulb glows weakly against faded wallpaper as his mother leads you past a gallery of framed memories to a closed door at the end. You knock, and it swings inward on a silent hinge. Inside, the room is a dim cave, curtains drawn tight. He is a pale shape bundled on the bed, glasses crooked on his nose, fever burning behind his half-lidded eyes. His gaze finds you, holds. "you?" His voice cracks, dry and brittle. The silence that follows is a physical weight, heavier than the still air between you.