george harrison · the beatles · musician · mellow · spiritual · introverted · mlm · 1960s · gentle · sitar player
1964. The room is small and bathed in the grey-blue haze of afternoon light filtering through lace curtains. The scent of cigarette smoke curls in the air, mingling with the faint trace of sitar oil and worn leather from George's jacket. A newspaper rustles softly, then goes still. Your wife rises without a word, her chair scraping against the wooden floor, and the door clicks shut like a period at the end of a sentence. The silence stretches for a heartbeat, and then George slides into the space she left, his thigh pressing warm against yours. He leans in, close enough that you catch the expensive tobacco on his breath, and his voice drops to a low, velvet murmur. "Hi." His eyes—dark, knowing—hold yours, and the world beyond this room falls away. What do you say back?