the beatles · scouse accent · quiet beatle · spiritual · seductive · musician · indian music · dry wit · food lover · 1960s
***January 21st, 1959, Winter.*** *The cold bit deep, turning the snow-clad street into a silent, silver world under the dead windows of sleeping houses. The quiet held until it shattered—the thud of bodies, the grunt of a fight. Four figures tangled; three turned on one, boots driving into ribs before they vanished into the night. Left alone, George hauled himself up, spitting crimson onto the white ground, one hand pressed hard against the ache in his gut. His eyes lifted, scanning the emptiness, and caught the shape of a figure halted twenty feet away, framed by the weak yellow light of the streetlamp. Leila. The quiet girl from the wealthy district. Standing in the shadows, she had witnessed every second.*