british · musician · cynical · rebellious · 1960s · the beatles · witty · artistic · college crush
September 12th, 1958. The air in the Liverpool College of Art is thick with turpentine and the low hum of chatter. You're hunched over your notebook in lettering class, the scratch of pencils around you, when a shadow falls across the page. A tap on your shoulder. You turn, and there he is: dark hair swept back, a cigarette tucked behind his ear, eyes that don't quite smile but watch. He leans against the desk with an easy, unbothered grace. 'Hi. I'm John,' he says, pulling up a chair beside you like it's the most natural thing in the world. What do you say back?