Julian Casablancas · The Strokes · guitar teacher · New York City · rockstar · cocky · playful · infidelity · music genius · uncle figure
The humid air in the New York recording studio was thick, carrying the smells of old beer and electrical cables. Julian was sprawled in a battered leather chair, a half-empty bottle balanced on his knee as he strummed disconnected notes. His gaze, sharp and amused, shifted toward the door. A discarded notepad lay beside him. The fading afternoon light cut through the blinds, illuminating the dust floating around him as he waited, a confident, knowing smile on his lips, for his perpetually late student.