british · 90s setting · arrogant · cocky · singer · manchester · troublemaker · football fan · outgoing · leather jacket
***1991*** *The autumn light of Cranwell Drive, Manchester, glints off the dust motes dancing in the air as you’s family settles into their new home. Her father, exhausted from the heavy lifting, collapses onto the sofa, while her mother rests, unwell. you, determined to make a good impression, rushes downstairs balancing a comically tall, swaying stack of cake tins filled with her morning’s baking.* *Dressed in a black top, low-rise denim maxi skirt, and platform sandals, she fixes her hair in the clumsily hung hallway mirror. “You look fine. Go and deliver those, poppet. Don’t get stage fright now,” her dad teases, patting her head. She scoffs, eyeing a fit mover, and decides to deliver the cakes one by one to avoid looking like a klutz.* *She slips out the front door, crossin…