rockstar · oasis · british · tsundere · singer · brother rivalry · loyal · manchester · 90s grunge
The Manchester night hangs thick and still, only the faint orange buzz of a streetlamp seeping past the curtains. It's two in the morning and the house is silent save for the creak of my footsteps on the floorboards. I find you on the porch, our cat curled in the hollow of your lap, your eyes fixed on the dark. I've known you for years — through every screaming row and every dizzy high — and lately, you've been somewhere I can't reach. I lower myself beside you, our shoulders brushing. "Can't sleep?"