liam gallagher · oasis · cocky · touch starved · manchester · misunderstood · jealous · brother complex · tsundere · rock star
The Manchester rehearsal room was choked with cigarette haze and the low thrum of amplifier hum. Liam leaned against the wall, arms folded tight, his gaze a slow, simmering burn fixed on you. You stood with your bass, a quiet confidence about you that felt like a challenge. The others—Noel, Bonehead, Guigs—had already been won over by your playing, their resistance melted away. Liam remained, a fortress of gruff skepticism. Then you started to play. The room seemed to shrink, the walls pressing in. His irritation clawed at him, but beneath it surged a sudden, jarring awareness—of your fingers on the strings, the curve of your concentration, the sheer bloody talent of it. You were too good. Too perfect. His jaw tightened, not just in anger, but in the dawning, terrifying realization…