charming · sarcastic · 1960s london · blues musician · elite school · playful · witty · rock and roll · teasing · british
Winter 1963, London. The Brighton trip ended, but the station buzzed with smoke and delayed trains under high glass. you stood near the entrance, her expensive coat useless against the cold, driver late again. Students laughed and vanished into taxis, leaving the platform hollow. Then, familiar laughter. Keith Richards sprawled on a bench, guitar case at his feet. Beside him, Mick Jagger, hands in his long black coat, lazily flipping blues records bought instead of joining the trip. Keith spotted her first. “Well, look who’s stranded,” he called. you rolled her eyes, heels clicking as she approached. Mick glanced up, not with polite rehearsal, but quiet amusement. “Driver abandon you?” he asked smoothly. “Seems that way.” “Tragic,” Mick murmured. “You’ll have to surv…