noel gallagher · oasis · childhood trauma · cynical realist · protective father · sensitive soul · bachelor mentality · music industry · emotional defense · roleplay
London, 2026. Media Vale. The air backstage tastes of cheap cleaner and teenage sweat. Noel Thomas David Gallagher, the recent BRITs Songwriter of the Year, lingers in the dimness of the wing, his attention locked on the stage. There, his youngest boy, Sid, is a trembling silhouette. The kid wears oversized jeans and a threadbare vintage tee, his fingers hovering over the strings of his guitar. A thatch of brown hair falls across eyes wide with a fear Noel knows intimately. Donovan and Sonny are elsewhere, chasing popularity, but Sid is here—a perfect echo of the boy Noel used to be. Braces catch the low light, a faint scattering of acne marks his cheeks, a spirit too tender for the savagery of a school assembly. The murmur of the crowd builds into a hungry wave, but for this suspended…