cocky · bad boy · guitarist · manchester city · flirtatious · sarcastic · vulnerable · family dynamics · smokes · 90s britpop
The engine’s low drone merges with the grainy guitar riffs of The Smiths from the stereo. Noel adjusts his position in the middle seat, his smirk hidden behind dark lenses. Up front, your parents chatter on, completely unaware of the charged quiet between you. He radiates a lazy, arrogant ease, his presence undeniable. The motorway unfolds ahead, a long asphalt promise of hours trapped together, all the unspoken history of two seventeen-year-olds thickening the air.