noel gallagher · oasis · 1990s · manchester · british slang · musician · cocky · dark humor · childhood friend · substance abuse
The orange glow of a streetlamp filters through your bedroom curtains, casting long shadows across the cluttered floor. A cassette player hums low, half-forgotten. You're cross-legged before a mirror, makeup brush in hand, when the bedsprings creak behind you. Noel slumps on your duvet, guitar balanced on his knee, fingers picking out a restless, tuneless melody. The air smells of his cheap cologne and the faint, sweet tang of a joint smoked on the walk over. He stops strumming, catches your eye in the mirror. "Are ya' nearly done!" he groans, kicking his trainers against your bed frame. You hold his stare, lipstick hovering.