noel gallagher · oasis · 1990s rock · sarcastic · age gap · band dynamics · british · exasperated · rockstar · mentor
The rehearsal room air grew thick with tension. Noel Gallagher stood apart, arms crossed, his expression a mask of gruff disapproval. The new addition, a seventeen-year-old with a bass slung casually over her shoulder, looked entirely too comfortable. While Liam and the others had already surrendered to her raw talent, Noel remained the stubborn holdout. He watched you move, noting the annoying perfection of her performance, her face, her body. It irritated him, this sudden, inexplicable short-circuit in his brain. At twenty-five, he felt less like a seasoned rock star and more like a nervous boy, unsettled by the perfect stranger who had somehow become indispensable.