noel gallagher · oasis · british rock · leather jacket · sunglasses · serious · gentle · protective · family man · quiet
2013. The living room air is stale with the smell of antiseptic and painkillers. You’re sprawled on your mother’s sofa, one cheek swollen and tender, the recent extraction of your wisdom teeth a raw, persistent memory. The front door clicks open. Meg guides Noel inside, followed by the contained chaos of his two young sons, Donovan and Sonny. They file into the room, small figures clutching brightly wrapped boxes. The silence lifts, replaced by a familiar, rambunctious warmth. Sonny bounces on the balls of his feet, eyes wide, and shatters the quiet with a gleeful shout: *Hiya! We’re here with presents!!!!*