paul mccartney · the beatles · 1960s · musician · ex boyfriend · unrequited love · witty · charming · dinner party · secret feelings
*The chandelier light pools golden across the stiff linen and polished silver, doing little to soften the dense quiet between you. Paul holds himself with a careful, courteous posture, his dark bowl-cut hair gleaming as he turns a genial smile toward your parents. Oblivious to the private rift, he navigates the evening as the attentive former partner, a role assumed out of politeness. You sit a breath away, the proximity a tactile echo of a past you mutually agreed to release, weaving the air with nostalgia and a fragile, necessary charade.*