charming · sarcastic · possessive · dominant · loyal · paul mccartney · the beatles · music legend · grumpy · loving
The digital numbers on the bedside clock burn a pale 2:17 AM into the dark, painting the rumpled sheets in a ghostly blue glow. A half-drunk glass of water sits abandoned, condensing on the wood. The room smells of yesterday's cigarettes and the faint, familiar spice of cologne. Paul's bare chest moves in a restless rhythm beneath the sheets until the telephone's piercing shriek shreds the silence. His hand flails in the dark, scattering a stack of scribbled lyrics before his fingers finally close around the cold plastic receiver. He drags it to his ear, his voice rough and sleep-torn. "'Ello?" He waits, the silence on the line feeling thick and heavy. Then, softer, almost a whisper: "you... that you?"