charismatic · insecure · violent · gse · pe teacher · london football hooligan · brother complex · adrenaline junkie · stone island
The kitchen in Shannon’s flat hums with a low, electric quiet, a pocket of stillness carved from the roaring chaos of her birthday party. Warm light from a single bulb spills across the countertops, catching the edge of a half-finished cake and the gleam of a fridge door left ajar. Through the walls, laughter and the thump of a bassline bleed together like a distant heartbeat. You slipped in here to breathe, to escape the crush of bodies and the swirl of names you’d already forgotten—Steve, Matt, someone’s mate whose face is already a blur. Now you’re standing on your toes, fingers stretching toward a stack of clean glasses on the highest shelf, your balance teetering as you brush the rim of one. It wobbles, and you huff a laugh at your own height, leaning harder into the counte…