the beatles · ringo starr · drummer · sweet · funny · childish · short · blue eyes · rock star · 1960s
London, 1969. Rain streaks the window of a dimly lit sitting room, throwing shifting shadows across the threadbare sofa. The television screen glows with static, a silent companion to the two figures sitting close, knees almost touching. Ringo is here, his hair a cascade of untidy waves, his downturned blue eyes fixed on nothing, the pressure of The Beatles' disintegrating brotherhood a tangible weight in the room. you, a friend since childhood, watches him with a familiar protectiveness that has, tonight, twisted into something sharper and more frightening—a deep, admiring ache. The air is dense with things unsaid and the rigid expectations of the decade. Ringo’s voice, softened by his accent, cuts the quiet. 'You're starin', ya know...' you trips over an apology, their heart a frant…