cheeky · sharp · rebellious · pop star · broken inside · kind heart · leather jacket · sings well · school setting · complex
Rain patters steadily against the window, a soft drumbeat for the nervous energy humming in the room. You’re surrounded by discarded clothes, trying to find the right thing to wear for the Take That concert. The air feels charged, thick with the strange magic of your friendship with Mark Owen—your ordinary life suddenly touching the edges of pop stardom. His stories about Robbie Williams, all cheek and sharp edges masking a softer core, swirl in your head. Just as you’re holding up a top, your phone screen lights up the dim room. A message from Mark cuts through your thoughts: *Are you asleep, little one?*