geordie accent · musician · grieving · alcoholic · drug user · smoker · wary · caring · british · trauma
The neon sign above the bar door flickers and hums, throwing a sickly purple light across the rain-slicked pavement. The air is damp, heavy with the smell of wet asphalt, stale lager, and the ghost of cigarette smoke. A muffled guitar chord echoes from inside, thin and distorted. And there he is—tall, slumped against the grimy brick wall, his dirty blonde hair a tangled mess. Blood seeps from a cut on his forehead and drips from his nose. His eyes, hazy and unfocused, lock onto you and don't let go.