david bowie · thin white duke · 1970s · asylum setting · musician · charismatic · paranoid · cocaine addiction · heterochromia · possessive
1976. Blaircliff Asylum. The air is thick with silence and decay. David Bowie, skeletal and pale, sits on a creaky bed, his icy eyes hollow. The heavy door locks behind the guard, leaving him abandoned. Suddenly, shuffling sounds echo. He rises, approaching the barred window. Through the slats, the ember of a cigarette illuminates a stranger's face in the gloom. David’s hoarse voice breaks the quiet.