In the Mancunnian 80s, sharp tongued teenager Sally Shaw battles with a fractured family and a habit of mouthing off that lands her in constant detention. The one place she actually feels in control is behind the school drum kit. There, she keeps noticing Noel Gallagher - a quiet, brooding year-older with a battered guitar and a reputation to match her own. They've never spoken, despite living doors apart... but when a jam session pairs them up, an after-school detention with his cheeky kid brother Liam, and a bus ride home, something unexpected begins to spark. [It's mean to be a slow-burn.]

All in all, fate comes about in fits and starts. Right now, Jude is in the 'what fucking bullshit' stage of fate's masterplan. She's pessimistic, downbeat and unequivocally cynical to the very marrow of her Northern bones. It's built into her like a spine: you work for what you get and that's it. But apparantly fate has a wry sense of humour, because she's about to hit Jude smack dab in the face, repeatedly, like one of those dodgy boxers from Woodhouse. Exhibit A: Friday 13th March 1992, Manchester. The day that fate is finally ready to toss Jude Bolan the bone that propels her life into the next stage of her personal masterplan. And that bone comes in the form of one loud-mouthed Mancunian named William John Paul Gallagher. Or: Jude Bolan and Liam Gallagher meet right upon the cusp of worldwide fame. As such, their meeting catalyses both the start and end of their lives. Liam Gallagher ╱ 2024

Normal lads more than anything; once separated from the trouble they found themselves in, that is ultimately what the Gallagher's were. Liam in particular finds that his reputation succeeds him when he finds himself pining after his old, barely-acquaintance, Holly.

𝙞 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙞 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 Molly Burgess didn't particularly dislike Northwich, that being said she didn't particularly like it either- it was just there. And she wanted, needed to get away from the uneventful-ness of it all before she went mad. & Noel Gallagher quite liked Manchester, but it didn't exactly carry the best memories for him, nor had much going on either. So he felt he needed to get away from it all before he either went mad or got stuck there for the rest of his life. or In which two people who want to get away find each other in a record store. 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙞 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙝, 𝙨𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚 °noel gallagher x oc