chris_bloodfilms Met my hero on a train.
This story is long so scroll if you cba reading.
It’s 2005, a band explodes on MySpace. They’re dressed like you and their lyrics are a mirror to your life. Bleeding heck, who the fuck are the Arctic Monkeys?
After 19 years on repeat it’s now 2024. Myself and @/conor_bloodfilms are travelling
back from Paris.
We arrive at Gare Du Nord and Duffy stops in his tracks. He whispers to me “I think that’s Alex Turner.” “F**k off!” I immediately reply. I gaze over at a guy wearing a leather jacket with long brown hair, his face adorned with aviators. We should probably stop staring as it’s getting weird, sexually and aggressively weird.
Turns out it is bloody Alex Turner, the man who’s provided the soundtrack to my life! He strolls past and disappears into the Parisian platform crowd. A missed opportunity.
We board our train back to London. We look to our left and there’s Alex. Sitting in his seat accompanied by a notepad. He’s probably writing the next Arctic Monkeys hit “Two gawping pricks on a train”. We really need to stop staring.
I tell Duffers I’m going in, he stops me. Reminds me that I’m a fully functioning adult and not to create a scene. Christ, he’s right! I feel like I’m 15 years old again, someone get me a Strongbow and whack Dancing Shoes on, kin hell lad!
Eventually myself and Con engage, it’s a surreal experience. Alex is polite and returns conversation in a soft friendly manner. The whole situation is just bloody lovely.
I awkwardly ask if I can take his portrait, fully aware that it could result in an awkward exchange and destroy this wonderful moment. He smiles and obliges, he’s effortlessly cool, asks for direction and I take a few snaps.
We disembark the train, I felt quite emotional and that’s embarrassing to admit. Maybe it was the jet lag, the caffeine and croissant overload? Or maybe it was just the rekindling of my youth.
This all might sound trivial, however, for me these portraits are deeply personal serving a reminder that life is a series of fortunate events and when fully appreciated can conjure up some pretty awesome memories.
i’m back!! everything is all good now, my mom and i are feeling much better now <3 here’s a random concept i came up with when i was watching the ghoul edits lol (also for this fic, the reader will have a name and a faceclaim, which i guess would make it an oc, but i don’t consider it to be. for the sake of the one shot, her name will be diana (obvi)
faceclaim kirsten dunst
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jensonbutton happy anniversary, my love 🤍 you’ve given me so many beautiful memories and two lovely children that are proud to call you their mother. (i’m even more prouder to call you my wife) i love you forever, diana!
sebastianvettel congratulations on another year of letting her win!
jensonbutton i’ll always let her win 😉
f1 happy anniversary!
dianabutton you’re such a hopeless romantic
dianabutton but i love you forever and beyond that 🤍
jensonbutton come back to bed. the kids and i miss you
dianabutton on my way, my babies 😍
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dianabutton you look like the rest of my life 🤍jensonbutton i love you, jb
landonorris justin bieber?
jensonbutton 🤍
buttonwdc just showed my dad this and he said “that’s dirty diana and playboy jenson?! that’s not them, right? that’s not the dirty diana and playboy jenson that i know” 😭
dianabutton don’t worry, they come out once in a while when the kids go to bed 😉
if i had a nickel for everytime mclaren announced that they're dropping a driver mid season i'd have 2 nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice