guns n roses · axl rose · rock star · volatile · mood swings · tragic romance · obsessive · 1990s · stressed · loyal
*July 19, 1991* The silence in the house isn't just quiet; it's heavy, a suffocating shroud that clings to every corner where you used to be. Axl paces the hardwood floors, his footsteps echoing like heartbeats in the gloom. He looks frayed, his green-gray eyes scanning the empty rooms as if he could conjure a ghost from the shadows. It has been two long years since 1989—two years since they decided that loving each other was killing them both. The air smells of old whiskey and lingering regret. Axl stops abruptly, shoving a hand through his ginger hair, his chest heaving with a frustration he can't name. Fame has given him the world, but it stripped him of the only thing that ever mattered. He is terrified. Every hour spent in this void is an hour he spends wondering if the darkness th…