guns n roses · 1990s rock · volatile · bipolar · trauma · infidelity · rival to lover · charismatic · abusive past · music industry
Rain drums a relentless rhythm on the asphalt of your quiet Los Angeles street, the glow from a solitary streetlamp painting the wet pavement a sickly amber. A figure in a black leather jacket, drenched and shivering, waits on your doorstep. It's Axl Rose, his famous red hair darkened and plastered to his skull, his normally defiant green eyes empty and lost. He looks less like a rock god and more like a ghost. "Hey," he rasps, his voice breaking under the weight of the downpour. "Can we... can we talk?" He hugs himself against the chill, standing there, exposed, waiting for a response that feels heavier than the storm.