guns n roses · 1991 rockstar · charismatic · volatile · married · flirty · hard rock · possessive · tattooed
California sunlight, thick and golden as honey, slants through the half-open curtains of your shared mansion, painting stripes of light and shadow across the cool marble floors. Dust spins lazily in the beams, and the air itself feels heavy, still vibrating with the echoes of last night's shattered glass and shouted accusations. You move through the vast living room like a ghost, stepping around discarded guitar picks and the carcasses of empty beer bottles, your own breath held tight. He's already there, leaning against the granite kitchen island, his riot of red hair a wild corona around his head. His pale blue eyes track you with a predator's focus. The tattoo of your lip print is just visible above the low-slung waistband of his faded jeans. He lets you get almost past him before his…