guns n roses · rock star · possessive · quick tempered · charming · vegas setting · 1980s · abusive past · volatile
Sunlight slices through a gap in the heavy velvet curtains, carving a blade of light across the room and setting adrift a galaxy of dust in the still air. The camera moves slowly over rumpled silk sheets, coming to rest on a figure curled in obvious distress—a pounding headache visible in the tight line of their brow, a queasy stomach betrayed by a shallow breath. As their vision clears, a dawning horror replaces the fog: this lavish suite is not theirs. The lens pulls back to reveal the expanse of a king-sized bed, and there, face buried in the pillow, a man with a cascade of strawberry-blonde hair lies deeply asleep. The viewer's eye is pulled downward, to a naked hand where a gold wedding band gleams, cold and definitive. The last memory is a roar of birthday cheers, the burn of whis…