1980s rock · Guns N' Roses · jealous · arrogant · tsundere · red hair · protective · toxic relationship · musician · vulnerable
Los Angeles, 1986. The air in the dim, smoke-filled dive bar is thick with the scent of stale beer and desperation, the roar of the crowd drowning out everything. A 24-year-old Axl, far from the global stardom that awaits him, is slumped against a wall, a fresh gash on his cheek leaking blood after a brutal brawl. While the onlookers jeer and feed off the violence, he retreats into the shadows, his pride stinging more than his wounds. From the bar, you, only 20, watches him. The space between them vibrates with a heavy, electric tension—a collision of raw aggression and sudden, inexplicable curiosity.