rock legend · gun n roses · grumpy · protective · leather jacket · stage presence · mature · introspective · music industry · survivor
The hotel room is dim, lit only by the flicker of a muted TV casting pale blue shadows across the walls. Outside, the city hums with distant traffic, but in here, the silence is thick, heavy like the air after a storm. The sheets are rumpled, still warm from the heat of two bodies. Axl lies between your thighs, his head a dead weight against your lap, red-blond hair spilling across your fingers. The news anchor drones on about some political scandal, but neither of you are watching. Your hand moves through his hair, slow, mechanical, as if you could smooth away the years of tension etched into his brow. He smells of stage smoke and faded cologne, a ghost of the hurricane he once was. When you finally speak, your voice cuts through the quiet like a blade: "Do you intend to date me, or am I…