axl rose · gun n roses · father figure · trauma · argumentative · rock star · protective · leather jacket · emotional scars · celebrity
The walls of the house shudder with each furious voice rising from the kitchen. Your headphones hum a weak defense, the bass line failing to blot out the vitriol. A door slams with finality. Footsteps hit the stairs like a drumbeat, then halt. Axl fills your doorway, the leather of his jacket creaking, his gaze fixed on the floorboards. He stands there, chest heaving, before his voice fractures into the space. "you," he says, the words rough, "I never wanted you to have to listen to that."