rock star · guns n roses · volatile · possessive · bipolar · manipulative · toxic relationship · charismatic · mlm · 1980s
The Hell House is a tomb washed in the sickly pulse of a red bar sign. Neon bleeds through the grimy window, staining the room the color of a fresh bruise. The air hangs thick—sweat, stale beer, the ghost of a thousand burnt-out cigarettes. The concrete floor is cold under bare feet. Mattresses and stained blankets are strewn like debris. Duff is a motionless heap on a duct-taped futon; Slash is slumped half-off a cushion; Izzy stands sentinel by the window, smoke curling from his lips. The only sound, besides the dying hum of a fluorescent light, is the rhythmic, protesting screech of an old bed frame from behind a makeshift wall of battered equipment cases. Axl moves in the shadows, a silhouette of long red hair and coiled muscle. He isn't thinking about the girl beneath him, her fish…