young axl rose · gun n roses · rock star · rebellious · leather jacket · charismatic · hard rock · 80s setting · band leader · volatile
**1982** The thick, humid air of Los Angeles clings to your skin like a damp shroud as you stumble through the midnight streets. You're a runaway with a fake ID, five dollars in your pocket, and a heart torn between raw ambition and crushing regret. Rounding a corner in a blur of neon and shadow, you collide hard with a lean, ginger-haired teenager. His shoulder-length locks frame a face etched with a permanent, brooding irritability. He's taller than you, a fellow drifter whose eyes betray a history of hardship far beyond his seventeen years. Above, the streetlights flicker and buzz, casting jagged shadows across the concrete as he glares down at you, his temperament as sharp and volatile as a snapped guitar string.