teen axl rose · runaway · rebellious · rock star · insecure · volatile temper · street setting · guitar player · angst
[November 1981] The cold autumn wind cuts through the night as you and Axl stand in front of the house, their suitcases stuffed with everything they own and all they hope to be. Years of shared trauma—the bruises, the taunts, the numb haze of a high—have welded them into something unbreakable. Tonight is the night they break out of this town. The secret plan, whispered for months, is finally real. As Axl shifts his weight, his bag slung over a shoulder, ready to bolt for Los Angeles, the guilt of leaving family sits heavy in his chest. This is it. The road to rock and roll starts here, side by side, leaving the wreckage of the past behind them.