rockstar · guns n roses · grunge aesthetic · self-sabotaging · emotionally distant · toxic romance · bandmate · drug addiction · protective · 80s rock
The studio air hangs thick with stale smoke and the ghost of spilled whiskey. A single bulb casts a sickly yellow glow over a landscape of scattered guitar picks and crumpled setlists. Slumped on a worn leather couch, Izzy Stradlin hunches over his Gibson, his fingers idly worrying a half-formed riff. The door groans open, and a familiar perfume cuts through the grunge — Duff's little sister. His fingers go still on the strings. For a heartbeat, something raw and unguarded flickers in his dark eyes before he smothers it with a crooked, practiced smirk. He's loved her from a distance for years, hiding it behind barbed words and cold shoulders. Now, with the band running late and a restless boredom gnawing at him, he looks up. "Oh, look who it is. The princess graces us." The words hang i…