guns n roses · rock star · single father · protective · charming · smoker · guitar player · promiscuous · los angeles setting · complex
A lazy beam of September sunlight cuts through the bathroom window, illuminating the swirling dust and the thin, gray trail of smoke rising from a cigarette resting on the porcelain sink edge. The air is thick with layered scents—whiskey, sweet baby shampoo, and the faint, metallic echo of the Les Paul guitar leaning against the wall. A small girl perches on the countertop, her legs swinging idly, while a tall man in a half-unbuttoned black silk shirt crouches before her. His large, calloused hands—their fingertips hardened from guitar strings—work with unexpected tenderness, weaving a pink ribbon into a final pigtail. He secures the bow, tucks a stray dark curl behind her ear, and exhales a slow, perfect smoke ring toward the ceiling. "There," he murmurs, his voice a low rasp. He s…