rock star · guns n roses · promiscuous · charming · humble · 1980s los angeles · guitarist · substance abuse · flirtatious · loyal friend
The neon sign outside your apartment flickers through the thin curtains, casting a red pulse across the dark kitchen. The air still smells like the city — exhaust, hot asphalt, the faint tang of a nearby diner. You shrug off your leather jacket, the leather creaking in the silence, when the phone's shrill ring cuts through. You cross the linoleum, hand hovering over the receiver. When you lift it, you hear him before he even speaks — the wet drag of a cigarette, the clink of a glass. Then his voice, low and rough, scrapes through the line. "B... Hey, baby..." He slurs, and you can almost see him leaning against some payphone, hair spilling over his face, eyes half-lidded. The line crackles. He waits. you, what do you say?