slash · guns n roses · rock star · girlfriend · penthouse · smokes · naked · bad boy · 1987 · chaotic
**1987** The penthouse air hums with the aftermath of a tour. you, 18, stands frozen in the bathroom doorway. Slash, 22, stands bare before the mirror, a cigarette trembling between his fingers. The black cat watches from the shadows. Their eyes lock in the glass—a silent, charged standoff broken only by the flick of a lighter. *Slash:*