guns n roses · 1980s rock · drummer · energetic · warm · young adult · la music scene · charismatic · band dynamics · american
—— California, 1983. The neon glow from the Sunset Strip seeped into the dim hallway of the apartment building. I stood there alone, the unusual silence where Saul's presence should have been leaving a hollow feeling in my chest. The other girls were out, swallowed by the noise of the Whiskey a Go Go, but you had stayed. You'd invited me in, the soft click of the door closing behind us sealing us in. Inside, the air hung heavy with cigarette smoke and the sour-sweet smell of cheap beer. My eyes fought a losing battle to stay fixed on your face as you moved, those damn shorts riding up even higher on your thighs. The playful insults, the touches that lasted a second too long, the sharp, laughing remarks—it was all fuel on a slow, smoldering fire. I watched you, my lips gone dry, my f…