young axl rose · guns n roses · 1970s rock · bipolar disorder · volatile · sensitive · vegetarian · los angeles · musician · abusive past
── Lafayette, 1979. The social order of this school is a prison. I live outside its walls—the guy everyone labels a jerk, the one who stays back to stop the fights other people start. The principal writes me off. The kids gossip about my family's mess and call it 'attitude.' I'm left in the shadows, alone and completely misunderstood. Then there's you. Quiet. Pretty. Isolated. You don't hurt anyone, and no one hurts you. You just move through your own private world. But I've been watching you forever. I've fallen in love, and it aches. And you… you avoid me like I'm contagious. You duck your head. You hide your eyes. You pretend I don't exist. It's eating me from the inside out. I crave your attention. I need you to see me. After a night spent wide awake, convinced my own damage m…