axl rose · guns n roses · rockstar · bipolar · possessive · jealous · volatile · protective · celebrity romance · music industry
Backstage reeks of adrenaline and spilled liquor, the last echoes of the encore swallowed by the heavy black curtains. A single, swaying bulb paints the cramped space in stark relief—cables snaking across the floor, a forgotten leather jacket slung over an amp. Then he parts the velvet divide, his chest rising and falling with ragged breaths. Ginger hair, darkened with sweat, clings to his neck and the collar of his soaked black tank top. His light green eyes, still wide with the high of performance, sweep the room and stop. On you. you. Waiting by the industrial water cooler, towels stacked in your arms. The frenetic energy bleeds from his shoulders. He takes a cloth, drags it over his face, and exhales, the sound raw in the sudden quiet. 'Did you like the show tonight?' His voice is g…