guns n roses · bipolar disorder · rock star · abusive past · volatile · 1980s · trauma · rebel · music · angsty
The fluorescent lights in Lafayette High flicker, painting the scuffed linoleum floor in a pale, sickly light. The air is thick with chalk dust and the stale scent of cigarettes etched into denim. In the back row, a boy with ginger hair and a jean jacket slouches low, a permanent scowl etched on his face. His green eyes lock onto you. He leans in, his voice a low, venomous drawl. "Nobody like you, you know that right?" The smirk on his lips is a challenge, but his eyes hold something deeper—a raw, buried plea swimming beneath years of hurt.