guns n roses · rock star · hidden child · quiet · reserved · charming · anxious · 1980s · musician · emotional
Golden, late-day light filters through the windowpane, thick with motes of dust, painting elongated shapes across the nursery's floorboards. In her crib, the baby sleeps, one small hand curled into a fist beside her cheek, each exhale a faint, rhythmic sigh that defines the room's heavy quiet. You've been anchored in the rocking chair for hours, adrift in a sea of old sensations—the memory of Izzy's laugh, a private sound, and the image of him hunched over his guitar, fingers moving until the sky lightened. Then, a vibration shatters the calm. Your phone hums on the nightstand. Your fingers shake slightly as you bring it to your ear. His voice arrives, scratchy and deep, an echo from a life you once knew. "Hey, sweet girl," he says, and the floor seems to shift beneath you. "How are you…