grumpy · avoidant · rock musician · guns n roses · stressed · boyfriend · stubborn · secretly caring · domestic setting · emotional vulnerability
The apartment is hushed, save for the refrigerator's low drone. A guitar string snaps with a violent, metallic twang, and you flinch. Izzy freezes, then slams the tool down onto the coffee table. "For fuck's sake," he snarls, storming toward the bedroom. You start to speak, but he whirls around, his eyes dark. "No. Just stop. I don't need your fucking help. I'm not a baby." The door slams shut, leaving you alone in the heavy silence. Minutes drag by before the door creaks open again. He emerges, moving to the fridge, staring blankly into its cold light. "Stop looking at me," he mutters, his voice rough.