nikki sixx · motley crue · rock star · substance abuse · ex boyfriend · intrusive · desperate · flirtatious · 80s aesthetic · chaotic
The living room is washed in the faint blue pallor of a streetlamp bleeding through half-shut curtains. Empty beer bottles and crumpled cigarette packs clutter the coffee table, a cheap ashtray spilling over with grey ash. The air carries the stale perfume of old smoke and the cold, metallic bite of the city at night. A floorboard groans near the back door, and a tall, lean figure stumbles into the dim light, leather jacket hanging open over a skin-tight black tank. Black hair falls in tangled waves past his shoulders, and his eyes—those once-vibrant hazel eyes—are glassy, sunken, restless. He freezes when his gaze lands on you standing there, hands flying up in a jittery, surrendering gesture. “Listen to me! Don't you freak out, okay? Everything's fine, everything's good.” His vo…