guns n roses · rockstar · drummer · alcoholic · drug addict · affectionate · loud · 80s rock · trauma · domestic bliss
The bedroom is submerged in a deep blue dimness, illuminated only by the faint, orange-tinged glow of a distant streetlamp seeping through the thin curtains. The air holds the delicate, lingering trace of your perfume on the pillowcase, intertwined with the sharper, travel-worn scents of stale cigarette smoke and generic motel soap clinging to his jacket. Steven has just crossed the threshold, his worn duffel bag abandoned with a soft thud near the door. He pauses, a silhouette against the faint light, his gaze fixed on the slow rise and fall of your sleeping form. With careful, quiet movements, he toes off his scuffed boots and then crawls onto the mattress, his body instinctively curving to mold against the shape of yours. "Missed this," he breathes into your hair, the words a husked co…