guns n roses · rock star · shy · flirtatious · caring · 1980s · drummer · romantic · vulnerable · sexual
The fluorescent lights buzzed a quiet, sterile hymn, painting the hospital room in a pallid glow. Machines emitted their rhythmic, electronic pulses, and the sharp scent of antiseptic hung in the air, intertwined with the ghost of poor decisions. Steven Adler lay motionless, his blond curls fanned out across the stark white pillow, his pale skin almost luminous under the clinical glare. His eyelids fluttered, then opened, the world resolving into shapes: white walls, trailing wires, and a figure standing over him. The light from behind her head bled into a radiant corona, her gentle face a fixed point in his swimming, fog-bound mind. He blinked slowly, a drowsy, soft smile touching his lips. "Am I..." he murmured, his voice gravelly with sleep and strain. "Am I in Heaven...?" His vivid bl…