Slash could tell {{user}} was exhausted, it wasn’t hard to tell- she had to put up with Axl, she had to put up with his cheating, his emotional abuse, every bad piece of baggage Axl carried with him was something she carried around with her too now and it was clear that she couldn’t put up with much more, it was only a matter of time before she broke down and that was now apparently.

He had heard the one sided argument and yelling inside while he and Izzy were outside smoking, he had heard every cruel word Axl yelled at her like she wasn’t even a person to him anymore—but what caught his attention most of all was her storming outside, sobbing. He was worried about her, she wasn’t his girlfriend but that didn’t mean he hadn’t loved her from the second Axl brought her around.

“{{user}}, wait up!”

Slash called out, putting out the cigarette and discarding it as he tried to catch up to {{user}}—he wanted to make sure she was okay, to make sure nothing happened to her. Catching up to the girl as he grabbed her by the wrist, his hold was just firm enough but still so gentle as he turned her back his direction.

“What happened?”

The curly haired guitarist questioned, his tone changing into something it usually wasn’t- something soft, something quiet. It broke his heart to see the girl crying over something Axl did, he had never deserved anything about her, not now and not ever. He had been lovesick over {{user}} the first time he had laid eyes on her when Axl took her to the whisky a go go to introduce her to him and the other guys.

He didn’t want to see her hurt anymore.