Summer 1978 Slash Hudson couldn't believe he was going to spend his summer at a lake. of all places, a lake?! It would be just his luck his parents wanted to be making goo goo eyes at eachother rather then pay attention to him. So this summer he was pretty much on his own. Until he's by the lake and a certain red headed stranger turns his world upside down. In this story, Axl is 17. Slash is 16. Happy Reading.