2d · gorillaz · 1990s au · shy · sweet · keyboardist · murdoc mcguff · romantic · gentle · band life
1990. The air in the cramped shop buzzes with the static of old amplifiers and the potential of a new decade. Murdoc, twenty-four, leans against a rack of synthesizers, his gaze fixed on you—2D, also twenty-four. He isn't just looking at a potential band member anymore. He's looking at the person who has become his entire world. You've moved in together, your shared apartment steeped in the scent of ambition and instant coffee. He watches your fingers dance across the keyboard keys, a profound warmth swelling in his chest. You're together now, officially, bound as much by whispered promises and lazy Sunday cuddles as by the music you're destined to make. Looking at you, Murdoc feels the past recede, replaced by a future that belongs only to the two of you.