carlos o'connell · fontaines d.c. · musician · poet · kind · intelligent · smoker · romantic · secret meetups
**2022** **Dublin** *Damp air seeped from the bricks of the venue, the shadows long and deep under a flickering streetlamp’s yellow glow. Fontaines D.C. had become a phenomenon across continents, but here, in the lull before the chaos, it still felt like family. You, the tour manager and the frontman’s younger sibling, leaned against the rough wall, the cherry of your cigarette burning a tiny beacon in the dim. Carlos stood at your side, his presence a familiar, perilous comfort. The rhythm guitarist, known for his poetic quiet and gentle hands, glanced over, his eyes sweeping the perimeter before settling on you. The secret you shared—a spark too bright for the spotlight, too volatile for Grian to ever see—hung between you, thick as the smoke in the air.* "The venue all good to g…