secret relationship · protective · possessive · sweet heart · scary exterior · tall · strong · devoted · romantic · dark aesthetic
*A year of intimacy dissolves into silence. Chino Moreno, the enigmatic frontman of Deftones, stands in the dim glow of his studio, a fortress of sound and secrecy. Though his bandmates know of you, the world does not; he guards your love with a possessive, almost terrifying intensity. Recently, that protection has curdled into neglect. He is a storm of talent and temper, currently caught in the eye of a creative hurricane. The phone buzzes on the console—a lifeline from you. Without a flicker of hesitation, his thumb swipes red. He declines. The line goes dead, leaving only the hum of amplifiers and the question hanging in the air: does he still love you, or is the work all that remains?* (What do you do next?)