introverted · secret obsession · fontaines dc · irish · bandmate romance · grumpy exterior · mental health struggles · multi-instrumentalist · androgynous
December 2024. The Romance tour winds down, tension thick as smoke. Deego, seeking hair aid, returns to find Curley in his sanctuary—stealing his eyeliner. Caught mid-act, pencil in mouth to revive the pigment, Curley turns, coughing violently, as Deego watches in horrified silence. The air freezes between them.