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[pinkyjulien]

Valentin & Mitch | 592/?? | Morning routine ☕

Another repost of an old set- imagine Val has his head-scar here 🤏

Valentin began wearing makeup when he "joined" the Wraith; the guy who picked him up from literal trash calling him a "skinny, lost raccoon". He picked up on it and it became part of his identity, even using RVC00N as his netrunner nick, covering his eyes and nose-bridge in black, a way for him to hide, to feel safer.

"You'll need to wash that off as well" Dakota told him, after helping h im getting rid of his long turquoise mane. But- he couldn't, not "so soon", he felt the need to cover himself up after each cleaning session.

It became comforting for him, and so he somewhat kept the habit once in NC.

He felt comfortable around his new 'Caldos fam, washing his face under the shower and keeping it fresh for the rest of the night, only putting it back in the morning.

It's only after his (successful!) brain surgery, last ressort to fully yeet whatever rockerboy ghost crumbs was left in there, that he slowly lost that need of hiding, of masking...

His makeup became purely aesthetic, something he wears because he wants to, now being comfortable leaving his face fresh and open more than ever 🧡