✖ ┆ FOOL.

thus with a kiss i die!

[ftxromeo]

( * // cake. )

solo. setting: january 25 , 2019 , static’s dorm , 3 : 17 a.m. word count: 689

     it’s ironic ---- the girl named valentina is born in a cold january morning , while her brother is born in st. valentine’s day. not that it’s any stranger. he is , after all , named after one of the most famous lovers in literature , while she after a mere gentleman of verona. romeo wonders if his parents were surprised at how they turned out. romeo montague is a rebel , something of a sentimental troublemaker , and while that might’ve described romeo jung in his youth , he’s now more calculating than he ever thought before. too taken by careful moves and considerations of his image , long gone were the days of a young man who took a liking to skipping class because a movie he liked was coming out on that day.

     valentina’s no queen of outlaws , either. in her case , romeo thinks it might’ve been just a shakespearean theme that his parents were going for. what he learned of valentine as a character didn’t resemble his little sister at all. sweet and responsible , she was the very opposite of the family disappointment. was it difficult not to resent her for it ? of course. romeo’s only human after all , and jealousy is one of the defining traits of man. having never been the family’s pride and joy in quite the same way , he admits that his envy was more concerning the favoritism in its entirety rather than something he had and lost. he’s not sure if that makes it worse or better.

     in the end , though , he loves his little sister , and she loves him. romeo calls her way more than his parents , though that’s likely because she understands his struggles far more than they ever would. having been a fan of the industry as a whole before her brother even joined its ranks , she knew what kind of life he’d be leading. the diets , the constant reprimands , the hellish trainee life and subsequent hectic schedule post - debut. she was glad he was in one of the ❛ artist type ❜ groups ; she’d told him as much when he debuted. she could brag that her brother was one of the idols who wrote his own songs ---- even if it was just the melody and none of the words.

     maybe it hurt a little , knowing that valentina might’ve been waiting to use him as a prop just like his parents had his entire life , ultimately giving up when it became apparent that academia and stem were the last things he ever wanted to pursue. romeo knows she doesn’t mean anything by it. she’s just a kid ---- turning twenty very soon ( too soon ) ---- and she can’t help it. she’s related to someone ( moderately ) famous , and in the age of social media , the impulse to boast about this connection is almost too great to ignore. romeo’s saving grace is that he hasn’t been home in years , so any pictures she has to offer of them together will only be of them as children.

     but because he loves her , he doesn’t mind. if there’s anyone in that terrible , soul - sucking family that romeo genuinely cares about , it’s the girl who believed in him from the very beginning. who promised to buy every single one of his albums , to convince her friends to stream , who comforted him when he called in tears about how difficult it was and how he made a terrible mistake. the only one to say ❛ i knew you could do it ❜ after he had spent almost a decade as a trainee. there may be an inclination to brag , but the love was genuine. it was always there.

     and that love is why staying up all night ( in spite of an already heavy case of insomnia as comeback season approaches ) to see her text thanking him profusely for the flowers , cake , and signed albums is worth it.

[ftxromeo]

( * // 약속 . )

solo. setting: december 31 , 2018 , static’s dorm , 12:25 p.m. word count: 1,216

     he’s never been any good with promises. not to himself , not to others. although romeo jung is the kind of guy who hates to disappoint , he’s just no good with commitment. at least , this is what he likes to tell himself in order to absolve himself of any guilt. he knows ---- it’s the coward’s way out. but it sure is effective. it’s almost as if he can go through every day without thinking about how much potential he’s wasting by deciding to give up when the going gets tough.

     well , he’s stuck around in the only way that really matters , considering he’s here , with a viable career in the entertainment industry. but when it comes to big picture things ( capital letters and the like ) he’s ... woefully inadequate.

      which , his mother would say , is unsurprising.

     nevertheless, the jung family tends to take very resolutions very seriously. and with the new year quite literally around the corner , romeo knows that he’s going to have to tell his mother something or else she’ll go on and on and on about how he has no ambition , how he’s let everyone walk all over him ever since he got to korea and how she should’ve kept him back home so that she could teach him how to have an actual backbone for once. as if he wasn’t the leader of a rookie group that was just on the verge of success ( or so his instincts told him ).

     he still skypes his family , though , hours and hours ahead , as they’re eating dinner. there’s a whole bunch of home - cooked food right in front of them. romeo positions his phone so that they can’t see the buckets of kentucky fried chicken in front of him. they look like a perfect little unit of three , and he’s the outsider again. he still smiles when valentina waves at him , even bothering to show the whites of his teeth.

     she’s gotten so big since romeo saw her last. it’s hard to think that she’s already halfway through her second year at ucla , though there’s a part of him that thinks it’s just the nostalgia. she went to k - town digging for static’s debut album when it first dropped. sometimes when he’s feeling down , he likes to watch the video , not caring that it’s over a year old and they’ve had three more comebacks in that time , with a fourth on the way. 

     ❝ hey guys ! ❞ romeo greets. ❝ wow , that looks really good. ❞ 

     ❝ you should smell it , ❞ valentina tells him , holding a plate up to the camera.

     romeo laughs. ❝ i will when google gets on that tech. ❞

     his mother looks significantly less amused. she regards romeo critically ---- looking for any more signs of plastic surgery , no doubt ---- before making a little self - satisfied noise. ❝ how’s your schedule these days ? are they keeping you busy ? ❞ where others would like to know if their child isn’t being overworked , romeo knows his mother. 

     ❝ i was just finishing some last touches on a few tracks , ❞ he answers dutifully , head ducked as he jerks a thumb back at his equipment sitting behind him. his screensaver bounces around the screen. ❝ we should be having a comeback soon , i think. i submitted some stuff for consideration already. ❞

     romeo wonders if his mother even understands what it means , how one goes about getting their work on an album , how much time it takes to write even one song. how he agonizes every day over simple chord progressions in the midst of practice and working out , so busy that he even resorts to sleeping while standing up when he has more than fifteen minutes to spare for rest. instead , he can read the lack of pride that stretches across her face. he didn’t say that everything was lining up , had only explained possibility of success rather than certainty.

     there hasn’t been a day in his life that he can remember her telling him she was proud of him unprompted , if at all. valentina may be the more accomplished , sure , what with her genius intellect and already bright future , but romeo’s worked just as hard to get where he is. he wonders if she’d get it if she followed him around for a day , but that would just be too much pressure. and he isn’t certain if she’d even care. 

      ❝ that’s nice , ❞ romeo’s father says diplomatically.

      his mother fidgets with her napkin and utensils before nodding. clearing her throat , she steeples her hands under her chin. ❝ before we start eating , should we go around ? ❞ there’s only one answer to this question , but the rest of the family nods anyway. ❝ who wants to go first ? ❞

      valentina raises her hand eagerly. as a child she wasn’t sure what to say , so she always went last after hearing everyone else. romeo supposes this is just more evidence that she’s all grown up. ❝ my resolution is to never let any research opportunities pass me. i know i’m still a second year , but i think getting my name out there with internships and such would look really good on my resumé. ❞ this earns an approving nod. 

     ❝ i’m going to pick up a new skill , ❞ romeo’s father says. ❝ something like woodworking ---- i’ve always wanted to do something with my hands. might as well learn something that’ll help me fix up our old furniture while i’m at it. ❞ 

     ❝ mine’s rather similar to valentina’s , ❞ romeo’s mother comments. ❝ i’m definitely not letting another promotion get away from me again. ❞ that’s right , she was almost made a principal of another school other than the one she’d been teaching at and eventually administrating for years. last he heard , the job went to another ( male ) colleague of hers in the district. but he didn’t know enough to comment.

     and then all pairs of eyes roll to romeo , who suddenly feels heat splash across his face. it isn’t all the lighting , or the rapidly cooling chicken before him. it’s the scrutiny , which he’s never been good at dealing with. why the fuck was he a celebrity then , right ?

     romeo clears his throat. ❝ well ... i’m ... i think i wanna go small scale this year. ❞ valentina nods encouragingly. ❝ i wanna get our first win this year. maybe hit a pak while we’re at it. ❞ just a single look at his family shows that only valentina knows what he’s talking about. it must sound impressive , though , because his mother nods approvingly. it’s strange , having her agree with one of his decisions. she hated this , uprooting himself to become an idol , but here she is.

     he doesn’t dare to think this means she’s coming around. but at least dinner proceeds without a fuss.

[134340-bt7]

Melon Music Awards, 2018 | Namjoon & Jungkook (©RM_PSTGA)

[ftxromeo]

@ftjoowon

[jjungcooks]

a lil cute pout from the cutest

[ftxromeo]

( * // reflection. )

schedule prompt word count: 531

+ 3 vocal , + 2 dance , + 5 popularity , + 5 karma

     he likes his face. it’s a good face. strong jaw , alluring eyes , a natural coquettish curve to his lips.

     but , if he’s being particularly obvious , it’s not truly his face. not the one romeo was born with, anyway. verve was invested in his talent when he was younger , not so much his visuals. ❝ he can be fixed , ❞ he remembers a staff member saying , squinting at the young man as if already resizing his features in his head.

     fixed , like there’s something wrong with him. which , in the context of his occupation , might actually be true.

     the end result , at the very least , is good. he’s thankful that the nose job doesn’t ruin his face — in his eight or so years in the dungeon , he’s seen how bad botched plastic surgery can get. no , romeo jung is a success story. he was unremarkable and even moderately unattractive , and he came out of the k-pop machine a heartthrob.

     ( or, he hopes to become one, at least. )

     the only real issue is that he doesn’t feel that he deserves praise for his looks. he did nothing except lie unconscious on a table as doctors worked over him to give him the perfect visage. it isn’t romeo’s face , it’s the face sculpted for him. his singing , his composition , those are all his own. not this.

     he isn’t sure if he hates it , and thus he isn’t sure if he hates filming and photoshoots.

     from what he’s heard , he’s a natural at it. finding his angles , posing dramatically enough to catch the eye but not enough to be considered campy. he could’ve become a model if this was the face he was born with , and if he’d kept up the workout regime he lives faithfully by to this day ---- because plus - size female models are hard to come by in korea , let alone males. romeo would never try to become one , though. the entire reason he put himself through all this , the entire reason he worked his ass off and allowed them to nearly rebuild his face from the ground ( mostly nose ) up , was because he wanted to make music , and he wanted to make music that people would listen to.

      he has a good feeling about shine.

      maybe that’s why he’s so invested in album preparations this time around. this could be it. they’re a rising star now , and this comeback could very well be their big break. proof that verve can , in fact , produce a viable boy group. and it’ll be all because of romeo.

     ( and taewoo’s lyrics , he supposes. )

     admitting this out loud is ... more than a little embarrassing , though , so he ducks his head at the photographer’s praise and snarks , ❝ what , don’t i always work hard ? ❞ who could blame him for putting in the work when this could be the photoshoot that skyrockets him to fame ?  

     ---- false visuals and all.

[ariescults-moved]

[ftxromeo]

( * // flight . )

[ftxromeo]

ftjoowon‌:

     like he’s any good at being a teacher. his own tutelage wasn’t the most professional, so he can only suppose that whatever he’d have to offer romeo would be just the same. unless he looked into theory books, collecting what information was actually acquired to teach one to play the drums —- but that was so much work and money, and, oh, joowon’s thinking about it so now he might as well end up doing it. he really hopes that rapid procession of thoughts didn’t show on his face. if they did, they’d have manifested in a variety of grimaces, and that isn’t the impression he wants to give romeo.

       romeo doesn’t like thinking of himself as oblivious. observation is one of the greatest ways to ignite his creative spirit , so he likes to think that he’s fairly decent at noticing even the littlest of things. and when it comes to people being interested in him , well. sometimes it’s probably better just to play dumb. it isn’t that he dislikes the attention , he just ... ought to know better than to entertain false hopes. but the thing about joowon is that romeo isn’t sure if there’s any hope at all. he sees the heart -  eyes clear as day. the way that joowon seems to stick by his side as if glued there rather than going off and finding people in his league.

      they maybe within the same realm of looks ( and the more vain part of romeo will , of course , insist that he ranks slightly higher than joowon ) , but when it comes to senior and junior , joowon would probably be better off forming a relationship with the members of strings rather than static. and as romeo was more of a composer than a lyricist , there were even fewer things that they had in common in terms of their creative outlets. and , to top it all off , joowon wasn’t exactly romeo’s type. but he would love to just be friends !

      so here he is. passive. pretending like there’s nothing wrong.

      like he doesn’t notice joowon’s obvious crush on him. 

      ❝ what , and you’re gonna be my watson ? ❞ nice going , romeo. that’ll totally be taken as a platonic invitation given the clearly not - homoerotic relationship seen between sherlock and watson in the twenty - first century. ❝ tell you what ---- how about we trade ? you teach me how to play the drums ,  and i can teach you how to play the violin. ❞ because just taking things ( even just knowledge ) from joowon doesn’t seem right. but , of course , he’s gone and added god knows how many hours of contact between them for joowon to misconstrue. demi moore and patrick swayze who ??

[ftxromeo]

( * // dian’s wit. )

ft. @ftyuseol

     she’s holding ... it in her hand. well ---- multiple its. the plurality does not whatsoever negate the horror he feels pitted in his stomach when he recognizes the slips of paper yuseol is turning over in her hands , and the strangled ( far too dramatic , really ) ❝ don’t ! ❞ that burst forth from his lips was perhaps the most embarrassing moment of his life. romeo stumbles forward , grabbing the paper out of her hand and tossing it haphazardly back into the open desk drawer she presumably plucked it from. his heart hammers in his chest as he slams it closed , eyes wide as he stands in front of it as if guarding the sheaths with his own body.

      they don’t ... talk. not at times like this , not when he’s just waddled out of the shower with nothing but a towel around his waist and she’s been waiting around outside for post - coital cuddles. they’re friends ( and one would presume they were more than that , considering what they’d done roughly an hour prior ) , but they’re not friend friends. not close enough for romeo to divulge his more secretive hobbies. not close enough for him to tell her that he used to want to be the next ernest hemingway.

      or , more accurately , the male a.n. roquelaure. 

      ❝ i promise i’m not using this for research ! ❞ it’s a suspiciously specific denial , one that doesn’t help his case whatsoever. romeo cringes , then runs his fingers through his hair. ❝ fuck , that sounds ... wrong , i. i just happen to like writing more than music. that’s it. ❞ oh man , this would be super embarrassing if she hadn’t read anything at all , wouldn’t it ? then he’d have really piqued her interest and humiliated himself more than he originally thought.

[ftzone]

Was anyone else watching STATIC’s appearance on After School Club? Stereo is a much bigger fandom than it used to be, isn’t it? ㅎㅎ Anyways, isn’t STATIC’s leader Romeo so cute when he speaks English? He speaks so well, of course. You can tell it’s the language he’s most fluent in when you compare it to his Korean~ It must have been difficult to go from speaking mostly English to mostly Korean, I really admire him, and not just for his looks!! ㅎㅎㅎ And then when he did his valley girl impression… ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Romeo is a talented musician, main vocal and leader, and he’s funny and a language genius too!! 

Romeo, please continue to lead STATIC to new heights!!

[ROMEOANDHAJOONET]: The valley girl impression was him teasing his sister, wasn’t it?? He never talks about his family… I would love to know more… ㅜㅜ          [stereo_stat1c]: @[ROMEOANDHAJOONET] And why should he talk about them? If you’re really a stereo, you should respect Romeo’s privacy, but I can tell by your username that you don’t… ㅋ [staticgf]: STATIC are really coming up lately, aren’t they? I love finally getting to see them doing appearances and photoshoots, I’ve been a member of stereo since Runaway and I love seeing them grow, especially Romeo         [r000me000]: @[staticgf] It’s all thanks to Romeo. He really knows how to make an impression, this appearance is just one of many [magicstatic]: Romeo… you’re making me question my bias ㅠㅠ Hajoon, I’m sorry, I still love you the most~ [SiLVERgal]: I have to admit, I was worried when I heard Verve were debuting a boy group, I think we all remember how that went last time ㅋㅋ But after watching them on After School Club, Romeo has totally charmed me          [statique]: @[SiLVERgal] ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ He really lives up to his namesake, doesn’t he?? [N_E_Oo]: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ You really think STATIC can get any higher while NEO are around? You stereos are f*cking delusional ㅋㅋㅋ It doesn’t matter what they do, or how good Romeo is at English if they can’t get the sales to back it up

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[ftxromeo]

( * // flight . )

ft. @ftjoowon​

lotte world , 5 : 41 pm

      ❝ hyung , that was dope ! ❞ romeo’s not on call , static’s performance is still over an hour away , but this probably means he should be with his group. last minute checks , seeing if they need him to talk to staff , et cetera. doing that good leader stuff , because he was put in charge for a reason , and it’s more than just because he was at verve the longest. but he isn’t. instead , he was hovering in the wings , eyes wide as he tried to see as much of what was going on on - stage as he could. there were probably monitors that he could be looking at backstage ----

     (  y’know , with the rest of your group ? )

    ---- but nothing really compares to seeing things live , after all. even if all he can see is the back of corpse party’s heads , and even those are obscured by the lighting. the screaming fans are a nice touch , though. he can only hope that static will draw a similar amount of response , even if it’s just pity from people who want to be supportive toward 누구 idols.

     when the band filters finishes their set and starts filtering off - stage , romeo’s sure to bow to each member in quick succession before leaning forward and catching the forearm of the last one , trailing behind the others and tugging the elder aside. he must look like an excited child , rocking back and forth on his heels as he thrums with excitement. ❝ you were like a blur ! whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh , that was you with those drum sticks. ❞ a flurry of movement to punctuate his words.

      this sort of enthusiasm from romeo isn’t entirely well - known outside of his closest friends ---- of which there are few and far between ---- which may explain a few of the strange looks tossed his way as he sticks to joowon’s side like a puppy. ❝ really , you were just so , so cool. i’ve always wanted to learn how to play the drums , y’know ? it’s a cooler instrument than the violin. besides orchestral music and , like , what ... country ?? what am i gonna do with it ? drums are more practical. and you get to hit stuff. ❞

[ftxromeo]

( * // thrill . )

[ftxromeo]

ftminseo‌:

“i’m really more of a bumper cars girl. feet close to the ground, no plummeting from life-risking heights, that sort of thing.” the humor remaining in her voice and the way her eyes flicker back up to the attraction he’d pointed to betrays she’s considering it somewhere in the less cautious part of her mind. “you like that kind of stuff?” she asks in a question not as rhetorical or as judgmental as it could sound. she’s not surprised, she thinks to herself, but that’s not a bad thing.

     it’s not an outright no ---- but he’s not terrible enough to not realize that a lack of clear dissent is not an act of consent. he loosens his hold on her , conscious of the fact that too tight a grip did him no favors. and if they were ever happened upon , it’d be easier to clear his name if he didn’t have a vice grip on a poor girl’s wrist. romeo grins , nose crinkling in amusement as he laughs. ❝ good one ---- though i think i deserve quite a bit of credit for the set - up. ❞ he turns to look at the ride once more , head cocked slightly as he watches the ascent. what must the breeze be like up there ? he’s itching to find out.

      when she continues to speak , he arches a brow , head whipping back around to gaze into her eyes. usually a good smolder does the trick , an intense gaze some found too difficult to resist. but minseo’s never had the ( questionable ) pleasure of being one of his ❛ conquests, ❜ so he’s not entirely sure how well - received his usual tactics would be. ❝ i can dig that , ❞ romeo hums. he thinks back to his childhood fairgrounds , of the rickety machines far less secure than any of lotte world’s attractions , the latter having the fortune of being permanently set up. ❝ we can go ride something chill afterward. like a palate cleanser , or something. ❞

       because he has no intentions of not riding any of the other thrilling contraptions indoors , either. ❝ i mean ... i don’t hate it. ❞ he’s an adrenaline junkie , he might as well just come out and admit it. that he’s spent so much time dreading the future that he needs his heart to furiously pound , either on stage or in a metal harness or between silk sheets , in order to feel alive. ❝ i grew up in southern california , so i was around a lot of theme parks as a kid. disneyland , universal studios , even sea world when my family decided they were fine with the three - to - four hour drive. so i guess it’s just ... something i’m used to. ❞

      removing his hand from minseo’s wrist , he slips his arm around her shoulder starting to walk. gently steering the other , though he would hesitate to phrase it that way. if she really wasn’t going to get on with him , then they could look around for something else to occupy her while he plummeted 70 meters. that’s how he and valentina did things back in the day , anyway. but really , what fun was it to ride things all by yourself , having no one to giggle with as you pulled into the load - out station ?

[ftxromeo]

( * // thrill . )

ft. @ftminseo

lotte world , 3 : 37 pm.

      maybe he’s lonely , and that’s why he doesn’t want to go on any of the rides alone. why not one of his members ? one might ask , certainly well within their rights to do so. because romeo doesn’t want to ---- it’s a petulant answer , but it’s also the truth. the fear of rejection hovers over him , knowing that despite being a team now , the dungeon troll’s actions would always hang over him like a cloud. does romeo regret them ? not if it’s what took for him to debut after eight long years , no matter how hated he was in the aftermath. if he needed to be a monster to finally set foot on a stage , then so be it.

      but this isn’t the opportunity for negativity. he has better things to do with his time , such as ... get on whatever that big drop thingy is. his head craning upwards as he watches as the ride vehicle descends with a loud whoosh , romeo knows in an instant that that’s exactly what he needs to get on right now. but there’s no way he’s going on by himself , and it’s not because he’s scared.

      yeah , it’s cause he’s lonely.

      and in an attempt to rid himself of that loneliness , he finds the person nearest him who wouldn’t snap at him to fuck off. he pauses for a second before reaching for minseo’s wrist. would she even be down ? he supposes he could deal with it if she just cheered him on from the bottom , or something , but the whole point of finding someone was so that they could get on together. romeo shakes his head , then takes the girl’s arm with a smile. 

       ❝ hey , ❞ he says , voice as warm as he can manage. ❝ come away with me. we can go test out that thing over there. ❞ jerking a thumb over his shoulder , romeo pretends not to hear the terrified shriek of riders as the gyro drop plummets once more.

[ftzone]

not to be dramatic or anything but isn’t romeo EASILY~~~ the song-maker of this generation?? okay, it’s a little bit dramatic but my heart sings whenever i listen to one more night and it’s not just because it gives you that heart-sing feeling, but romeo did such a good job  ㅠㅠ 

SO MANY SONGS!!!! he’s really, re~~~ally made so many songs, right? i mean, a good amount of them are b-sides but does that even matter?? i look at static and honestly……  ㅎㅎ aren’t they the standard boy groups should be following? they can sing, dance, and they’re all total visuals?? AND they contribute to album tracks?? 

WAKE UP!!!!! i want them to be the biggest group, understand??  (ﾉಥ益ಥ）ﾉ ┻━┻   do it for romeo oppa~~~  ㅠㅠ  ㅠㅠ

[lil_Romeo]: Ugh your mind~~~ romeo really is the best!!          [hajoonie-jjop]: @[lil_Romeo] ㅋㅋ           [lil_Romeo]: @[hajoonie-jjop] why do you always pick fights with me on posts about romeo, b*tch?? are you crazy?? worry about your bias and shut the f*ck up…i’m so sick of solo fans, sh*t [luvNEO]: Tell your oppas to stop coming back when NEO is promoting and maybe they’ll have a chance. aren’t hajoon and romeo the only thing they’ve got in terms of talent AND visuals? [esther_lee95]: i’ve had the biggest crush on romeo oppa ㅜㅜ it’s really starting to hurt!!!!!! I’m not usually such a fan but wah~ sometimes I see his face and I lose it. He’s so precious~~~ [prettyegglin]: main vocal, leader, songmaker ㅋ honestly, can they just admit they built static up around him?? he’s really the ultimate <3 him and sanha oppa…..waaaaaaah          [STATICshock007]: @[prettyegglin] he’s so pretty~~ pretty pretty talented romeo [critical_beautylina]: No, but really!!!! Everyone!! This next Static comeback should be big, right? Really!! they deserve to be on top!!

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[ftxromeo]

ROMEO  JUNG  as  ROMEO  MONTAGUE  (  as  depicted  in  baz  luhrmann’s  1996  adaptation,  romeo + juliet )                       + 5 vocal, + 5 karma, + 5 popularity

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[ftxromeo]

( * // ring. )

prompt: write about how your muse feels about their group’s sound wc: 453

+ 5 vocal , + 5 karma

      romeo can’t well complain , can he ? considering a fair amount of the group’s music ---- not all of it , although he’s sure he has enough drafts to fill up the next twelve mini - albums ---- is stuff that he’s written. to be quite honest , romeo isn’t even sure of the trajectory he’s aiming for beyond the general realm of r&b and hip - hop. verve certainly isn’t complaining , given that he’s been patted on the back enough to be the songwriter of not one but two title tracks ( albeit one that’s yet to be released ). 

       he’s reluctant to say that he’s proud of everything he’s done. yes , romeo’s poured his heart and soul into everything he’s ever written , and yes , there’s a whole folder somewhere on his computer full of songs he slapped together when he was frustrated and angry , and they may actually be his best ones , but that doesn’t give him the right to ... to boast , does it ? romeo’s not nearly as good as he might attempt to think he is.

      ( but maybe that’s just his mother talking. )

      his process is simple ---- sit , think , hum. sometimes he comes up with familiar melodies that he trashes straight away , other times he pokes and prods at his keyboard until something works out. that’s how he came up with shine , after all ---- tapping his foot on the floor , hands hovering uncertainly above the plastic of his midi controller until he decided to just go for it. from the moment he touched that g and then an e flat , romeo knew he’d done ... something. and then he spent the next ten hours scratching at his head until he got something to go with the piano riff , which , of course , ended up being layering it over and over again until he figured out a melody line. that had taken another day.

      it’s always like this , and every time , he hates the end product. he’s naturally inclined to dislike everything he does , even if it’s good ---- even if it gets static their first one , like critical beauty did. it’s a different sort of weight , being both the leader and the guy who now seems to be in charge of title tracks moving forward. twice the amount of shit to carry ( not that he would ever refer to his members as shit ; his music , that’s another story ). twice the chance of crumbling under the pressure.

     but it’s no biggie , romeo’s used to being shoved down , anyway.

[mae0x]

me flirting: okay so how temporary is this?

[ftxromeo]

yay , i’m super excited to see this place finally open ! hi , i’m ellis , and this is my baby romeo , static’s main vocalist and leader ! he’s your average middle class abc from los angeles county who wandered into the kpop industry and became consumed by his ambition to succeed , rife with mommy issues as he is. here are his profile and plots. basic info is under the cut , so like to plot !

romeo’s family isn’t super rich , but they get by. his mother is a schoolteacher ( high school literature ) and his father is an accountant. he has a little sister named valentina , who’s something of an astrophysics prodigy. 

he cemented his status as the black sheep of the family when he chose to pursue music after being scouted by verve at the age of fifteen.

romeo has quite a bit of a body image issue. his appearance has changed pretty drastically since he joined the company , going through skin - bleaching treatments and getting rhinoplasty to make his nose smaller. he was also a little pudgy when he joined the company and has been put on a pretty stringent diet since joining verve. romeo works out frequently ( and at absurd hours ) to keep up his good physique.

he’s pretty conflicted about his job. at first , he was largely flattered by being scouted on the street ---- and then he convinced himself to join because of his mother’s disapproval. but after spending eight years in verve’s dungeon before debuting with static , he feels like he has changed a lot as a person , and not for the better.

very good at hiding this , though. he’s of course super glad to be given the opportunity to be on stage , but he’s sort of slowly working through his feelings about the trajectory of his career ---- when he has time to , in between his leadership duties , his exercise regimen , and the hours of his day dedicated to composition.

an outrageous flirt. like , blisters from kabe - don , every cheesy pick - up line in the books stored in his head in multiple languages. he sees romance and sex as a fun game to distract him from how much turmoil he feels over the current state of his life.

a talented vocalist and writer , but not so great at everything else. he’s decent enough at dancing , but it’s only in terms of technique and isn’t much of a performer in that regard. when it comes to rap , he doesn’t think much of improving his skill in that department because he’s a vocalist through and through.

despite his ( private ) moodiness and emo nature , he’s a pretty good friend when you get on his good side. and doing so’s not that hard , i promise.