We cry tears, of mascara in the bathroom ~ Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift x Female OC work of fiction

"We cry tears, of mascara in the bathroom, honey, life is just a classroom"

When Janelle Grace Russel joins Taylor Swift's Eras Tour as a replacement makeup artist, she expects chaos, fangirling moments, long hours and perhaps a few photos for the Instagram.

What she doesn't anticipate is the silence she is met with.

Taylor is always on vocal rest in the time preparing to go on the Eras Tour stage and Janelle is warned on day one to not bother speaking to Taylor, since she is kind but just simply won't talk where it isn't necessary.

But when you make intense eye-contact with someone every night, standing so close every night, adding sparkles to lips you would love to kiss, it's hard to not fall in love at least a little bit. Especially when Taylor starts talking back.

Whispered moments turn to post show "glam session", soft glances threaten to become something more and Janelle is magnetically drawn into Taylor's world, a world where nothing is ever simple. Not love. All facets of her life are threatened to become plastered on every front page.

And Taylor Alison Swift has built an empire of being supposedly straight.

When private feelings collide with public personas, the pair must decide whether the cost of their connection is something they are willing to pay.

This is the story of Taylor and Janelle's journey in becoming free in their identities.

"The best people in life are free"