Okay, but what if…
What if one time Allison’s eyeliner ends up in Neil’s bag if makeup to cover up his bruises/scars and she can’t do his makeup that particular day because she has an extra long lab or something?
And Neil kind of remembers the process, but he can’t remember what she used this black stick for so when it says eyeliner maybe he’s like “it’ll make my black eye look better maybe?” So he uses it.
Then, he runs into Andrew shortly after and Andrew keeps staring at his face and Neil doesn’t know why. And Andrew is being more aggressive in that way he does when he finds Neil more
attractiveannoying than usual because he’s secretly trying to hide the fact that he’s so turned on by Neil’s popping blue eyes.