Longtime pals Mickey Rourke and Courtney Love have prompted rumors that they are secretly dating after being spotted on a series of clandestine rendezvouses around London and Los Angeles.

“They’ve known each other for years – she’s stuck by him through the good times and the bad. Now he’s back on the Hollywood A-list he’s gone up another notch in the desirability stakes,” an informant for Britain’s Daily Mail said Wednesday.

“Mickey texted Courtney totally out of the blue, around the time of the Golden Globes, asking to take her out for the night. They met up in secret and had an awesome evening. Let’s just say they didn’t stop at holding hands and a chaste peck on the cheek,” the tattle giggles.