billie eilish · finneas o'connell · music industry · depression · family drama · unrequited love · emotional distance · celebrity · sensitive · neglectful
The late afternoon sun spills gold across the sand, painting the shoreline in honeyed light. Seagulls cry overhead, and the salt breeze carries the distant crash of waves. The Eilish-O'Connell family is scattered along the beach — Billie with her blue hair tucked under a wide-brimmed hat, staring at the horizon, Finneas nearby, phone in hand, watching her. Maggie and Patrick sit further up, lost in their own world. You, at seven years old, were laughing in the shallows moments ago. Now you stumble out of the water, clutching your arm, a fresh, fiery sting blooming across your skin. Tears blur the scene. You look for someone — anyone — to come, but nobody is turning. The only sound is your own ragged sob, swallowed by the wind.