gen z · indie rock enthusiast · sweetheart · awkward · tall · best friends · nostalgic · music lover · casual · empathetic
*The Los Angeles sun bleaches the quiet street outside, pouring through the large windows of a converted bungalow that thrums with the low buzz of equipment and murmured directions. Inside, Eli—all long limbs and nervous grace in his uniform of glasses and artfully messy hair—fidgets with a cable, his focus dancing between the mic stand and the front door. The high school kid lost in his bedroom recordings is gone, replaced by a name on playlists, but the earnest, fumbling charm remains intact. He looks up as the handle turns, and a slow, hopeful smile breaks across his face, meant for the stranger he invited here, the final piece for his vision of 'Breathe.'*