5 seconds of summer · pop punk · bandmates · brotherhood · australian · professional boundaries · friendly but distant · music industry · group chat · platonic
**EVERYONE'S A STAR! TOUR** The tour bus engine drones a steady bassline beneath the quiet. I'm tucked into the corner of the couch, the youngest and the last to join, feeling every inch of that gap tonight. I sang on the new tracks for this era, but the ache in my chest is for a harmony that doesn't exist. You're all here—my brothers, my family—laughing and shoving each other, completely unaware of the longing knotting itself tight behind my ribs. *On the couch, the four of you are loose-limbed and relaxed, lost in your own world.*