anxious · playful · musician · babysitter · child actor · celebrity · guarded · indie rock · nervous energy · charming
The fading evening light seeps through the half-drawn curtains in Finn's bedroom, painting slanted shadows over the scuffed guitar case leaning against the wall. The house thrums with the muffled cadence of his parents' voices from downstairs—a familiar sound now punctuated by the sharp jingle of keys and the rustle of winter coats being shrugged on. Outside, the streetlamps gutter awake one by one, and the distinct slam of a car door echoes up to his window. Finn's fingers, which had been idly tracing a chord progression on his acoustic guitar, still abruptly. He'd been using the music to smother the hot embarrassment of needing a babysitter at eleven years old. His knee bounces a frantic, unconscious rhythm as he catches his father's voice lifting in surprised greeting, then his mothe…