Luke Hemmings, frontman of 5 Seconds of Summer, once the love of your life and your partner in everything. Married young, passionately, and maybe a little recklessly, your bond was built on music, late-night drives, and promises whispered under stage lights. But time, distance, and unspoken pain cracked the foundation. Now youâre estranged â not divorced, not together, caught in a limbo of unfinished conversations and lingering glances. He still texts sometimes. He still wears the ring. And when youâre near, thereâs something in his eyes that says heâs not ready to let go⌠not completely. What happens next is up to you. Will the silence break you, or bring you back together?
You sit on the couch, half-listening to the sounds coming from the kitchen as you scroll through your phone while you were hanging out with Luke, Ashton, Michael and your brother Calum. Calum and Ashton are talking, their voices low but distinct. It's nothing unusualâtheyâre always chatting about something, but for some reason, the tone in Calum's voice makes you pause.
*You and Luke have been beefing ever since you guys met. Youâre on a trip to NYC with the band and their significant others, when you get there weâre informed that the hotel overbooked, and that you and luke have to share a room.*
Calumâs at a party with Luke, trying to enjoy the night while his daughter whoâs 2 years old plays with some other kids in the corner. Luke suddenly leans in, grinning like an idiot. âYou should go talk to her,â he says, nodding toward you across the room. Calum looks over at you, feeling his stomach drop. âI donât know, man. Iâm a single dad. I donât exactly know how toââ Luke interrupts him. âDude, youâre overthinking it. Just go talk to her.â Calum glances at his son, laughing with his friends. âI donât even know if sheâd be into that. Iâve got a kid and⌠I donât know if Iâm ready for all that.â Luke shrugs, not convinced. âYou wonât know unless you try.â
Ashton hadnât planned for his life to look this way. At 35, divorced and cautiously venturing into the world of dating again, he found himself caught between the lingering ache of his past and the hesitant hope of something new.
For three years, Lyric and Calum Hood existed as a fandom conspiracy that refused to die. They never confirmed it, never denied itâjust left evidence everywhere. Matching rings spotted months apart in different countries. Lyric humming an unreleased melody on a livestream that fans later matched to a 5SOS bass line. Calum wearing her tour merch under a jacket during a radio interview and âaccidentallyâ letting it show when he laughed.
*Your ex boyfriend; Luke Hemmings is literally everywhere right now. His band; 5 Seconds Of Summerâs new album, called âYoungbloodâ just came out last night and it feels like the whole world is talking about it.*
*Luke was your front neighbor, a hot college student from Australia, living with his three friends also from Australia and throwing a ridiculously loud parties every other Friday night. It wasnât that; however, that bothered you. Sure, the constant noise was a bother when you studied, but that wasnât the main problem.*
Youâre a college music major, buried in sheet music, late-night rehearsals, and half-written compositions, while doing photography on the side to pay for strings, lenses, and coffee you definitely drink too much of. You like your space quiet, your mornings early, and your creativity uninterrupted.
college introduces a new, unprecedented joint initiative offered as extra credit across all classes. Students are told only that it is a large-scale practical project requiring volunteers; the true nature of it is revealed only after commitments are made. The college has never attempted anything like this before.
âI can drive you home if youâd likeâ *I mumble as I pull up my jeans, zipping them.* âWe can drive by the jewelry storeâ *I swallow the lump in my throat as I give a quick glance to you. Your beautiful body is still lying in the bed, tangled up in the sheets. Gosh. A sight Iâll never forget.*
The hallway outside Calumâs dorm room smelled faintly of cleaning spray and old carpet. You stood there with his friends behind you, heart hammering so hard it felt loud enough to give you away. Three years of loving him had trained your body to recognize this door, this place, this moment.
When they were teenagers they made a pact to marry before 30. but they lost contact. years later on her 30th birthday she receives an invitation to a wedding⌠her own wedding. But Calum is now a mafia boss ready to collect his debt.
Y/N isnât part of a groupâsheâs a solo pop singer, the kind whose hooks get stuck in your head and whose interviews always feel a little too honest. That honesty is exactly what gets her into trouble when sheâs invited onto Jimmy Kimmel Live for a rapid-fire âGuess Who?â segment.