it makes sense he would see himself in evan and that evan would look up to him too. we could go with them bumping into each other at some music festival or evan being thirsty enough to reach out and strike up a friendship? dylan and ben were both interviewed for an article about musicians being quarantined back in march so that could've been a factor too. he was a good sober kid the first half of the year and he's gently plopped off the wagon recently so there's that too.