shorebirds here for some lines, visceral or lighthearted or both? open to any faces but here are some ideas!
a half-sibling on his dad's side who he meets recently for something slow burn due to their own bias and inner-child wounds we can have them untangle, anyone who works in garment making or owns an atelier who he designs textiles for, maybe a really brilliant indie designer he works with the most, a big ex from about a year ago that he sees in really weird times/places lately, to the point where he calls them up to see if they're alive to ensure he isn't being haunted, and they think he's just a toxic ex trying to slither back in, someone he approached when they were eating alone or vice versa for an open seat across them in a communal eating or sitting area and they ended up being friends, ex flings or fwbs, social stragglers on the fringe, someone who also has a loved one involved in a cold case that he meets at a support group to talk about those good and bad days, the neighbor who plays the x-file theme for an hour straight on the saxophone every few nights, or is the roommate of this insufferable novice sax player