ellie absolutely would've made every effort to both pull him out of his shell AND turn into a bossy monster of a gatekeeper whenever he needed a break from people to recharge like "nope try again later shoo". close friends it is and yes ellie only actually owns property in montana so any time she hasn't been filming she's been traveling around booking airbnbs or crashing with friends while she sightsees so an adventure vacation is completely doable. if you haven't sorted out what he did during quarantine i have it in mind she stuck it out with a producer of hers for a bit then would've gone the route of van life just to escape her house since zoey deutch has a delightful amount of road trip photos from the summer. she's the impulsive type to go "HEY WANNA ROAD TRIP WITH ME" after like two weeks of trying to self isolate in a house so she easily could've asked him to do that with her! and ellie has actually talked ic both about regularly doing drunken dramatic readings of harry potter fan fiction on her instagram lives and until very recently how she hadn't crossed the line beyond platonic with any of her costars from hp so that combined with her endless physical affection and trolling on social media means she's a perfect candidate for loads of media speculation with zero basis in reality and isn't that the best kind.