i'm still working out some things but so far i have that he's the youngest of five children, grew up moving around a lot while his dad struggled to keep a job. he tends to gravitate toward permanence for that reason, and gets attached to people quickly. however, he's a contradiction because he'll also be the one to flake and disappear for a month and pop up with a text acting like it never happened. it's half defense mechanism and half because he's a bit of a space cadet. he's weird, and was probably even weirder when they first started out on x-factor because he didn't have many friends growing up and was still figuring that whole thing out, but he makes up for his awkwardness with heart and enthusiasm. he's very talkative too which means he'll talk to anyone but sometimes it's just to hear himself speak and he thinks the longer he talks, the more likely he'll stumble into saying something of worth (and publicly that tends to veer off toward whimsy and attempts at deep which can be embarrassing). even if you go with ed we'll still have a connection so we can figure out a friendship!