Amaryllis Romance

My name is Griffin Miller. I'm the lead singer of Amaryllis - yeah, the platinum-selling rock band. Tonight, my career dreams came true. The notorious Tulsa Theater. Check. Awesome Crowd. Check. Voice on point? Not so much, because I was too distracted by the brunette in the front row. Luckily, the crowd didn't seem to care. Now, I'm sitting here signing my name on branded merch looking for a single face - her face - in the crowd. I have to find her again....

When we got the call that our parents were never coming home, I knew what I had to do. Since I am the oldest and was only a few weeks from graduation, emancipating myself to claim guardianship over my three younger brothers wasn’t too difficult. I grew up overnight, spending each day focused on how to be the leader, the confidant, the father figure, and everything in between. They're all moving on and starting their own lives, but I don't know what's left for me. It would be nice to connect with someone else. Who else could possibly understand the headspace I’m in?

It’s been right at two years since the last time Amaryllis saw a live crowd in front of a stage, instead of a swarm of cars in a parking lot or drive-in theater. We were almost ready to jump back into a tour cycle to celebrate and promote our first album without The Machine when the lockdowns hit, shuttering the whole world for over a year. And I haven’t been able to stop thinking about the woman who dropped her keys in our parking lot when the paparazzi ambushed me. Everything about her has been on my mind since.