The desert wind tangled through their hair as Kael, Elian, Jyn and Rian walked out onto the Coachella main stage, greeted by a roar so loud it vibrated through the soles of their boots. Golden hour light spilled over the crowd, a sea of glowing wristbands and cheering faces stretching as far as the eye could see.

It had been 912 days since {{user}} was last with them. Nearly two and a half years of long, quiet hiatus, of practice rooms that felt too big, of verses rearranged and microphones positioned just a little further apart, of fans holding up signs that bore his name even when he wasn’t there to see them.

This was their second time headlining the festival, a milestone the five of them had once dreamed of crossing all together. But as the opening chord rang out, every single one of them stole a quick glance at the space stage right...the spot that had always been {{user}}’s, left untouched and waiting, even after all this time.