( evan mock, cis man, he / him ) is that nicolĂĄs ânikâ harwood, the 25 year-old musician at bar volante? theyâre pretty attentive, but people have told me they could be confusing as well. they kinda remind me of come here by dominic fike, probably because of the whole bailing on family dinners, cuts and scrapes from a failed crossbone, and late night phone calls that end with âdo you want to come over?â vibe theyâve got going for them. they live in hollywood hills, but you can probably find them at hi tide comics if you wanted to chat. out of everyone i know, iâd say theyâre the most likely to take a week to reply to a text. say what you want about them, but theyâre an angeleno through and through.
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name nicolĂĄs harwood nik luna gender cis man, he / him sexuality mostly straight height 6â0â face claim evan mock hair color almost always dyed; heâs extremely partial to pink body mods two helix piercings and a tragus on his left ear, a crescent moon tattoo on his left ring finger, a small siberian iris tattoo on the outside of his right wrist traits attentive, thoughtful, closed off, confusing
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ă € ă € ‷㠀 canât you tell that iâm bad for ya ??? ă € ă € ă € ă € ă € ă € ă € ă € ă € it doesnât show in your eyes ...
nik grew up knowing that heâs a bastard. it didnât take a genius to figure it outâthe expensive gifts that came from âunclesâ and âgodfathersâ heâd never met, the clothes that were lifted straight out of a magazine, the fact that they could afford everything they needed on a waitressâ salary. they didnât live in excess ( nik would later discover that his mother had set aside most of the money from his father in the event that he decides to refuse his trust ) but they did live comfortably, and nik was just glad that his mother didnât have to struggle to make ends meet. he knew who his father wasâthere was only one set of harwoods in hollywood, and they were basically industry royaltyâbut he didnât yearn for a connection, didnât care about meeting someone who had done nothing for him outside of cheques and presents. parenthood, as far as nik was concerned, had nothing to do with blood and everything to do with being there for your child. he would have been content living his whole life without ever meeting his father, but in the end, he didnât really have much of a choice.
he had just turned eleven when his father asked to meet him for the first time, and it was nothing short of a disasterânik didnât make it easy for his father, but itâs not as if the man even tried. they wordlessly agreed never to see each other again ( maybe he and his father were able to reach some sort of understanding, after all ), and life went on as it always has. the cheques kept coming, the gifts arrived every birthday and every holiday without fail, and it was just nik and his mother against the worldâjust as itâs always been.
he was fourteen when his mother fell ill. it was badâbad enough that she had to be moved to an inpatient facility, bad enough that nik was forced to live with his only other parent. he didnât like his father the first time they met at the ritz, and at home he liked his father even less. the harwoodsâ house on the hills reminded him of an ice sculpture, beautiful and cold, so unlike their little apartment that was filled with sunshine and warmth. high society was another thing to dreadânik despised the gladhanding, the politics, the people who thought there was something to be earned from sucking up to the bastard. he began to craft a persona: nik from his nickname, luna from his motherâs surname. nicolĂĄs was bound by the shackles his father had put him in, but nik was freeâfree to make friends without telling people who he really is, free to act like he didnât have access to the depths of his fatherâs pockets. it was liberating, and if he closed his eyes he could almost let himself believe that he was back home with his mother.
itâs been more than a decade since then, but nik has yet to put the persona to rest. he has carved out a life for himself as nik lunaâmade friends, bought a ratty apartment downtown that he pretends to rent, started a band. none of the people in nik lunaâs life know who he really is, and perhaps they never will.
㠀 㠀 ‷㠀 baby come here 㠀 㠀 㠀 㠀 㠀 i get so lonely at night !!!
wanted connections.
neighbors. nik splits his time between the harwood estate, daniâs apartment, and the unit he bought in downtown la, but he drops by often enough to be familiar with the other tenants. maybe they get along, maybe they donât. bandmates. itâs been about a year since nik and a couple of friends started playing shows at bar volante as âthe deep endâ, but itâs more of a hobby than anything else. it kind of has to be, because getting too much traction would risk exposing who nik really is. heâs the frontman and guitarist, while his friends play bass and drums respectively. and on that note... regulars at bar volante. the deep end plays at least two nights every week, so itâs inevitable that nik has become familiar with the regulars. maybe some of them can be considered friends, maybe some of them canât fucking stand him for some reason or other, maybe some of them could be fans, almost. former fling / someone he used to hook up with. maybe theyâre civil, maybe theyâre friendly, maybe theyâd rather freedive into a pool of lava than spend more than five minutes in each otherâs presence. maybe thereâs still a bit of tension there, enough to flirt without it leading to anything. maybe nik plays it up when he and his âon-again, off-againâ are off-again. someone who knows him as nik harwood. maybe theyâre friendly, maybe they arenât. maybe they know about his double life, maybe they donât. not a lot of slots for obvious reasons. regulars at venice skate park. nik hasnât had a real job since he got his degree, so he has a lot of free time that he normally spends skateboarding. thereâs a surface-level type of friendship that can be found amongst the community there, and thatâs perfect for someone whoâs hiding as much as he is.
these are all i could think of at the moment, but as a rule of thumb, friends are always welcomeâas well as people who hate nikâs guts. he might not identify as a rich boy, but he does have the cockiness to match, and he likes to play it up sometimes. i also sent a wanted connection for his college best friend-slash-former fling to the main, so feel free to check that out and apply for it if youâre down.
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