Lake Luong

Lake is one of the main characters in Astrom Club.

You ever meet just the most soft, loving person? Who just radiates familiarity and comfort? Lake's warmth isn't quite like Sage's, who's bright, and proud and beaming, the comfort of a light on a dark horizon. Lake is just... love. But love is confusing, and scary. Loving others and loving ourselves are two different things. Lake grew up with one sibling, his older sister May, and his mother. His father left the picture when he was only a few years old and relied heavily on Mai for support growing up with their emotionally distant and abusive mother. Now there are a lot of new people in his life, and it's overwhelming, bringing out a lot of anxieties Lake's had about himself over the years. Is he the reason people leave? Do people only see him through pity? Is he a burden? His mother's words are lies, they're meant to get inside his head, so why? Why do they feel so real?

It's hard. It's really, really hard.

So how does Lake love? How does he feel comfortable being loved? How does he love the other people in his life? It's not a science. People are people, and they all want different things. The best we can do is communicate what we want and what we can do with our loved ones, and work on it together.



Trivia:

 * Lake is a transgender male.


 * In a relationship with Sage. They've loved each other since diapers. It's rare you see them apart, and for some people that doesn't work, but it does for them.


 * Loves musical theater, emotions conveyed through song, the power music can have over your whole body.


 * Favorite food is banana bread.


 * Favorite color is a warm terracotta/burnt orange!

Featured in:

 * Welcome to Maple Ridge
 * Big Banger Theory
 * Neon Lights
 * Rally
 * Lake's song (Untitled)
 * Something is Something
 * Burn it Down