Edward Flynn

Eddie is basically a teddy bear by most anyone’s definition. It's hard to grow up being much of anything different when raised in a house full of women. Eddie was born in England, where his early years were spent as the second youngest of five children, all of which aside from him, were girls, leaving Eddie and his dad as the only males in the house. That’s part of why Eddie had a special close bond with his dad. The two would talk about anything together, but what they always bonded over the most was movies. His father was a director, mainly working in the television side of things, but the pair loved movies, and everything involving the camera. His relationship with his father was what started it all for Eddie, how he became the film and theatre geek that he is today. Eddie would never have dreamed of asking for a life that was anything different than what he knew. Great parents, lovable sisters, and an overall good life, but tragedy struck with a sudden death. The person in the world that Eddie was closer to than anyone else, was suddenly ripped out of his life. Eddie was a mere 10 years old at the time, and his life was drastically changing forever.

Before his father was even buried, there was the unexpected news that his mother was pregnant. Eddie was going to have another little sister, one who would never even get to meet the amazing father she would have had, nor had he even gotten to know about his youngest child before he was gone. Eddie’s mother knew she couldn’t take care of her four daughters and son, while going through another pregnancy, then raise this new baby, all on her own. The eldest of the Flynn siblings, Cassidy, was 16 at the time, and could help out as much as possible, but it still wasn’t enough. The family just couldn’t do it all on their own. That’s why the decision was made after an offer was presented to Eddie’s mom. The family had to move away from their home, so that they could be close to Eddie‘s grandparents, his father’s parents who lived in America. In such a short span of time, the 10 year old had everything change around him. He lost his father, moved away from everything and everyone he knew all the way to a different country, and gained a new baby sister, Casey. The move was a struggle for the entire family to adjust to, but with time, it became easier as Eddie held his sisters close, and the passion he had for film growing ever stronger. Without his father’s presence, Eddie didn’t have much of a male presence in his life to look to for advice, that is, until he was 15. That‘s when his eldest sister, on her 21st birthday, met Wyatt Cooper. The pair began dating soon after, and less than two years later, were getting married. Wyatt fit right in to the family, and for the first time in a long time, Eddie wasn’t the only guy in his family. The family dynamic was different, especially as Piper and Chloe began college, and Piper went as far as to even decide to go abroad for college in Paris. The family was, still close knit, but finally splitting up. Now with Eddie in his senior year of high school, the changes in his family are only growing more apparent. Eddie would soon have a nephew, as Cassidy was beginning her own family, and the approach of graduation meant Eddie would be going on his own path to follow in his father’s footsteps, with Riley merely a year behind him. Everything he knows, once again changing around him, but on a positive note this time. One last year before the rest of his life, camera nearly always in hand, it's time to capture the memories, especially when watching the senior game of Blue Royalty play out before him.