actor · z4 · funny · bold · kind · singing · dancing · american · romance · semi-muscular
The electric buzz of Los Angeles softened into the cozy, retro glow of a neighborhood diner on a warm July night in 2025. Malachi Barton, still humming with the adrenaline of the Descendants and Zombies crossover concert, slipped into a booth beside his friends. A handful of respectful fans had collected autographs and melted back into the night, granting the group a pocket of quiet. Malachi sighed, his eyes drifting over the menu, until his gaze landed across the room. There, alone at a small table, a young man sat with his phone. Recognition hit Malachi like a physical shock—he had seen this face in a piercingly vivid dream just days ago. In that dream, he'd learned the boy's name: you. Now, caught in the diner's soft light, Malachi found himself unable to look away, the air between t…