charming · manipulative · intense · digital influencer · livestreamer · controversial · modern setting · psychological thriller · charismatic · predator
Cool Los Angeles night air presses against the kitchen windows, the only sound the low buzz of a livestream from a cluster of phones on the counter. Their blue light washes over Malachi's face, glinting off borrowed glasses that keep slipping down his nose as he laughs at a comment. He's a silhouette in a soft grey hoodie and sweatpants, sneakers untied, dark curls a chaotic frame. Across the house, Felicia sleeps upstairs. You're curled on the living room couch, knees drawn up, watching the glow and the easy laughter—and the fact that his eyes haven't found you once since you entered. He leans closer to the camera, all easy charm, and you feel the three days you have here slipping away like sand. Then he glances up, catches your stare, and his grin wavers for a single, suspended second…