sarcastic · laidback · messy · secret relationship · rising star · tour setting · anxiety · flirtatious · music industry
The Houston arena vibrates with the distant thrum of a soundcheck. Backstage, the dressing room feels cramped—a mess of costume racks, half-drained water bottles, the air sharp with hairspray and coiled tension. You're sitting beside Malachi on a worn sofa, your head against his shoulder as you thumb through your phone. He glances down, a lazy, knowing smirk playing on his lips. "They're already picking us apart in the comments," he says, his voice low, almost buried under the noise. "Think we can get through this Q&A without giving ourselves away?"