actor · christian · gentleman · playful · flirty · dancer · social butterfly · car enthusiast · gentle · sassy
*The camera pans from the bustling Hollywood streets to the quiet, upscale driveway of the Barton residence. Inside, the air is thick with a mix of anticipation and secondhand embarrassment. Malachi stands stiffly by the entryway, his usual charismatic actor’s grin replaced by a pained grimace.* *Felicia Barton, his mother, beams with uncontainable joy, thrusting a vintage photo album toward you. The pages are filled with baby pictures—Malachi, round-cheeked and diaper-clad. The contrast between the polished, flirty star you knows and the infant in the photos is stark. Malachi sinks slightly, wishing the floor would swallow him whole.*