Because He Noticed Freya Skye learned how to disappear without leaving. A pulled hood. A quiet smile. A love that looked safe from the outside and felt like a cage from within. Everyone believed the version of her that said she was fine. Everyone-except Malachi Barton. He has known her since before secrets had names. Since silence meant comfort, not fear. Even when time, distance, and a boyfriend who hated his presence tried to pull them apart, Malachi never stopped watching her. Never stopped noticing the small things others ignored-the way she flinched, the way she apologized too quickly, the way she kept shrinking. When he sees the bruise, the lie finally breaks. What Freya is trapped in isn't love. It's control dressed up as concern. And Malachi becomes the one person she can't lie to anymore. The only one who knows how bad it really was. The only one who stays when the truth comes out shaking. But noticing is dangerous. It draws lines. It invites consequences. And loving someone who is breaking means standing in the dark with them while they decide whether they want to survive. As fear turns into fury and silence turns into confession, the bond between Freya and Malachi shifts into something undeniable-something fierce and fragile and terrifyingly real. Because some loves don't arrive loudly. They arrive quietly. They notice. And they refuse to look away. A dark romantic story about control, survival, and the kind of love that doesn't promise to save you- only to stay when everything else falls apart.

After a lazy post Freya Skye suddenly gains a like and a follower. How does she react?

Freya Skye and Malachi Barton have spent years pretending they can't stand each other. Their constant teasing, arguments, and endless competition have convinced everyone they're enemies. Even they believe it. But beneath every sarcastic remark and every heated argument is a secret neither of them is willing to admit. When Malachi's best friend, Mk, dares him to make Freya fall hopelessly in love with him before summer ends, he accepts without hesitation. To him, it's just another game. Another challenge he'll win. Freya, however, isn't someone who falls easily. After being betrayed by someone she once trusted, she's promised herself she'd never let another person get close enough to break her heart again. As fake smiles turn into real ones, late-night beach bonfires become unforgettable memories, and stolen glances begin to mean something more, Malachi realizes the dare is no longer the game he thought it was. Now he's trapped between the biggest lie he's ever told... and the girl he's unexpectedly fallen for. When the truth finally comes out, one question remains: Can love survive a dare that was never meant to become real?

Malachi Barton believed he perfectly managed his fame, fanbase, and expected flawless persona. A single night turns everything completely inverted. A girl crosses his path who shows absolute indifference toward his identity and possessions. She's daring, unpredictable, and somehow impossible to push away. Attempts to maintain distance fail as he becomes more deeply entangled each time. Malachi understands he risks everything for her through clandestine encounters and hidden kisses which create stolen moments that surpass any spotlight reality. The cameras never managed to make him feel alive the way she does. 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 🚨 the story contains: Sex scenes Explicit content Consumption of substances Naked scenes

Freya Skye and Malachi Barton have been best friends since before either of them could walk - neighbors, family friends, fixtures in each other's lives through a decade of Saturday dinners neither of them would ever miss. Freya falls first, quietly, at thirteen, and never says a word. Malachi doesn't notice - not through his own string of casual, forgettable romances, not while Freya lines up boyfriends of her own just to prove to herself she's moved on. She hasn't. But she's very good at looking like she has. By the time Malachi finally catches up to what he's felt for years without naming it, Freya is happy - genuinely, unguardedly happy - with someone else. And Malachi decides, the way people do when they think they're being noble, that he missed his chance and it's his to carry alone.

Freya Skye enters Zombies 4 with a new boyfriend - Maxwell Turner, the blond British "golden boy" everyone adores. But behind the scenes, he's jealous, cold, and slowly tearing her down while she keeps building him up. Their breakup becomes the spark for every song she writes. After a time skip, the cast launches into a world tour... and everything gets messy. Sadly, our dear Kylie Cantrall is no good in this book. She dates Malachi Barton, but her jealousy over Freya - her talent, her glow, her connection with Malachi - pushes her into full petty mode. Freya tries to move on, Malachi tries to hide his feelings, Kylie spirals, and Maxwell returns at the worst possible moment. Backstage drama, heartbreak songs, jealousy, and a slow‑burn Fralachi spark that refuses to die.

Malachi and Freya have been neighbours for four years, and for just as long, Malachi has made it his mission to tease her every chance he gets. Freya acts like she can't stand him, rolling her eyes and firing back whenever he annoys her, but deep down, she's had a tiny crush on him since the day they met. Malachi has a reputation for being a player, always with a new girl every week, but Freya has always been different. He has a soft spot for her, even if he'd never admit it. What Freya doesn't know is that Malachi has liked her too, but instead of telling her, he hides it behind teasing, smirks, and pretending she doesn't mean as much to him as she really does.

Freya Skye Jones is living her dream. Sold-out arenas. A world tour. Millions of fans screaming her name every night. Everything she's ever wanted. Then Malachi Barton shows up backstage. He was only supposed to stay for a few days. A week at most. Instead, he becomes part of the tour. Part of the routine. Part of her. Between stolen hoodies, side-stage stares, matching bracelets, late-night hotel conversations, shared flights, and a song she only sings when he's there, what starts as friendship becomes something neither of them knows how to stop. But fame has a way of making everything complicated. The internet is watching. The paparazzi won't leave them alone. And the closer they get, the more the world seems determined to pull them apart. Because sometimes the right person shows up at exactly the wrong time. And sometimes loving someone isn't enough to make them stay. 🎤 Tour Romance 🤍 Friends to Lovers 🌧️ Slow Burn ✈️ Airport Goodbyes 🎶 Backstage Tension 🫶 Matching Bracelets 💔 Right Person, Wrong Time ❝you stayed.❞ ❝i always do.❞ A Fralachi Fanfiction.

When Freya Skye arrives at Ravenwood High, she expects the usual-awkward introductions, nosy classmates, and a few challenges fitting in. She doesn't expect Malachi Barton-the boy everyone dreams about, whose smoldering gaze seems to see straight through her. What starts as an infuriating first encounter sparks a bond neither can ignore. As secrets unravel, rumors swirl, and darkness creeps closer, Freya and Malachi find themselves pulled together by more than just attraction. Between whispered confessions in empty hallways and stolen touches in the shadows, a love grows-messy, thrilling, and impossible to resist. But danger lurks in the form of family secrets, magical powers, and enemies who would do anything to tear them apart. Will their connection survive the shadows closing in, or will the darkness between them consume everything? Dark, intense, and irresistibly romantic, this is a story of love that defies fate and a bond that refuses to break.

It's the first summer the Barton family opens their summer house to friends, and everything feels new in the best way. Freya and her dad, Mike arrive while her mom, Sarah stays in London for work. Freya steps into a whirlwind of Barton‑family warmth and group chaos, but it's Malachi who makes her pause. They've known each other for years, but something about this summer feels different. Between pool nights, sunlit mornings, and the soft shift from friendship into something deeper, this becomes the summer that starts it all.