[ BOOK I OF THE SPOTLIGHT SERIES ] Where Calum can't seem to forget about the fame so Michael shows him how to be normal. [ a malum fanfiction ] [ highest rating #22 in fanfiction ]

Michael Clifford is shy and he doesn't talk to very many people and has only one friend - Ashton Irwin. Michael isn't bullied, people mind their own business because he doesn't bother anybody. He is self-conscious but he isn't self-loathing. Calum Hood is well-liked, but not really popular. He is in advanced classes and is in band class. He's talented at many things and people liked him because he's never rude. But underneath the happy facade lies all the demons he's hidden.

I only had one friend, until Calum came into my life. Then, everything changed.

"There was a boy I knew once who always walked on his tiptoes and wrote in broken cursive. Something beautiful about him, like the way he hummed to himself when he was bored or created fantasies about the randomest of things and laughed about it later on. I loved that and I loved him."

"it's what i can't see that bothers me," "so, basically... everything bothers you?" - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2016 © baepsaemalum

; the one where calum is mute but michael loves him nonetheless.

Calum has been trying to get into Michael's pants for years, but hasn't had any luck. Not until one day when Michael is outside attempting to raise money and offers a little exchange to the stranger. "Listen, if you help me make enough money to pay for my mums hospital bills, we can have sex." • Started July 16th, 2016 • • Completed October 14th, 2016 •

"You're alive, at least as far as I can tell you are, and so am I, you beat me down and then we're back to my car." - Goes to the lyrics of 'You' by The 1975 Sequel to 'Somebody Else' Credits to The 1975 for the lyrics. Gotta love them.

Where Calum is in love with Michael, but the feelings aren't exactly mutual. - "I don't want your body but I hate to think about you with somebody else." Goes to the lyrics of the 1975. • Started June 27th, 2016 • • Completed June 27th, 2016 •