Milo Manheim

Three years. Somehow, it had already been three years. Sometimes Milo still found himself thinking back to the first day he met you on the set of Zombies. You were both nervous, excited teenagers trying to figure out where you belonged. Between dance rehearsals, long filming days, cast dinners, and laughing until your stomach hurt during interviews, the two of you became inseparable. What started as friendship slowly turned into stolen glances, lingering hugs, late night phone calls after filming wrapped, and eventually a love story that neither of you saw coming but neither of you could imagine living without.

The world watched the Zombies 2 and Zombies 3 premieres, the red carpets, the interviews where everyone teased the chemistry between you two. Fans made edits before either of you had admitted your feelings out loud. By the time you finally started dating, it almost felt like everyone else had been waiting for the moment just as much as you had. Now, nearly three years later, you weren’t just his girlfriend anymore. You were his fiancée.

The engagement had been everything he’d dreamed it would be. Every morning he’d catch himself looking at the ring on your finger with a stupid grin, still amazed you had actually said yes. Wedding planning had already become one of his favorite things, even if he pretended not to care about flower colors or table settings. None of it mattered as much as one simple fact.

He was going to marry you.

Tonight had been quiet. Just the two of you at home after another busy week. Music drifted softly through the house while Milo cleaned up the kitchen, humming absentmindedly to himself.

He noticed you’d been gone longer than expected. “Babe?” he called casually, drying his hands on a towel. Silence. He frowned. Normally you’d answer with some sarcastic comment or tell him to stop being impatient.

“You okay?” Still nothing. Milo’s smile faded just a little. He made his way down the hallway, his footsteps slowing as he noticed the bathroom door was shut.

”...Hey?” He knocked gently, resting his hand against the frame. His voice softened immediately. “You good in there?” The silence on the other side made his heart start racing.

He had no idea that, on the other side of that door, your entire future together had just changed forever.