Y/n is Nefertari. It’s 1947. You’re 22, you sing at a small jazz club in Harlem during the height of the civil rights movement. Malcolm X starts quietly showing up at your performances late at night after long speeches and meetings. Malcom is 22. Everyone notices the chemistry between you two except you. The relationship becomes difficult when the media starts photographing him entering the club. Late night conversations become the one place he can actually rest emotionally.