adored—but, when asked about it, we claimed it was because she was “so hot, right?”Instead, we had eyes for the hunky actors on the covers of magazines.
Of course, when our parents found those under our pillow, it’s just because we were reading up on the upcoming action movie they’re in. *wink, wink*It was a strange time, that’s for sure.
And all we really needed was someone we knew we could talk to about it, judgment-free.Well, in the charming new short film Mikey’s Army, a teen finds exactly that when the heroes he’s been idolizing—the glamorous singer, the ripped silver-screen actor, and a fierce drag queen—magically appear in his room and give him a much needed pep talk.Sixteen-year-old Mikey Alvarez (newcomer Mark Aguirre) has a major thing for his classmate and is even getting ready for their date night at the movies.
But he still hasn’t found the right opportunity come out to his parents.Enter Mikey’s favorite pop star Autumn Jones (Better Nate Than Ever‘s Krystina Alabado), the Hollywood hottie he ogles in magazines Chad Hartman (The Gilded Age‘s Claybourne Elder), and the queen whose shady web videos always make him laugh Lady Slay (RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 11’s Shuga Cain).