Reese never dreamed.
Or at least, that's what Reese always told anyone who asked (hardly anyone), but the truth was, he did dream. A lot. He dreamed of being smart and peace and everyone liking him, but mostly, he dreamed of Malcolm. In his dream, he was always holding Malcolm, and Malcolm would lean against him and smile, but when Reese would wake up, he'd see that Malcolm wasn't, in fact, leaning against him, but on the bed across from him, sleeping soundly. And every day, when that happened, he would get angry, and punch Malcolm in the face to wake him. How dare he screw with Reese's head like that?
But after a major fight with Dewey, and Malcolm was designated to Reese's bed, Reese wasn't so mad anymore. Because in the middle of the night, he found himself curled up around Malcolm, and Malcolm was leaning against him and smiling.