I've read too many Michael groveling fics. Like yeah, our boy ruins his own relationships, but I need one where the reader grovels for his forgiveness. It doesn't have to be long mind you. Just something short, sweet, angtsy and with the reader down on her knees, arms wrapped his waist, begging him not to leave her.
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context: for once in his life he’s found a genuine connection, someone who doesn’t care for the money or fame. (fluff, angst)
The sound of the track was still vibrating through the heavy floorboards of Westlake Recording Studios, but the energy in the room had shifted from electric to utterly suffocating. Michael sat on the edge of a black leather sofa, his shoulders slightly hunched, staring intently at the floor. Around him, a sea of managers, record executives, and assistants buzzed like hornets. They were arguing loudly over tour scheduling, demanding his signature on a stack of legal contracts, and fiercely debating the marketing strategy for his image.
To them, he wasn’t a human being; he was a billion-dollar enterprise. They spoke over him, around him, and for him, their eyes gleaming with the reflected light of his monolithic fame. Michael just nodded softly, a polite, practiced smile plastered on his face, though his large, dark eyes were completely vacant. He was entirely alone in a crowded room.
Then, the heavy studio door swung open, and Janet walked in, bringing a burst of genuine warmth with her. Behind her was you.
"Michael, look who I brought," Janet said, her voice cutting clean through the oppressive noise of the suits. She smiled widely, pulling you forward by the hand. "This is my good friend, Y/N. I told her she absolutely needed to see the master at work."
Michael looked up, his lifelong defense mechanisms instantly snapping into place. He offered you his signature, soft-spoken, "Hi, nice to meet you," while his mind immediately braced for the usual ordeal. He waited for the sudden gasp, the widening eyes, the inevitable requests for an autograph, a photo, or a industry connection. He waited for you to look at him and see only the King of Pop.
Instead, you just smiled—a gentle, easy expression—and held out a hand. "Hi, Michael. Janet’s told me so much about you. Don't let us interrupt, you look like you're in the middle of busy work."
You didn't stare. You didn't fawn. When Quincy Jones called Michael back to the mixing board a moment later, you simply wandered over to a corner table, picked up a magazine, and sat down, completely content to just exist in the room without demanding a shred of his attention.
The very next evening, Michael did something that shocked even himself. He called you. His voice over the receiver was quiet and shy, hesitating between words as he asked if you wanted to come back to the studio. There wouldn't be any executives there tonight, he promised. Just him.
When you arrived, the atmosphere was completely transformed. The room was dimly lit, cast in warm amber tones, and a lone sound engineer sat quietly in the back. Michael was standing by the microphone, but the moment he saw you, his face lit up.
"I wanted to show you something I’m working on," he whispered, guiding you to the mixing console. He handed you a pair of heavy studio headphones. You sat side-by-side on the floor, your backs pressed against the leather paneling of the desk.
As the unreleased track flooded your ears, you closed your eyes, feeling the music. Michael watched you profile anxiously, biting his lip, waiting for the standard, inflated compliments he always received. When the song faded, you pulled the headphones down around your neck and turned to him.
"That subtle bassline right before the chorus," you said softly, tilting your head. "And the little hiccup you do right after... it doesn't just sound like a beat. It feels like a heartbeat. Like someone's chest aching."
Michael froze. His breath hitched, and he stared at you in absolute awe. No one listened to his music the way he felt it, but you just had. In that quiet, shared glance, something randomly and completely clicked between you. It was a profound, silent realization that his soul had been looking for this exact understanding for a very long time.
As the weeks bled into months, the slow burn of your connection began to simmer into something beautiful. Janet had deliberately lit the spark, but the fire grew all on its own. Because you asked for absolutely nothing from him, Michael found himself constantly seeking you out, craving the profound, ordinary peace that only you could provide.
The blinding, chaotic light of his public life began to fade into quiet, domestic colors whenever you were around. You became a frequent fixture at Neverland, but not for the grand parties or the high-profile gatherings. You were there on his off-days, when the stage makeup was washed away, the sequined jackets were hung up, and he could just be Michael.
There were golden, sun-drenched afternoons spent walking through the ranch's private grounds. You’d walk side-by-side, helping him lead a baby deer back to its enclosure, laughing uncontrollably when Bubbles the chimpanzee tried to steal your sunglasses right off your face. Michael’s laugh in those moments wasn't the shy, suppressed giggle he gave the press; it was a loud, uninhibited, chest-deep sound that echoed across the valley.
One Sunday, a sudden, violent rainstorm caught the two of you out by the stables. Laughing and breathless, you both ran back to the main house, completely soaked to the skin.
Instead of waiting for a maid or a staff member to assist, you naturally grabbed a plush towel from the entryway closet. "Hold still," you laughed, stepping close to him and gently tossing the towel over his head to dry his dark, damp curls.
Michael stood entirely still, his breath catching as you worked. Through the fabric of his oversized sweater, he felt so fragile, yet so incredibly safe. He watched your face as you carefully dried his hair, entirely unfazed by his global status. Afterward, you wandered into the kitchen to make hot cocoa from scratch. You accidentally got a smudge of marshmallow fluff on his nose while stirring the mugs.
"Oops," you giggled, stepping in and using the pad of your thumb to gently wipe it away.
Michael grew entirely quiet. The intimacy of the gesture—being looked after, playing in the kitchen, eating a mismatched meal on the counter—startled him. With you, his stolen childhood felt returned to him. He realized he didn't have to perform. He didn't have to be magical. He could just be a boy caught in the rain.
The peak of your bond arrived on a quiet Tuesday night at his condo. They were sitting on the living room floor, surrounded by old vinyl records, listening to the steady rhythm of the rain beat against the glass. Michael was sitting so close to you that you could feel the radiant warmth of his body.
He began to talk about things he never spoke about—the crushing loneliness of the road, the terror of the flashing cameras, the isolation of his youth. He held out his hands, rough from years of dancing, and you gently took them, tracing the lines of his palms with your fingers.
"You give so much of your soul to the world, Michael," you murmured, looking into his eyes. "Who takes care of your soul?"
Michael didn't answer. Instead, he rested his head against your shoulder, inhaling the comforting, clean scent of you, feeling a profound peace he had never felt in his entire life. The silence between you grew thick, charged with an undeniable, magnetic pull.
Slowly, hesitantly, Michael lifted his head. He looked down at your lips, his large eyes heavy with a profound, aching tenderness. He began to lean in. You could feel the heat of his breath against your skin. Your heart hammered against your ribs, your eyelashes fluttering shut as you anticipated the soft touch of his lips—
But just as your noses brushed, Michael’s brain short-circuited. A sudden, paralyzing wave of lifelong trauma crashed over him.
What if she leaves? What if I give her everything and she destroys me like the rest? What if she realizes how broken I really am?
Terrified of the utopia he had found, his fight-or-flight reflex took over. He abruptly pulled back, his eyes wide with panic. He stood up so fast he nearly tripped over a record sleeve.
"I—I'm sorry," he stammered, his voice trembling as he refused to meet your eyes. "It's late. I have an early rehearsal. I should let you get some sleep."
Before you could even process what had happened, he had practically fled his own living room.
The next day, the distance began.
You called his private line, but it went straight to an automated machine. You went to the studio, but his security team politely but firmly told you that Michael was "unavailable and focusing entirely on production." Week crossed into week, and the silence from him became a deafening, agonizing roar. You were left entirely bewildered, heartbroken, and deeply confused. You had done nothing but love him for exactly who he was, and he had locked you out without a single word.
Janet called you, her voice a mixture of anger at her brother and deep sympathy for you. "It’s not you, I promise," she whispered over the phone. "He’s just a coward—terrified of how much he needs you."
A month later, an industry gala arrived. The grand ballroom was a glittering sea of diamonds, tuxedos, and flashing cameras. You attended as Janet’s guest, wearing a beautiful dress, though your heart felt like lead in your chest. Janet gave your hand a firm, reassuring squeeze backstage. "He's miserable without you," she whispered. "Don't let him hide from you tonight."
And then, he arrived.
The commotion at the entrance announced him before you even saw him. Flashbulbs exploded like fireworks as Michael moved through the crowd, flanked by a wall of towering bodyguards. He looked spectacular—dressed in a black military-style jacket encrusted with silver rhinestones. He was the King of Pop, dazzling and untouchable.
But as his eyes swept over the crowd, they suddenly locked onto you.
For a fraction of a second, the glittering facade dropped. His eyes widened, a look of profound guilt and sheer panic washing over his features before he quickly recovered and looked away.
You weren't going to let him run.
Waiting for the perfect moment when the crowd distracted his security, you slipped through the backstage corridors. You waited near the quiet, dimly lit hallway that led to his private dressing room. Sure enough, ten minutes later, Michael excused himself from the ballroom and walked down the corridor alone, looking utterly drained.
"Mikey."
He jumped, his hand flying to his chest as he spun around. When he saw you standing there, the confidence of the superstar vanished instantly. He became small, his shoulders dropping, his fingers nervously fidgeting with the silver buttons on his jacket. He looked at the floor, completely unable to meet your gaze.
"H-hi," he whispered, his voice barely audible. "You look... you look beautiful tonight."
"Don't do that, Michael," you said, your voice laced with a quiet, devastating hurt. "I thought we were real. If you wanted me gone, if you didn't feel the same way, you could have just told me. Why did you run? Why did you do that?"
Michael’s bottom lip trembled. He opened his mouth to speak, but the words choked in his throat. He looked so deeply guilty, so utterly miserable, but the walls of his celebrity prison kept him frozen.
"I'm sorry," he choked out, his eyes shining with unshed tears. "I just... I can't."
Footsteps echoed down the hall—his security was coming to look for him. Heartbroken and unwilling to cause a scene, you gave him one last, disappointed look. "Goodbye, Michael." You turned on your heel and walked away, leaving him standing alone in the cold, glamorous hallway.
You left the gala early. By 12:00 AM, you were back in your apartment, having completely stripped away the high-profile illusion of the night. You were wearing an oversized, faded t-shirt, your makeup washed off, sitting on your sofa with a mug of tea, trying to numb the ache in your chest.
Then, there was a knock at your door. It was soft, frantic, and slightly hesitant.
You frowned, setting your mug down and walking over to the door. You pulled it open, and the breath was completely knocked out of your lungs. Standing in your mundane, fluorescent-lit apartment hallway was Michael.
He had completely ditched his security. He had ditched the entourage. He was still wearing the trousers and white shirt from the gala, but the heavy rhinestone jacket was gone, his tie was completely undone, and his hair was beautifully disheveled from the night wind. He looked entirely stripped of his armor. He looked breathless, his chest heaving as if he had run all the way there.
"Michael?" you breathed, stunned. "What are you doing here? How did you even—"
"Please, just let me speak," he interrupted, his voice desperate, cracking with an emotion he could no longer contain. He took a step into your apartment, closing the door behind him, locking the chaotic world outside.
He looked at you, his eyes wide and pooling with tears that finally spilled over his eyelashes, tracks shining on his cheeks.
"I ran because I was terrified," he confessed, the words pouring out of him like a floodgate had burst. "My whole life... everyone has wanted a piece of me. They want 'Michael Jackson' for their pockets, for their image, for their own greed. They take, and they take, and they take until there's nothing left of me but an empty shell. I’ve spent my entire life being used, and I learned that if you let people get too close, they’ll find a way to hurt you."
He stepped closer, his hands trembling as he reached out, his fingers hovering just inches from your arms, begging for permission.
"But you... you didn't want the King of Pop. You didn't want my money, or my fame, or a way to get ahead. You just wanted me. Before I met you, I felt like I was stumbling around in the dark. I was blind to what real love even looked like because I'd never seen it. But looking at you right now... for once in my life, I can actually see where I'm going. I know I can be strong enough to face all the madness outside, as long as I have you."
He took another step, his damp, tear-stained cheek catching the soft light of your living room lamp. His voice grew firmer, laced with a fierce, grounded defiance.
"When I…left you, I thought I was protecting myself. But I was so wrong. I was so completely wrong. They can take my privacy, they can take my energy, they can take everything else until there's nothing left. But this? What I feel for you? For once in my life, I can look at the world and say, 'This is mine, and you can't take it from me.' I don't care about the rest anymore. I need you. I need you so much."
The heavy, suffocating weight that had hung over you for weeks vanished in a single instant. Looking at him standing in your living room—stripped of the glitz, revealing the beautiful, fragile depth of his soul—you realized how much courage it took for him to break out of his castle just to stand on your carpet.
"Oh, Mikey…" you whispered.
You didn't hesitate. You stepped forward, closing the distance between you, and reached up to frame his face with your hands, feeling the contrast of his cool, wet skin against your warm palms.
This time, there was no fear. This time, he didn't pull back.
Michael leaned down, his hands sliding firmly around your waist, pulling you flush against his chest, and he kissed you.
It wasn't a timid or hesitant touch. It was a deep, breathless, and desperate kiss, filled with months of unspoken longing, profound relief, and absolute devotion. His lips were incredibly soft, moving against yours with a passionate intensity that told you everything his words couldn't. The faint scent of his expensive gala cologne mingled with the familiar, comforting warmth of your small apartment. It felt like a homecoming. It felt like the ending of a long, dark night.
When he finally pulled back just a fraction, his forehead rested against yours, both of your breaths mingling in the quiet room. The old sorrow—the deep, aching loneliness that had tracked him since childhood and hurt him for so many years—finally lost its grip. He wouldn’t let that sorrow hurt him anymore. Not like it did before.
Michael let out a soft, wet laugh, his eyes crinkling at the corners as fresh tears of pure happiness gathered in his eyes. He buried his face in the crook of your neck, wrapping his arms around you so tightly it felt like he’d never let go. The loneliness that had defined his entire existence was completely gone, eclipsed entirely by the warmth of your embrace. For once in his life, he wasn't just surviving the noise. He had someone who loved him, and he was finally free.
based on for once in my life by stevie wonder; my favorite artist (besides mj). give it a listen <3
send more requests as well! i do see them and i love seeing your ideas and trying to help them come to life
Not gonna lie I NEED a fanfic where we the reader are the ones groveling in our knees begging for Mike's forgiveness cuz that for sure wouldve been meeee 😫😫😫
—𝐒𝐘𝐍𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐈𝐒; everyone sees the soft-spoken, gentle, respectful michael jackson — but, after opening night for the victory tour in kansas city and a few bottles of hard liquor, you see how alcohol turns that sweet mouth real dirty
—𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆; smut, 18+, heavy alcohol consumption, reaaaaal dirty talkin, soft-dom!mike, semi-public sex (tour bus), cunnilingus, cursing, jackson brothers are such teasing lil shits, creampie.
—𝐀/𝐍; HIII, i’m baaaack! did you miss me :D also new layout who dis
Celebrating with the Jackson brother’s wasn’t anything short of lively.
It was a warm summer’s night in July — the air was muggy, manageable, but enough to cast a thin sheen of sweat across your forehead in the main seating area of the black Eagle entertainer coach. One singular window was cracked, letting in a blissful, relieving blast of cold air as the tour-bus whirred down the freeway.
The atmosphere was upbeat — the sound of loud laughter, teasing comments, and playful insults hurled in the air as conversations flowed with ease. For the first time in a while post-concert, every Jackson brother was present — Tito was shuffling a stack of playing cards, Marlon was relentlessly teasing Jermaine for finally being allowed permission back into the group, Jackie was conversing quietly with a fan he’d brought from the bustling crowd of Kansas City, one of the many girls he’d go to pick up after a show, who sat nervously next to him, Randy watched his brother’s shameless flirting with wide eyes, utterly stunned at his boldness for bringing a girl, let alone a fan, back onto the tour bus with the whole family, and Michael, quiet as always, sat comfortably beside you, his lady, with a hand laid lovingly on your clothed thigh.
All seven residents of the tour bus, excluding Jackie’s friend, encircled two large separate foldable tables, both locked into place to allow card games and beverages to splay across the plastic top.
Speaking of beverages, thanks to Jermaine and Marlon, who decided opening night of their Victory Tour in Kansas City couldn’t be a night without a “special somethin’”, had provided more than enough liquor to clean a hospital — and maybe even put them in one after consumption.
As Tito announced that he’d successfully shuffled the cards to his best ability, he began distributing them, calling out Michael’s name to reach over the intersection of the bus to grab ahold of yours and his cards. As your boyfriend rose to his feet, took the cards from his brother’s hands, and then resided back into his seat — you met his eyes as he handed your bunch to you.
Michael shon a gentle, sweet little smile your way, his eyes twinkling with affection as you watched them travel over your grinning face. His hand slipped back onto your thigh, giving it a small squeeze and a light pat. Sifting through your cards, becoming accustomed to your hand, you let your cheeks warm at the subtle display of affection.
Michael was always doting — from the moment you met, when your high-school best-friend, La Toya Jackson, had brought you home for supper, he had been seeing hearts in his vision.
You had been friends with La Toya from school for a few years at that point in ‘73, knowing each since the jovial days of middle-school, often walking home together after a long day of classes, and stopping by at her small, yet comforting, home in Gary, Indiana, for dinner. And from the first day you stepped foot in the Jackson home, you were welcomed with open arms — Katherine Jackson, La Toya’s mother, adored you, always calling you her fourth daughter, and practically begging La Toya to bring you round more often.
And once her older brother’s got whiff of a new female face around the house — the teasing began. Marlon, being close to you and La Toya in age, loved to pick on you childishly — claiming that he was going to tell the guy at school that you had a crush on, that you liked him, or that he saw him kissing another girl behind the Sycamore tree at lunch. And, as your relationship with the family blossomed and strengthened, you teased back — playfully winding him up, saying that when he approached and painfully flirted with the new girl by the lockers, that he had peanut butter on his chin. He didn’t, but the look on his face would send you into fits of laughter.
Tito and Jackie, the eldest of the Jackson siblings, treated you as if you were their little sister — often warning you about what guys really want when they ask a girl to a drive-in movie, or what to say when a guy’s teasing you at school. The rest of the Jackson brother’s, as well as La Toya’s younger sister, Janet, all adored you too — finding it bizarre how La Toya didn’t introduce you sooner.
Even Joseph tolerated you — and that was saying something.
But, no Jackson sibling, or parent, or cousin, or uncle, or niece, that you met, because you had as Katherine had basically adopted you at this point, would ever equate to your favourite.
Michael.
He was different, intriguingly so, different from all his brother’s and sister’s — who were loud, boisterous and lively, who weren’t afraid to quip back a snark response during a playful spat, or chase you round the backyard in an attempt to push you into a large murky, muddy puddle during winter. No, he was definitely different. Shy, softly-spoken, gentle and endearingly polite — it was as if all the extraversion was given to his siblings and left him nothing.
But, you liked him that way.
Oh, boy, did you like him.
La Toya would tease you relentlessly — poking your sides when she caught you staring at him from across the living room, or clutching her stomach in laughter when you revealed you actually might have a crush on him, or deliberately knocking into you to force you to stumble into him in the kitchen, muttering a knowing ‘Oops’ with a smirk on her face as the two of you blushed and apologised profusely.
You were convinced your feelings for Michael were one-sided as after five years of mingling around the Jackson family and falling even harder for the bashful boy, now at the ripe age of seventeen and you eighteen, no obvious, reciprocated romantic emotions were shared. Michael was always sweet and friendly, sharing laughs and stories with you at the dinner table whenever you sat near one another, or bringing you a cold drink on a hot summer’s day when they all moved to Hayvenhurst and you’d stay for weeks at a time during the warmer months — but, his true feelings were never clear.
It was unbeknownst to you that Michael had been utterly infatuated with you from fourteen years-old when you and La Toya trudged through the front door, slinging your back-packs and Mary Jane’s to the floor, and rushing through to the kitchen to formly introduce you to her parents — he was speechless. Even at such a mutual young age, he thought you were beautiful. His boyish heart would thump in his chest at the sight of your plump, adolescent cheeks, soft eyes and toothy grin — but, what got him the most, was the sweet, fruity aroma of your cherry-scented shampoo. The waft of your freshly washed hair flooding his nostrils whenever you’d step foot into the home, running past him with a quick, high-pitched ‘Hi, Michael!’ with a cheesy smile on your face — it sent him spiralling.
But, as all inexperienced, nervous teenagers do, they assume the person they like are unlikely to reciprocate their feelings — so, he kept to himself. Letting his brother’s do all the teasing, and the talking, and the flirting when you turned eighteen — it pained him to keep so quiet, it wasn’t out of character due to his shy nature, but all he wanted to do was reach out and kiss you, and tell you exactly how he felt.
And when La Toya, both of you aged twenty, and Michael nineteen, threw a birthday party for her boyfriend at the time, and you consumed one too many fruit-punches from a three litre plastic container in a red solo cup, now completely plastered beyond recognition, did you decide to finally spill your guts.
Literally and figuratively.
You had approached Michael, stumbling and giggling, who sat on the sidelines of the Hayvenhurst back-yard that swarmed with people from your school and his family, pretending the orange juice in his solo cup was alcohol, and sat promptly next to him on a lounge chair.
You let your mind run away with itself — telling him how nice he is for letting his older sister host a party for her boyfriend, who you revealed you hated as you knew he had slept with her other friend before dating Toya, who you also didn’t like, and ignored him when he reminded you it wasn’t his house, but continued to let you ramble. And when you finally finished praising him, on how nice his shirt was, and his teeth, and his hair, and his eyes, and his lips—you had already said too much. Deciding that now was the perfect time to let slip that you had been hopelessly in love with him from the second you laid eyes on him sat on the couch in the little living room of his Indiana home, that your feelings hadn’t faltered for the past six years, and that you wanted so badly to kiss him right now.
But, before Michael, who was wide-eyed, slack-jawed and blushing, could have a chance to reveal he felt the same — you were puking into the grass, heaving and crying as he held your hair back.
In the morning, you woke up with a headache and a dry throat on La Toya’s bed — but, no amount of physical pain could amount to the sheer dread and embarrassment that flooded your system at the realisation of what you’d said the night before. Well, a mere few hours earlier, as your body clock had decided a three-AM till seven-AM sleep was sufficient after a night of drinking.
And when you finally decided to crawl out of bed at twelve-PM that same day, bags under your eyes and hair a mess, you faced your fear — diminishing any humiliation by facing the problem head on.
You had knocked on Michael’s bedroom door, swallowing thickly and gnawing at your lip as you awaited permission to enter. And when he did, opening the door with furrowed eyebrows and a confused expression, which instantly melted once he set eyes on you, you rambled once more, now sober with no excuse, tears falling freely from your eyes as you apologised.
And Michael, watching as you word-vomited, thankfully figuratively this time, gained a sliver of confidence and cupped your cheeks with gentleness, before pressing his lips to yours to shut you up. You had frozen, before sliding your hands into his bed-head of hair, and sobbing into the kiss, ignoring the way your spit-stricken lips mixed with your salty tears, only catching your breath as he pulled away, whispering a nearly inaudible, ‘I’m in love with you too.’
The rest was history — Katherine was ecstatic her son and her favourite friend any of her children have ever had, were together, literally jumping for joy and pulling you in for tight hug. Of course, the Jackson brothers teased you shamelessly, never missing a second after you revealed your relationship without picking on Michael with a — ‘Damn, Mike, how’d you get this one to agree to go out with you?’ ‘I didn’t even know you had any game, little brother.’ ‘Whenever you’re done, bring her ‘round to me, yeah?’
But, for once in his life — he paid no mind to his brother’s childishness. He suddenly had all the confidence in the world since he was now officially with the one girl he’d been in love with since he was fourteen.
And six, nearly seven years together, here you were — Michael now at twenty-six, you twenty-seven, accompanying him and his brother’s on their Victory Tour around the United States and Canada. You had accompanied them on many a tours previously, when they became ‘the Jackson’s’, when Jermaine parted from the group to stay with Motown, and always remained an anchor and lifeline for Michael. He hated whenever there was times you weren’t there with him on tour — feeling awfully woeful and lonely laying in an large, empty hotel bed, pouting on the phone to you for hours about how much he missed and needed you, how he couldn’t wait to see you in the next city when you were flying in, and how much he loved you.
Like I said — always doting.
“Let’s get this party started, shall we?” Marlon quipped, pulling you from the memory of your childhood love affair, grinning from ear to ear as he reached over the playing cards that Tito had placed in front of him, and grabbed ahold of a large bottle of Tequila — chuckling darkly to himself as he unscrewed the cap and flicked it across the room, howling as it smacked Randy right between the eyes.
Ignoring his brother’s curses from injury, Marlon brought the glass bottle to his lips, gulping two deep swigs of the hard, straight liquor, cursing as he swallowed.
“Your turn, Mr Big Shot.” Marlon joked, passing the bottle to Jackie, who now had his arm around the blushing fan next to him.
Jackie chuckled, leaning slightly to take the litre bottle from his brother’s hands, and bringing to his lips as he did — wincing after a large swig.
“You want some of this?” Jackie asked, turning to the girl next to him.
Her eyes blew open, clearly unaccustomed to alcohol by the way her mouth parted and closed a few times before speaking, “I, um, I—“
“Sweetie, you don’t have to if you don’t want to, they’re just alcoholics, so pay no mind to their peer pressure.” You spoke up, leaning over to press a reassuring hand to her knee as you smiled.
She turned to you with a thankful grin, before shaking her head at Jackie, mumbling a soft ‘No, thank you’.
“Alcoholics? Girl, I know you’ lyin’.” Marlon exclaimed, titling his head at you.
You laughed loudly, “Am I wrong? You just drank that shit like it was water.”
The room erupted into soft laughter as Marlon shook his head with a chuckle, “That doesn’t make me an alcoholic.”
“Oh, yeah, you’re right.” You started, with a playful smirk, “An alcoholic wouldn’t go ‘Ooh, ah, fuck, shit, that’s strong, fuck’!”
Loud roars of laughter, even including your quiet boyfriend who giggled beside you, filled the room as Tito nudged Marlon teasingly.
“Oh, really? Think you can do better?” He shot back.
“In what way?”
“I reckon you can’t take three swigs of that shit without gagging or, or, cursing.” Marlon challenged, raising his eyebrows in contest.
In the true sibling rivalry that you had formed with them, especially so with Marlon, you tongued the inside of your cheek, mentally deciding whether a hangover was worth this childish game.
“Or, you can remain a pussy.”
“Give that here.” You spat, snatched the bottle from the table in front of Jackie, ignoring the way Marlon cackled at the fact his provoking had worked.
With a deep breath, you brought the bottle to your lips — squeezing your eyes shut as the burning liquor trickled down your throat, setting fire to your taste buds as the harsh Tequila settled in your mouth.
One swig, two swigs, three swigs — and you slammed the bottle back down onto the table with a sigh, repressing a gag that threatened to creep up your throat and pressing your lips together to prevent any profanities from falling into the air.
Michael, watching the juvenile scene play out in front of him, squeezed your thigh in support as you finally let out a shaken breath, meeting Marlon’s eyes with your glassy ones, and sticking out your clean tongue.
“Beat that, fucker.”
The taste of Tequila stuck to your tongue as you let the room erupt into applause as Marlon rolled his eyes, “Always the show-off.”
“Y’just a sore loser, brother.” Jermaine piped up, grabbing an unopened bottle and drinking it himself, as Jackie did the same, handing it to Randy once he was finished.
Within fifteen minutes of the bottles being opened, the room had erupted into tipsy giggles and slurred conversations — Jackie’s girl had finally agreed to have a drink, clearly a light-weight as she was snorting with laughter at whatever Jackie had whispered in her ear. The card game had been abandoned before it even really started — Tito had attempted to explain the rules, but was continuously cut off by Jermaine and Marlon who repeated everything he said back at him in a squeaky, high-pitched voice, before finally giving up and telling them to fuck off, sending laughter throughout the room once more.
Luckily, everyone in the bus had failed to realise the quiet man next to you had avoided taking any swigs from the bottle at all — just silently observing the mess that was his drunken girlfriend and brother’s unfold before his eyes as cards were thrown around the bus, and competitions on who can do the best Joseph impression sent everyone into fits of giggles.
When finally, his silent avoidance was shattered,
“Ay, Mike, you haven’t had a drink yet!”
Jermaine’s loud, accusatory voice sounded out into the room, everyone’s head’s snapping towards the bashful boy, whose cheeks flushed burgundy at the exposure.
“I’m alright, ‘Maine, I don’t fancy a drink.” Michael replied coolly, hand still wrapped around the comfort of your thigh.
“Oh come on, everyone’s drinkin’, don’t be a party pooper.” Marlon teased, eyes drooping slightly as he slurred his words.
“Hey, leave my man alone.” You fired back, reaching up to press a defending hand to Michael’s chest, “He can choose to not drink if he doesn’t want to, Marlon.”
“Quit dick-ridin’ and pass him the bottle.” Marlon spat, laughing as he slid the bottle across the table in Michael’s direction
“Ew, why would you say that?” Michael spoke up, grimacing at the lewdness of his brother’s words.
Jackie cackled, “Actin’ like you haven’t been together for, what?, six years? Boy, we’ve all heard ya.”
You gasped, “Oh my God, what? Please tell me you’re joking.”
“Qui—Quit changing the subject and get some liquor down you, little brother.” Marlon exclaimed, smiling widely.
Michael looked from the bottle, to his brothers, to you — searching for an escape as he swallowed thickly. It wasn’t that he didn’t necessarily want to drink — he just knew he’d ultimately regret it in the morning or do, or say, something he’d also regret.
You met his eyes, “‘S alright if you don’t want to, baby, you don’t have to.”
The look on your face, eyes bloodshot and hazy, cheeks flushed and smiling toothily, all drunk and happy, made his heart swoon. He was here, with all his brother’s and the love of his life, touring again with his beloved family on opening night — everyone looked so upbeat and giddy, all desirable qualities after a long first show, surely a drink wouldn’t be so bad, right?
That theory was soon diminished.
An hour later, after forcing six long swigs of Tequila down his throat from his persisting brother’s, who also ended up pouring the liquor straight into your mouth for your seventh swig, everyone was hammered. Jackie and his girl had retreated from the room half-an-hour ago to his bedroom in the back, ignoring Jermaine’s shouts to keep off of his bed. Tito and Randy had fallen asleep on one another, heads resting against each other’s as their snores filled the quieter room. Marlon was nearly spent — sighing deeply as sleep also threatened to taken over his drunken body as he slumped in the chair.
As for you and Michael, you were tucked neatly into the corner of the cushioned benches around the side of the bus, pressed up against one another — his hands caressing the curve of your waist as you pushed your chest against his, letting him whisper sweet-nothings into your ear, warm breath and soft lips grazing the shell as you shuddered.
You’d never seen Michael under the influence before, even when you first confessed your undeniable love to him, he had been consuming orange juice all night, so his behaviour had struck you speechless.
The second the alcohol hit his system — he was a changed man.
Suddenly, he was the loudest and most confident man in the room — laughing and shouting boyishly with his brother’s, shooting insults at Marlon, or letting curses slip past his lips, which erupted gasps in the room at his profanities due to his shy, collected sober nature.
But, that wasn’t all.
He became twice as handsy.
It started after his second swig, it all hitting him at once, as his hand trailed just that little bit higher up your thigh, dangerously close to where you twitched — a movement that had your breath hitching in your throat at the sudden action. He played it off smoothly, just peering down at you with an innocent smile when you glared up at him in shock.
Then, after the third or fourth swig, he pulled you into his lap, hand splayed across the bare of your stomach as he rest his chin on your shoulder, ignoring the way everyone exchanged glances at his sudden public display of affection — something he would never normally do around his brother’s.
Furthermore, after the fifth, he was gone — now kissing your neck openly, running his hands all over your sides in a slow, steady rhythm as he whispered how much he loved you into your ear, and how beautiful you looked, and how happy he was that you were here, and how— he didn’t stop. Just blabbering away, slurring and stuttering, about his utmost gratitude and adoration for you as his breath fanned over the back of your ear.
Finally, he had let you down from his lap after you grew increasingly more bashful at the way his brother’s ogled and teased about Michael’s sudden boldness — but, not letting you off that easy. Not letting a single second pass by, once you left the comfort of his lap, before pulling you against him and cupping your jaw to press soft kisses to the ridge.
“God, you’re so beautiful, Cherry.”
Your heart fluttered at the nickname, a long-standing term of endearment he had given you years ago from the scent of your childhood shampoo, one that he adored, as you braced a hand on his shoulder.
“Thank you, Mikey.” You whispered back, head fuzzy and dazed as the alcohol buzzed through your system.
“Y’know how much I love you, right?” He mumbled for the thousandth time that night, the scent of his minty breath filling your nostrils as he pulled back from your jaw to meet your gaze.
“I do, angel,” You hummed, leaning forward slightly to nudge his nose with your own, “I love you more.”
“No, I do.”
“Nope.”
“No. I love you the most, Cherry.”
“Not true. I love you the—“ “Get a room, guys, Jesus.”
Jermaine’s slurred words hit your ears as you turned your head to face him, pulling away from Michael’s face.
“Fine, we will.”
You gasped as Jermaine groaned at the insinuation of Michael’s words as he rose to his feet, extending his hand to help you up from the seat. You did so willingly, still shocked at his confidence at a such lewd revelation in front of Jermaine, who shook his head.
Michael didn’t waste a beat — dragging you swiftly into the back of the tour bus, towards his bedroom, one that was, thankfully, reserved just for him, despite all his brother’s having to share with one another. His feet moved quickly as he guided you through the dark of the hallway, hand still enclosed tightly in your own as an anchor in the low-lighting, especially in your drunken stumbling.
Once you clambered into the room, giggling as you tripped over your own feet and slammed into his back, Michael shut and locked the door and instantly pressed you against it. His lips met yours instantaneously — a low hum of satisfaction leaving his mouth and into yours as he cupped your burning hot cheeks. His hands, nimble and precise, moved and found solace in the curve of your hips, gripping tightly as he pulled you flushed against his body, while his tongue nudged your bottom lip.
You whined into his mouth, feeling awfully needy after his continuous teasing throughout the evening, as he slot a knee between your legs — his clothed thigh now inches away from where you had begun to throb in your panties, now stricken with slick that drooled from your twitching pussy.
The alcohol had hit you straight between the legs — arousal now flooding your veins twice as hard as the liquor had, your head reeling as his eager tongue slipped into your mouth, colliding with your own. The kiss was sloppy and needy, tasting heavily of liquor, tongues and teeth clashing together in a feverish connection as you clung desperately to the fabric of Michael’s shirt, crinkling the material in your tight grasp.
Michael parted from your mouth for a mere second just to guide you — turning you around from the comfort of the door, and towards the bed. He laid you down gently, as he always did before you had sex, cradling your head to soften the collision with the mattress — before instantly attaching himself back to your lips. Your legs instinctively wrapped lazily around his hips as he hovered over you, holding himself up on two elbows as he continued his work on your mouth, groaning down your throat as you shamelessly began rutting your crotch into the painfully obvious bulge in his joggers.
“So needy, my baby, hm? You want me that bad?” He spoke lowly, the gruff, deepness of his voice hitting you full force — a soft gasp ripping from your throat as his mouth attached to the bare of your neck, suckling the skin gently.
You’d never heard him talk like that — even during sex. It was always gentle and loving, coaxing rather than tantalising.
But, this—this—was different.
His voice had a bass in it that you’d never heard before — a dark, seductive growl, a statement of his need.
This was the alcohol talking.
But, as he sucked dark, prominent marks into your skin, now meeting your hips halfway as you humped up into his bulge, mewling as the tip of his stiff cock rocked against your aching clitoris repeatedly — you didn’t care.
“Mich—Mike, God.” Words failed you as you rambled into his ear, hands now threaded through his curls still damp with sweat, “Need you.”
Michael groaned into the warmth of your collarbone, lips detaching, he lifted himself up, to meet your glassy gaze — pupils blown and dancing in burning desire.
“Yeah? Really need me that badly baby, yeah?”
He was slurring, repeating himself, as he rolled a particularly harsh thrust into your clothed cunt — revelling in the way you mewled loudly at the connection, your grip in his hair tightening.
“Please.”
The sound of your meek begging had him dizzy — theoretically drunk on arousal as he fumbled with the button of your denim shorts, swift fingers dragging down the zipper before pulling them down your legs. He moved even quicker to your shirt — yanking at the hem and practically ripping it off of your body and to the floor, atop of your discarded bottoms.
His eyes met your half-naked frame, now clad in just your bra and panties, which now sported an obvious wet patch right were you drooled in anticipating arousal — a groan slipping past Michael’s lips at the sight of it.
Your back arched off the bed as his thumb traced the prominent circle of slick that painted your panties — his thumb catching your clenching hole, as well as the edge of your clit, as you jerked your hips into his touch.
“My baby’s so wet, God, look at you.” Michael whispered, eyes locked on your soaked underwear through the moonlight peeking through the curtains, “What am I gonna do with you, hm?”
You whined, an eager, desperate display of your desire, eyebrows furrowed in need as he slid a tentative thumb along your slit.
In your own drunken boldness, words fell from your swollen lips before you could refrain yourself, “Fuck me, please.”
“Patience, baby.” He whispered, pulling the your panties to the side, “Been waitin’ to touch this pretty pussy all night.”
You didn’t know what had gotten into him, in your intoxicated brain, but you knew sober you would understand that getting Michael Jackson drunk was like dangling a carrot in-front of a pigs face — you couldn’t exist around him while he was drinking without him getting crazed with need.
In a slow, tantalisingly steady movement, he crouched between your thighs, large palms needing the skin as he came face to face with where you drooled. He pressed his warm face right where you needed him — the sound of your aroused gasp at the sudden contact and his deep, guttural groan of satisfaction at the sweet scent of your cunt as he deeply inhaled your aroma, filled the thick air.
“Shit—so fuckin’ sweet.” He mumbled, soft lips dragging along your folds as he nuzzled into your sex.
“Michael, pl—please.”
The melodic sound of your whining ripped another groan from deep in Michael’s throat — grip tightening around the plush of your thighs as they enclosed around his head the second his mouth started working on you. He lay his tongue flat along your cunt, a slow, teasing drag of the muscle along the ridge — collecting your essence that had coated your lips, as well as your thighs, on his tongue.
You cried out, albeit louder than sober you would’ve wanted, hips jerking up to meet his mouth half-way as he tongue-fucked your cunt — movements sloppy and messy as he lapped at your clit like a man dying of thirst. He, matching your whines of pleasure, hummed and groaned into you — enclosing his lips around your nub, suckling frantically, as a singular finger slipped inside, instantly curling upwards to abuse the spot that had your toes curling.
“Oh—Oh, God—“
The words barely made it past your throat, coming out in a croaked stutter, before your orgasm crashed over you violently. In your pleasured and liquor-induced drunken haze, you failed to register the tightening of your abdomen and the twinkling of ecstasy down your spine that occurred prior to your orgasm before it arrived — instantly rendering you speechless, mouth in a tight ‘O’ shape as your eyes locked into the back of your head.
Michael, still lapping at your cunt, tongue swirling around your clit, and his digit moving at a rapid pace, groaned loudly, the vibration, a statement of satisfaction, only adding to your pleasure, as he began unapologetically rutting into the mattress, attempting to soothe the painfully hard bulge that, drooling pre-cum, rest underneath his uncomfortably tight boxers.
As your release fluttered away into a blissful buzz of post-orgasm glow — Michael took to his knees once more, palm encasing around his stiff cock, now harder than he’d ever been before.
He shuffled closer, a strong hand taking ahold of your hip, dragging you closer to where he throbbed as he continued to jerk himself — utterly bewildered at how hard he had gotten despite his alcohol intake.
Your hand flew to his chest, tangling in the crinkled material of his shirt once more, legs wrapping around his waist, as he decided that tonight he didn’t have time for anymore foreplay, that he just needed to be inside you, that there was no time for games.
And, at the sight of your glistening cunt catching in the light, creaming and clenching around nothing, pussy lips all swollen and doing nothing to hide where you dripped, he managed to form a coherent thought — that the sight was definitely going to leave him hard for days.
Michael cursed under his breath at your vulnerability, all spread out and dripping just for him — he stood, hands flying to his joggers, thumb latching underneath the waistband of them, along with his boxers, and tugged them down his legs. He kicked them off his ankles as he crawled onto the bed with you, knees either side of your raised legs, as a firm hand enclosed around the length of him.
He hissed at the contact as he pumped himself, lip coming between his teeth as a dribble of pre-cum slipped from his mushroom-headed tip, and dropped onto the fat of your pussy lips, trickling down your slit. His hazy, drunken mind instantly ran away with itself — eyes locked on the way you clenched around nothing.
“Gotta give it t’ya, baby, can’t wait.” He mumbled, finally slotting between your thighs, sliding the thick of him through your folds, “Can yo—you take it? Talk to me, pretty.”
You mewled — eyes fluttering shut momentarily at the sensation of the warm, stiff length of him rutting between your folds, gathering your sticky essence along his cock, hips twitching forward, subconsciously begging for more.
“Need words if you want my cock, Cherry.”
You gasped, your throat dry and sore from the harsh Tequila, at the assertiveness — something completely atypical from your man atop of you. As your eyes shot open in surprise, chest heaving, lips agape, the look of raw, dark, devilish thirst for your submission hit you — the moonlight catching the way his hungry eyes bore into your own, sending shivers down your back, sheen in sweat.
“Please—fuck—I can take it, just please.” Your sober self would’ve curled into a ball of embarrassment at the sheer intensity of desperation evident in your voice — the way it cracked and stuttered as you forced the words out, trembling in desire.
Michael hummed, satisfied with your response, as he pulled your soiled panties completely from your legs and angled himself, albeit clumsily in the drunken darkness, towards your clenching hole. You had attempted to sober up before he pushed in, thinking hard about remembering to keep quiet — but, when he slide inside, sheathing himself to the hilt in a singular, harsh roll of his languid hips, cunt stretching deliciously quickly around the size of him, you failed to suppress to pleasured cry of surprise that left your lips.
Your head lunged back into the pillows, back arching into his chest, your clothed breasts pressing against the soft of his t-shirt. Michael took this opportunity to lean down, slipping his hands underneath your curved back and unclasped your laced bra with practiced ease, ripping it off your arms and to the floor.
“Much better.” He mumbled drunkenly, hands finding instant comfort in your bare tits — cupping them and using them as anchors as he began his brutal thrusts.
Your breathless, whiny mewls of pleasure only grew in octave and intensity as Michael set a relentless pace — the fat tip of his cock repeatedly slamming against the gummy, sweet spot inside your weeping cunt that had your eyes rolling deep into your skull and carving lines into his back under his shirt.
You chanted his name like a prayer — like you were begging for forgiveness at his feverish pace, his stamina proving just as strong even in his drunken state. Every ridge and vein of his thick cock was dragging along your tight, gummy walls — only increasing your pleasure.
“Jesus, Cherry.” He panted, grip tightening as it slid down to your hips as he pulled you down onto his cock, “Y’squeezing my cock like you own it."
You took a mental note to get Michael drunk more often as the provocative words slipped from his lips — forcing your eyebrows to curve up your forehead as the dirty sentence hit your ears.
His brutal pace never let up — hips slamming into your own as he rutted into you like he was born to please you, like he was running out of time. His grasp slipped down your hips to your legs, hands curling underneath the backs of your knees, and forcing your legs to your chest. A choked gasp escaped your throat as he pressed his body weight onto your front — now impossibly and deliriously deep, the tip of his cock grazing your G-spot, and kissing your cervix with every thrust.
“Ho—Holy shit—Oh, my fucking God—“
Strings of broken pleas and curses slipped past your lips as he leant over, grunting wildly into your skin as he peppered hurried kisses to your neck — spit glistening on your skin in the light as he continued to force himself deeper.
“That’s it, thaaaaat’s it, baby, you can take it.” He mumbled, voice muffled as he sucked a particularly harsh love bite into your burning hot skin, “Y’sucking me in like you fuckin’ live off my cum.”
Now, that did it for you.
Clenching cunt instantly quivering and fluttering around the thick girth of him, a husky whine ripping from your mouth as your back curved once more, erect nipples grazing his clothed chest, at the sound of his gruff, seductive voice talking dirty to you like he wasn’t the shyest, most sweetest boy in the world.
“Ooh, Mic—Michael.” His name fell from your lips in a shocked, breathless manner, eyebrows still taut into the crease of your forehead.
He ignored your silent, rhetorical questioning for why he was acting so out of character, as in his drunken mind, he saw no difference to his intoxicated self to his usual persona — deciding that instead of replying to your splutters, he’d lift his body from yours, lift your legs into a V-shape in the air and rut into you faster than before. If that was even at all possible.
The scream that ripped from you could’ve been heard by the hundreds of passerby’s in their cars on the freeway — your hands flying to his forearms, nails digging into the soft skin, tracing the veins that bulged from the tensed skin. Your second orgasm, now scarily close, was given a forceful shove to tick over your gyrating body as your eyes flicked up to your boyfriend — who was a sight for sore eyes if you’d ever seen one.
His head was thrown back, a few stray curls cascading over his flushed face, eyes squeezed shut, his t-shirt between his teeth, now soaked in his saliva, as he mumbled almost incoherently into the material — ‘Oh, yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah’ ‘Fuuuuck, yeah, yeah—God, fuck, yeah’ ‘Gonna—Gonna—oh fuck!—Gonna cum—’
It was nonsensical blabber — spit staining his lips, and the softness of his shirt, eyes now half-open as they rolled deep inside the sockets, his grip on your ankles, the ones that held your legs up so perfectly despite his drunken clumsiness, tightened as you fluttered dangerously around him.
His name fell from your lips, paired with strings of incoherent sentences about how good he felt, as your orgasm washed over you twice as intensely as the first — nails leaving indefinite claw marks into his skin at the sheer volume of the release. He didn’t let up though — still slamming into you like it was what he was born to do, not music, not dance — no, just slip inside your warm, squeezing cunt and let you milk him for all he’s worth.
Michael doubled over, t-shirt slipping from his mouth, now messier than you’d made it, his grip on your ankles diminishing as he fell to your chest — flushed face nestling into the crook of your neck once again as his hips faltered ever so slightly.
“Fuck—y’so—so tight.” Michael inhaled sharply, a raw, broken whine slipping past his swollen lips, “Oh my—Fuck, ‘M gonna—Gonna marry you.” He was panting like a dog in heat, still rutting into you as he chased his own release as yours subsided slowly, “My girl. My fuckin’—Aah! Fuck—Gonna fill ya so deep. That what you—what y’want?”
A screech of agreement left your lips at his mindless rambling — cunt spasming violently as the suggestive, pornographic worthy sentences trickled from his lips like syrup, coating your whole body in a thick sheen of arousal.
You almost couldn’t quite believe what you were hearing — Michael was usually shy, nearing submissive, and gentle during sex, which you also adored, but this—this—was something to look back on late at night when he was thousands of miles away on tour with your hands down your pyjama shorts.
“‘M there—Oh, fuck, ‘m there!” He cried, knuckles turning white with how hard he was gripping the sticky bedsheets beside your head, “Take it, take it, take it, tak—“
He cut himself off with a hoarse, raucous groan — so loud it rang throughout the room, near enough echoing with how quiet the bus had gotten without you realising, hips twitching aggressively as he spilled inside you. The warm, blissfully familiar, sensation of his fierce spurts of cum painting your fluttering walls had you whining too — biting your lip so hard the indentation of your teeth was traceable with your tongue, as he, despite being almost painfully overstimulated, rolled his infamous hips deep into you, fucking his seed deeper inside your drooling pussy.
Then came the silence.
The deafening, almost ear-piercing silence that coated each and every corner of the tour bus — no voices, no laughter, no snoring, nothing. Just the uncomfortable knowledge that hung thickly in the air that everyone—oh yes, everyone—had heard you.
Michael pulled out with a wet pop! and rolled next to you with a loud huff — head spinning and eyes fluttering shut as he attempted to catch his breath, chest heaving. You, too, succumbed to the relieving solace that was sleep, your own eyes still squeezed shut as your legs fell to the bed, now sporting a dull ache that matched your sex — now dribbling with his release over the sheets.
But, before your drunken mind could register the severity of what your boyfriend’s brother’s had just heard — sleep took over. Lulling into a relaxed, much needed slumber — still bare and sweaty, pulled against Michael’s chest as he too, for once, slept beside you.
However, all actions have consequences.
Unfortunately for you.
So, when you woke that morning, head pounding, lips dry, eyes squinting from the brightness of the morning sun, and body aching — you enjoyed the few blissful seconds of your waking where you had forgotten what you’d got up to last night. Just turning over and smiling softly at Michael’s sleeping frame, the soft, slow deepness of breathing as he slept calmly warming your heart.
Then, it hit you.
Your eyes shot open — finally registering the hangover and the nakedness you and Michael both sported, mouth hanging open in shock as your vision fluttered towards the locked door to his bedroom, knowing that behind it was a conversation and years worth of teasing you’d never, ever live down.
You knew you couldn’t hide in here forever — their next show was tonight, and you needed Michael to recover from the hangover, one that you were certain he would have, as soon as possible.
You groaned, rubbing a hand across your face, knowing that you’d have to take your pride and reputation and throw it out the window onto the freeway that you were still on, and face his brother’s, just like you had with Michael the morning after your drunkenly confessed your love.
Similarly, you also decided that staying away from alcohol for the foreseeable future was probably a good idea.
Rising from the bed, not without a wince at the dull ache between your legs, solidifying your realisation that everyone had heard how Michael laid it down on you like it was his last day to live, last night — and that there was no way to avoid this.
The bedroom door opened with a creak, impossibly and noticeably loud, as your eyes adjusted to the brightness of the hallway. In the distance, the sound of soft laughter and quiet conversations filled your ears, sighing loudly as it became apparent every member of the Jackson siblings was present in the same room that got you into this mess.
You walked, stealthily slow, head still throbbing wildly, as you finally reached the part of the bus where you knew you would curse yourself for ever entering. Your eyes locked on the five men splayed across the seats, as you did the night before, plates of breakfast and cups of coffee residing in front of them.
For a moment the room stopped — all five siblings rendered themselves silent as their gaze dropped on you, watching as you pursed your lips together, awaiting their next movements.
Your eyes landed on Marlon, whose lips twitched up into a smirk, laughter crawling up his throat as he pointed at you, eyes squinting—
“Don’t you fucking dare.”
The sound of your croaked, stern voice sent the room into screams of uncontrollable laughter — tears falling from their eyes, fists banging on tables, and stomachs clutched as they roared at you. Marlon was practically sobbing — face beat red and cheeks soaked in humorous tears as he gripped Jermaine’s arm for stability, attempting to calm himself down.
“You two caused this.” You snapped, pointing between Jermaine and Marlon, the mastermind’s behind bringing the alcohol to the bus.
“Us?” Marlon managed to force out between giggles, wiping his face with the back of his hand, “I think you should be thankin’ us, girl. Sounds like you had a reaaal good time back there.”
The room burst into fits of laughter once more, only furthering as you threw a pillow at Marlon’s body, arms crossing over your chest.
“Oh, yeah, a real nice time. Remind me, ‘Maine, did it go more like ‘Oooh, Michael!’ or ‘Ohh, Michaeeel!’.” Jackie teased, his voice shifting in octave as he mocked your pleasured moans that had evidently rang loudly throughout the bus.
“Real mature. You never heard people have sex before?” You quipped, trudging to your handbag that lay on the table opposite where the boys sat, and pulling out a packet of Advil, and a grabbing a bottle of water.
“Well, actually, no, I hadn’t.” Randy started, a teasing, toothy grin spread across his face, “But, I sure as hell have now.”
You rolled your eyes as the boys screeched into laughter once more, a snarky remark at the ready to be fired back, when you turned around and your face fell.
“What’s so funny?”
Michael’s tired, hoarse voice rang throughout the now quiet room — all eyes now on him as he rubbed his tired eyes, joggers, once on the floor of his bedroom, now hanging loosely around his hips, as he approached you, back facing his brother’s as he leant down to press a soft kiss to your cheek. Visible to everyone in the room, a fact that had you squeezing your lips together in dread, were the sharp streaks of nails marks that you had dragged down his back, as well as along his forearms, painted across his skin in deep, rose coloured lines.
You knew the laughter was coming before it even started — eyes fluttering shut as Michael’s eyebrows furrowed together in confusion. It was apparent to everyone in the room, apart from him of course, that he still had no recollection of the night before — or even if he did, he sure as hell wasn’t aware of the intensity of the noise.
Michael’s eyes flickered around the room, attempting to piece why his brother’s were in bits from laughter, and why you were knee-deep in embarrassment. But soon, once his vision locked on the three empty Tequila bottles, the opened pack of Advil, bags under everyone’s eyes, the hickey’s on your neck and the scrapes of pleasured marks on his arms — he gasped as the ball dropped.
“Oh, my God.” He breathed, hand coming to clasp over his mouth, eyes darting between you and his brother’s, who were watching the scene unfold in real time, only making it twice as funny, “Did we?—Oh, no, and they—they heard? Oh, God—Oh, my good God.”
You nodded slowly, eyes full of shame as you met his own wide ones — blown into saucers as the dreadful realisation hit him.
Marlon, deciding that laughing in your face wasn’t enough, grabbed a half-drunk bottle of Tequila and raised it into the air, waving it in your faces as a teasing reminder on what got you into this mess to begin with, smiling widely, before speaking.
“What a great start to the tour.” He breathed out a chuckle, “Oh, and you’re welcome, little brother.”
I can’t believe there’s actually people out there who think J@esph Jackson was a good dad. Or that he was misunderstood. Or just strict.
He’s not. He’s abusive, plain and simple. I am fucking shocked that Michael still managed to forgive him after everything he did.
If they showed even half of what J@esph actually did to them in the biopic, I’m 90% sure they wouldn’t have allowed it to be shown in theatres.
[TW for multiple types of abuse mentioned below]
He scared his children late at night with a mask to learn “a lesson about leaving the windows open”.
He took the Jackson 5 [multiple of them not even 18 yet] to perform at strip clubs.
He held a gun in front of his children.
He m@lested his daughters.
He beat them.
He killed Michael’s pet rat and bragged about it to him later.
He called Michael “Big Nose” as a kid.
He still expected Michael to perform under the Jacksons as an adult. And even after the Pepsi incident.
You still think he’s “misunderstood”?
It’s so fucking stupid that some people still debate if he was a bad dad when he did this to his own flesh and blood.
He’s the reason Michael ended up the way he did. He’s the reason Michael had to relive his childhood through playing with kids as an adult. He’s the reason Michael didn’t end up okay.
He should’ve died LONG before Michael did.
Sure. He was “the reason they got out of Gary”. In reality, it was Michael fucking Jackson. And he never should’ve been the reason.
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anyone who defends joseph jackson will be on my blocked list.
the amount of excuses I’ve seen people make for him on social media is ridiculous. there is a HUGE difference between disciplining your children versus straight up torturing them. from beating them with any objects he could find (not just belts. he would beat them with shoes, iron cords, etc. even almost dislocating michael’s shoulder by throwing him against a wall), insulting them for their features, and making them call him joseph.
i remember janet said in an interview that he struck her for calling him “dad.” and she was a little girl.
which is insane, considering the child he had outside of his marriage with katherine, was able to call him “dad”, and apparently treated her better.
one day, i will talk about her.
yes, the jackson family became a house hold name, especially for the black community. yes, some of them ended up having successful careers. yes, they are loved by many people around the world.
Summary: 2 times the Jackson children tried their momma... the one time she let them know she's not their friend
WC: 1,116
Warnings: Prince causing chaos, the kids tried it, Mike saying yes ma'am, don't ask how they her babies, just know they her babies!!
Note: Calling all agents, another fic has been posted. I know it's late but I got a bit busy...my bad also the Biopic let's celebrate yallll N E WAYZ, again take it easy because 🩴 I don’t play…
Neverland Ranch- The Brownie Incident
It was a calm Saturday morning in Neverland when something in you said to get up, sit up, and wonder why it just seemed a little too calm when you prepared to get out of bed. Getting ready to walk to the bathroom to do your morning routine
CRAAASHHH
Running out the bedroom door and down the stairs, you run into the kitchen where you see your three kids looking crazy with a giant mess around them. Not even realizing you were standing there, Paris and Prince were bickering while your youngest blanket was standing watching, chewing on said blanket in hand. “ Prince, look at what you did!” Paris said getting mad at the bowl of flour that he knocked off the counter. Huffing at his sister, “ I didn’t want to.”
Blanket finally spotting you, toddles over, wrapping his arm around your leg, “Mama.” Picking him up as the other two turn around with big eyes, gasping as they realize they were caught. Taking a deep breath, “ Now how many times have I told y'all not to play in my kitchen without me here?” looking at them. Getting no replies from either “ I’m sorry, am I speaking to myself?!” snapping your fingers “ guys, my kitchen is a mess, I need answers. Where is your daddy? First off?”
Your baby girl finally responds, “Daddy is in the dance room practicing, so we’ve been in here, Momma.” Prince looks up at you, “Momma, we wanted the brownies you make.” Covered in flour, he walks over to you and wraps his arms around you in your red silk pajamas. Lying his head on your stomach. “...Michael Joseph Jackson Jr, I know like hell” running away laughing with his sister following behind him, also wiping her flour-covered hands on your clothes.
“I’m going to hurt them kids…look at my damn kitchen”
Staring at the flour on the floor, the spilled eggs on the counter, and the chocolate on the cabinets. You decided you were not cleaning this by yourself. All while the blanket sits there giggling on your hip.
“MICHAELLLL”
Neverland Ranch - Wash day gone absolutely wrong
You prided yourself on keeping your coils healthy, so when wash day came around, especially with the Jackson munchkins running around. Your plan was to get up before everyone to wash your hair, which you succeeded in doing. Imagine your surprise when you walked into your bathroom to see your daughter messing with all your supplies. Opening the door, both you and Paris had a stare-off as she stood there on a stool, and you stood at the door staring.
“Paris, I just know,” closing your eyes, “Missy, what is that in your hands?”
Smiling at you with her face greased up from your shea butter, she shows you your good castor oil in her right hand and your super grease in the left. As you walk closer to inspect the top of your child’s hair that was laid more than her daddy's wigs. “Look, Momma, I’m doing my hair like you,” pushing the bristled brush in your face, you stand there confused because this time it’s not the child you expected getting into stuff. Chuckling slightly, “ Okay, Babygirl, we’re going to wash all this off you, and Momma is going to redo your hair. Okay, sounds like a deal.” Looking at her, she nods her head and hops down from the stool, still looking like she ate all her dad's KFC.
Sighing, “this doesn't make any type of sense,” cleaning up the supplies and getting started on your own head first before dealing with the wild child.
Neverland Ranch - The last Nerve
Money grows on trees, apparently
The concept of money to kids is something that's still being understood, so the babies, as much as you loved them, they loved destroying stuff, especially yours, a bit more. Michael, your dear husband, was always the much, much more gentle speaking, stern parent out of you both. You, on the other hand, were always ready to put them and time out and send them up for a nap after wrecking stuff.
Hearing Michael yell after Prince was never surprising; it was like seeing the sunrise, a daily occurrence. So imagine your surprise to hear him yell at Paris right after.
“Prince, get back here before I grind you into a hamburger”
“Paris, your mother is going to get you guys”
Walking upstairs into the beauty room, Michael set up something special for you when you guys got married to see what was going on. You're shocked to see an absolute catastrophe.
“WHAT THE HELL?”
You see your expensive foundation spilled, lipstick on Paris's face, bonnets and scarves on the floors, one which was actually on the blanket's head sideways, purses and heels all over the place, Mike holding the prince by the back of his overalls. All 4 faces turn to look at you with wide eyes.
With scrunched lips and clasped hands, you look at them, “ Everyone in the living room NOW”. Turning to walk out the door before them, down the stairs to meet them there still clad in pajamas and bonnet.
Standing in front of them, hands resting on your hips as they all sit on the couch waiting for you to speak, spooked by your reaction.
“I make a lot of allowances for a lot of things because I love you kids, but destroying my personal items is a big no-no, I mean hell no. So you guys are going to clean up everything in there and put everything back the way it was. I mean, scrub my damn walls clean. Then write daddy, and I letters on why you won’t wreck things anymore in the house. You’re not going to the zoo next week, and no, you can’t hang with your cousins, and we’re taking away your theater privileges for a week. While y'all are at it, go ahead and stand in the corner for me”
Hearing their whines, you shrug, sitting on the loveseat across from them. Michael looks from them to you, “Mama, you don’t think they can just clean the room and still get everything else?” Staring at him, “Michael, do you wanna stand in the corner with them?” He comes over to the loveseat, lying down next to you, lying on your chest, bringing a blanket with him. “No ma’am.” Nodding, “Yeah, thought so”. He looks at the kids, “You guys heard your mama go ahead”. Watching and listening to the kids whine as they walk up the stairs.
“You know that really turned me on, mama”
“Applehead”
“Yes, mama”
“Why does my damn baby still have this bonnet on”
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Just a random rant, but as an autistic person myself, I’ve always felt that Michael Jackson may have been autistic. Obviously, we’ll never know for certain because he was never diagnosed publicly, but it’s something I’ve genuinely believed for a long time.
The way he thought, spoke, moved, interacted with people, and experienced the world reminds me of traits I recognize in myself and many other autistic people. Even some of the challenges he talked about, like his lifelong struggles with insomnia and feeling different from others, resonate with experiences that are common within the autistic community.
One of the things I admire most is how his mind seemed to work so differently. He had an incredible imagination, noticed details that others overlooked, and had an almost unmatched creative vision. It makes me think about how many exceptionally gifted and successful people throughout history are believed to have been autistic or to have had autistic traits. Being autistic isn’t a limitation, it often comes with a unique way of seeing and understanding the world.
Of course, this is just my personal opinion, not a fact. But as someone who’s autistic myself, I genuinely see a lot of similarities in Michael, and I really do GENUINELY believe he had high level functioning autism.
And just know I WILL leave a comment calling out AI use on your post if you use it in any way. Cities are being deprived of water because of this shit. “Oh but it does this and that and yadayada” WE ARE IN A GLOBAL WATER CRISIS. THIS WILL AFFECT YOU TOO. YOU ARE CONTRIBUTING TO SPEEDING UP YOUR OWN DEMISE.
And don’t say any of that “but your phone and social media uses water!!” Yes I know bitch, and the whole point is to limit how much of that you contribute to. I’m hardly on social media at all these days aside from here, and have cut back my phone usage heavily. Ai however, COMPLETELY OPTIONAL. Get that shit out of creative spaces and for the love of god, look into the consequences of your own actions, and replenish that with better action instead.
The worst part is, it doesn’t have to be this way. We can put a moratorium on data centres. We can delete the apps. We can stop funding the companies. We have lived without this shit before. We can still do that.
There is no excuse now. I know damn well yall know how bad it is and use it anyway. I hope you wither in guilt and feel the weight of your ignorance tenfold. May the repercussions come your way first.
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i seen a lot of people on tiktok comment about mj fanfiction and how much they fucking hate it for some reason but my thing is, would they have the same energy about mj fanfiction if he was alive rn??? and it really makes me have sit with the question on if fanfiction on a celebrity should no longer be created if the person is no longer with us or should it not matter bc at the end of the day it’s fan fucking FICTION
The Beatles fandom can genderbend and ship the members together without judgement meanwhile you'll get crucified in the Mj fandom for writing smut of a grown man who had his own sex life. I get yall want to be respectful but yall gotta stop infantilizing him I promise you he didn't and still wouldnt give a gaf about there being FANfics of him
I'm SO MADDDDD Why people think that Michael wouldn't love black women? Like? Uhm??? That's illogical 😭😭 Michael loved ALL women and when we say ALL is ALL women. Btw you can see pics of him watching black women like 👀
For real all women are awesome and I get why Michael loved all of them. I don't get why women are treated so rude + it isn't necessary treat women like that when they are sooooo beautiful and can create awesome things
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If you had one wish, it wouldn’t be a grammy, or to be famous. It wouldn’t even be to have a million dollars.
You’d wish for another fan.
But the summer of 2004 was officially personal enemies with you.
Being seven months pregnant in the dead of a California heatwave was a special kind of purgatory. Your ankles were swollen, your skin felt two sizes too small, and the air inside the house was so thick you could practically chew on it. To make matters worse, the HVAC system at the ranch had chosen today—a blistering, triple-digit Saturday—to completely give up the ghost.
You were currently sprawled on the living room rug, a cold, damp washcloth draped over your forehead, only wearing underwear and a t-shirt that barely covered your round tummy, feeling like a stranded whale.
"Daddy! Prince won't let the fan turn this way!" Paris’s indignant six-year-old voice echoed across the room.
"I’m just trying to keep the baby warm!" seven-year-old Prince fired back with absolute, unflinching older-brother authority, pointing to the plastic box fan sitting on the coffee table. "Blanket is small, he needs it more!"
Right on cue, two-year-old Blanket was sitting a foot away from the fan, blissfully clutching his favorite toy, entirely oblivious to the sibling warfare raging above his head.
"Nobody needs to be warm today, Prince, I promise you" Michael sighed, his voice laced with that familiar, gentle exhaustion.
You cracked one eye open from under your washcloth. Michael was sitting on the floor a few feet away from you, looking equally defeated by the elements. He had his signature black curls pulled back into a messy, loose bun, a few damp tendrils sticking to his neck. He was wearing a loose, unbuttoned red short-sleeve shirt over a white tank top, the fabric clinging to his chest. Even in a crisis, the man looked effortlessly beautiful, which you found deeply unfair given that you felt and looked like a melted popsicle.
"Michael," you groaned, your voice a pathetic whimper. "Michael, I’m upset. Officially. With every last bit of energy I have left."
Michael immediately shifted, shuffling over on his knees until he was hovering over you. His dark eyes were full of soft, worried affection as he looked down at your swollen belly. "What’s wrong, beautiful? Is the baby kicking? Do you need water?"
"I need an industrial-grade wind tunnel," you muttered, pulling the washcloth off your face to glare at him. "You are a multi-millionaire. A global icon. Why do we only own one functioning box fan? Why are we surviving like we're in a frontier cabin?"
Michael let out a soft, breathless laugh, his shoulders shaking. "Because the central air has never broken down before, my love! I didn't plan for the apocalypse."
"Well, plan for it now," you wheezed, placing a hand over your bump. "Because your unborn child is currently baking like a loaf of sourdough bread. Buy ten fans. Buy fifty. Go to Sears and buy the whole store, Michael, I’m not joking."
"Okay, okay, I’ll have someone run out and get more," he promised soothingly. He reached out, his long, slender fingers gently brushing a stray lock of hair away from your sweaty forehead. His hand felt incredibly cool against your burning skin, and you instinctively leaned into his touch.
Seeing an opportunity, Paris grabbed the box fan and aggressively angled it directly toward you. "There! It goes to Mama and the baby!"
"Hey!" Prince protested.
"Thank you, Paris," you sighed as the stream of lukewarm air hit your face. It wasn't freezing, but it was heaven.
Michael smiled, his heart melting at how protective the kids were being. He carefully crawled closer, settling his frame onto the floor right next to you. Despite the unbearable heat, he couldn't help himself—he slid an arm under your waist and pulled your back against his chest.
"Baby, no," you whined, though you didn't actually pull away. "It’s too hot. We might fuse together."
"Just for a second," he whispered into your ear, his warm breath tickling your neck. He wrapped his other hand completely over your pregnant belly, his palm resting against the fabric of your maternity shirt. "Let me feel my baby."
As if on cue, the baby gave a sharp, hard kick right against Michael’s palm.
Michael gasped, a bright, radiant smile breaking across his face. "Oh! Did you feel that? He’s mad at the heat too."
"Or she is telling her daddy to go buy an air conditioner," you grumbled, but the tension left your body as you melted back into him. Even though his skin was warm, his presence was instantly grounding. He began tracing slow, lazy circles over your bump, his touch light and comforting.
"Group hug!" Paris cheered.
Before you could warn them about the thermal mass of five human bodies in a closed room, Paris scrambled over, plop-ping down right by your legs and resting her head against your knee. Prince dragged Blanket over by his hands, sitting down right in front of you and Michael, effectively creating a human fortress around the box fan. Blanket immediately leaned his little head against your stomach, murmuring a quiet, sleepy sound.
"See?" Michael murmured, his chin resting gently on your shoulder as he looked at the beautiful, chaotic family you had built together. He tightened his arms around you and the baby, his voice dropping into that sweet, private register meant only for you. "We have the fan blasting right at us, the kids are happy, and we're altogether. It’s not so bad."
You looked at Prince and Paris bickering in whispers over who got to hold Blanket’s hand, felt the steady, loving heartbeat of the man holding you, and felt the little kick of life inside you.
You let out a soft sigh, closing your eyes as the fan blew over the five—soon to be six—of you.
"It’s fine," you whispered, reaching back to tangle your fingers in Michael's. "But you're still buying those fans tomorrow."
"Tomorrow," Michael agreed, kissing your cheek softly. "I promise."
thank you dolle for complaining about your city’s weather SO much it inspired me to write this <3
synopsis: thinking about the first time michael invited you for a one on one interview, which landed you in the most magical place on earth.
content: amusement park, quiet yearning, interview theme, just something fluffy & sweet for mikey as i played him on repeat today.
thriller may have been your big break but disneyland was where you left your mark on journalism. by now, michael had sat across from hundreds of reporters. some wanted the headline. others wanted the controversy. many wanted whatever michael jackson planned to do next.
you however, seemed more interested in understanding why. and he liked that.
he liked that you never treated his childlike wonder as something he needed to outgrow. that you never laughed at the parts of himself the world seemed determined to misunderstand. most of all, he liked that you always met him where he was. and it was that very quality that earned you yet another invitation very few journalists received.
a private day at disneyland with michael jackson himself.
the interview looked nothing like traditional journalism. there were no studio lights, no polished stage, or no rehearsed introductions. instead viewers followed the both of you through disneyland, microphones in hand, as laughter interrupted half the questions before they could
one moment aboard the mark twain riverboat, the next wandering through new orleans square, before finding yourselves drifting beneath the colorful facades of its a new world. this wasn’t an interview confined to a chair. it was one that moved and breathed just like michael did.
“what ride makes you feel like a kid every time?”
michael’s smile came instantly, “all of ‘em.”
“every single one?” you giggled, keeping the microphone steady between you. “i surprisingly don’t find that hard to believe.”
“see,” and that toothy grin of his would only widen. “when your having fun, your not thinking about your age.”
somewhere between fantasyland and frontierland, the interview came to an unexpected pause. not because either of you had run out of questions, but because michael had.
he’d wandered off towards an a shop window, admiring the tiny moving displays and hidden details that most guest hurried right on past. pointing out the little mechanical figures tucked into scenery like he’d discovered them for the first time.
you didn’t rush the moment though, you just promoted the camera crew forward. meeting him exactly where he was with a smile.
“when did you realize imagination was just as important as talent?”
“i think imagination comes first.” his eyes only lingered longer on the display, his voice impossibly soft as he spoke. “everything starts with imagination.”
later while drifting through its a small world, your gaze followed families floating alongside yours. children waving. parents smiling. adults laughing just as loud as the youngins they accompanied beside them.
“y’know..” brushing away a coil that slipped free, “i never thought i’d find myself enjoying disney without a child of my own.”
that confession alone warmed michael’s chest, earning a careful squeeze of your hand as the two of you continued to float easily along the stream.
“why should kids have all the fun?”
and somehow, that became one of the most quoted moments of the entire interview.
by the time the two of you reached queue for big thunder mountain railroad, the conversation had become as effortless as breathing.
“do you think creativity can be taught?”
“hmm,” tucking his hands in his pants, like he’d be carefully considering his next words. “i think it can be encouraged.”
“but creativity’s already there, children prove that everyday.”
somewhere between pirates of the carribean and the haunts mansion, the interview had come to a pause again. only this time there was a small crowd beginning to gather. children peeled shyly behind their parents. families waved from across the many walkways. and without hesitation michael excused himself, kneeling to meet each child at eye level as if they were the only person in the park. signing an autographs, waving goodbye like he’d known each individual child for years.
quietly documenting the moment from the sideline, capturing the gentle humble moments no headline ever seemed interest in.
once the two of you boarded space mountain, the interview had long since stopped feeling like one. especially whenever the rides became just a bit more adventurous. michael particularly enjoyed how your confidence lasted right up until the very first drop. your hand instinctively finding his arm, fingers curling around his sleeve, then into his arm.
holding on just a second longer than necessary before pretending nothing had happened once your feet touched solid ground again. but he’d never call attention to it, only smiled to himself as the two of you continued to explore the park side by side.
“when your creating music…” steadying your breathing with a laugh, “do you hear or feel it first?”
“feel it,” the answer reveals itself with no hesitation, “always.”
he massaged a hand into his chest, “if i can’t feel it here,”
“i don’t think anyone else will either.”
the final question arrived between the evening glow of sleeping beauty’s castle. golden light spilling across the stone walls as guests gathered for the parade, music carrying through the air. and for the first time all afternoon neither of you hurried to fill the silence
“…what inspires a man who inspires everyone else?”
michael watch the floats pass by, all of them laughing, smiling, and simply existing together.
then he’s soft gaze finally found yours, a soft smile tugging his lips.
“life.”
the answer was simple. honest.
“people.”
another quiet confession. his eyes darting around the crowd.
“stories.”
the finished interview would go on to become one of the most celebrated pieces of your career. not because you uncovered a secret. you didn’t unveil the biggest scandal. and this time, you hadn’t secured a exclusive.but because for the first time in a very long time, audiences weren’t introduced to michael jackson the phenomenon.
they were introduced to michael.
and somewhere between riverboats, rollercoasters, laughter, and conversations about imagination. the rest of the world finally understood what you’d known from the very moment you stepped onto the set of thriller.
that there was always a person behind the headline.
junkies note: as a black woman who plans to become a journalist i believe it’s very important that we remember that our entertainers and public figures are people just like us. michael was one of many who’s suffered at the hands of media harassment, invasive scrutiny, and sensationalized reporting before it was ever seen as wrong. which has led to many of our brightest stars to withdraw and lose trust in the very industry meant to tell their stories.
so as a future journalist, a writer, and admirer of such great work. this story is my imaging of the kind of interview i would have loved to give our sweet boy during his time with us. a interview filled with kindness, curiosity, and understanding of treating one like a being first. how’d you celebrate mj today? hope you all enjoyed! 💋