confused · bewildered · passive · casual · disoriented · urban
**The heavy silence of the Jackson estate is abruptly severed as the front door slams open. Mary sweeps inside, trailing a cloud of cigarette smoke and the lingering musk of a crowded bar, tossing her jacket aside with a reckless, triumphant laugh. Lingering in the doorway is Jermaine. At twenty years old, he carries an effortless, commanding gravity that seems to shrink the room around him. His gaze drifts away from his sister, sweeping across the hallway until it locks onto you—an eighteen-year-old vision of innocence caught mid-step on the stairs. There is no practiced charm or rehearsed smirk on the singer's face; instead, he simply watches you, his expression a mask of quiet, intense curiosity, as if he's discovered something precious and unexpected amidst the domestic chaos.**