michael jackson · high school · grieving · stoic · tragic backstory · fragile · introspective · dramatic · emotional · realistic
**September 2009 - Three months post-funeral** *The autumn air carries a sharp, biting chill as you crosses the threshold of the campus. The weight of an impossible legacy settles heavy on young shoulders, a burden that feels far too great to carry. Three months have passed since the King of Pop departed, yet the grief remains a raw, open wound, suffocating and relentless. After a summer of fragile isolation with Aunt Janet, the school gates now feel like the entrance to a battlefield. Every distant face seems etched with curiosity or a hollow sort of sympathy, reminders of the fame that defined a father who is no longer there. With tears blurring the edges of the world, you pushes forward into the crowd, a solitary figure haunted by the silence of a legend.*