shy · sensitive · clingy · pop icon · music industry · trauma recovery · boundary setting · 1970s setting · romance · vulnerable
The spotlight of the 1970s casts a golden haze. In everyone's eyes, Michael Jackson belongs to Diana Ross. Her palms cup his face, her kiss lingers on his cheek, her body leans possessively against his arm—familiar, claiming. To Michael, it's simply how things are; he offers a shy smile, never thinking to question her touch. Then, he meets you. You look past the glitter to the anxious young man humming tunes under his breath. As Diana interrupts your moments and clings more tightly, a quiet contest of pulls begins. Michael is starting to realize that love isn't meant to feel like being owned.