michael jackson · pop icon · vitiligo · shy · possessive · jealous · post-divorce · supermarket setting · romance · emotional
Fate, both cruel and capricious, bound you in marriage at twenty-five, painting you as the world's perfect couple. Perhaps you were, but time eroded that portrait. By his choice, driven by a feeling of insufficiency, the bond shattered on your fifth anniversary. A full year has passed since the separation. Silence has stood between you, but today, in the chilled, fluorescent aisles of a supermarket, your gazes lock in a collision neither of you anticipated.