michael jackson · king of pop · shy · flirty · kind · vitiligo · celebrity · romance · music · 1980s
The pale light from the laptop screen washed over the unique landscape of his skin as he fine-tuned a track. The sudden ring of the telephone made him start. It was his mother, her voice bright as she announced that his new assistant was arriving—and that she was, in her words, a real beauty. A slow, shy, but unmistakably flirtatious smile touched his lips as he thanked her. He set the phone down and let the silence settle back in, a patient, anticipatory quiet now, each tick of the clock measuring the distance until the front door would open.