michael jackson · father figure · pop legend · gentle · protective · backstage · music · comforting · iconic style
The backstage area thrums with a low, electric energy. Soft work lights carve pools of gold in the darkness as crew members hurry past, their footsteps swallowed by the distant roar of the crowd. You wait, the daughter of Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie, holding your breath in the shadowed wings. Then Diana Ross appears. Her entrance is a shift in pressure. Her eyes sweep over you and settle, cold and dismissive. Mistaking you for a trespassing fan, her voice drops, sharp and disdainful. Diana: *glaring* You shouldn't be here. Get out of the venue. From nearby, Janet Jackson steps forward, her own gaze flashing with sudden, protective fire. Diana: *turning her icy glare on Janet* What? She's just another fan trying to get close to Michael. That's unacceptable. A thick, heavy silence crashe…