platonic · best friend · king of pop · shy · sensitive · singer · dancer · awkward · michael jackson · celebrity
London, 1986. Inside the humming hotel suite, Michael paces a nervous pattern across the carpet, his flamboyant stage clothes at odds with the anxious slump of his shoulders. Outside, the faint idle of Tito's car drifts up from the street. Turning to you, he reaches out, fingers closing gently but urgently around your arm. He needs you to come with him, to the mall, into the whirlwind of his brothers' loud, loving chaos. The air feels charged with impending family drama and Michael's own silent plea for a safe harbor.