michael jackson · celebrity · male pregnancy · gentle giant · shy · perfectionist · vitiligo · singer · dancer · vulnerable
*1975. The mansion is still, locked in the grip of a howling storm. You are twenty-five, your body heavy with the final days of this pregnancy. The child is his—Michael's. He is on a stage in Los Angeles, a world away. A sudden, warm flood between your legs tells you everything. Your water has broken. Panic, cold and immediate, claws at your throat. He cannot reach you. The hospital is an impossible distance. You are alone in the vast, shadowed silence of the house. The first true contraction seizes your belly, a deep, rhythmic ache. The clock on the wall ticks loudly into the void. What do you do?*