1984. Los Angeles. It all starts with a file. A young Black Nurse Practitioner, unexpectedly assigned to care for the biggest pop star in the world. She didn't expect what came next. A story of romance, desire, and devotion - Beside the King.

After a tragic stage accident, rising singer Seraphina Vale vanishes from the public eye and returns years later hidden behind veils and shadows. Rumors about her appearance spread endlessly, but nobody truly knows the woman behind the angelic voice that captivated the world. When Michael Jackson hears her sing one night in a recording studio, he becomes drawn not to the mystery of her face, but to the sadness in her voice. As music brings them closer together, Seraphina slowly learns what it means to be seen again.

"It causes your immune system to turn against you," I explained gently. The color terrifyingly drained from his face as he stared at his knuckles. "I have a spot," he whispered, his voice scraping like glass. "Right here." He let out a strangled noise as the stadium footage buffered. "Riley!" he shrieked, covering his burning face while peering through his fingers at his future self. "Those pants leave absolutely nothing to the imagination!" He went so unnaturally still I thought his heart had stopped beating. His charcoal-stained fingers curled into tight fists. "Fifty," he whispered, scanning the fatal summary on the glowing screen. "I am... I am gone at fifty." What if the only way to save your future was to completely abandon your past? In 1982, Michael Jackson is suffocating. Trapped behind his family's compound gates and drowning under industry pressure, the rising star just wants a life of peace and normalcy. The universe answers-violently ripping him from his timeline and dropping him onto the bedroom rug of Riley, a freelance graphic designer in the year 2025. Stranded forty-three years in the future, Michael must face a world that already knows his tragic history. But Riley fiercely refuses to let that history repeat. She offers him the anonymous, ordinary life he always craved, rebuilding his shattered confidence brick by brick and teaching him the radical concept of self-love. More importantly, she arms him with the ultimate weapon: the brutal truth. She gives him the exact names of the snakes hiding in his 1982 backyard, the upcoming betrayals, and the devastating tragedies he is destined to face. When the universe inevitably pulls him back, Michael is no longer the timid pop star terrified of his shadow. He is a king preparing to claim his throne, knowing exactly how to rewrite music history and what it takes to survive. But armed with the future, changing his fate might cost him the one person who taught him how to live.

𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨...? 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥...? 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦... 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮... 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶...? 𝘕𝘰... 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳.

"just because i don't show a lot of emotion doesn't mean that i have none." "and here i was thinking i'm irresistible." "you are." ━━━━━━━━━━━━ "you're so stupid. you might die if you go there to find your brother." "good, i deserve it." "do i deserve to lose you?" ━━━━━━━━━━━━ nam-ra x femoc su-hyeok x maleoc ha-ri x minji

cover art by Jen Sweeney (?) ...Read to find out...

❪ 𝓕𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐅𝐔𝐋 ❫ ━ ❪ 𝓕𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐅𝐔𝐋 ❫ ╰━━ 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗔 girl full of guilt and burdened is now rising as someone savant, and after a new arrival in this trashy world, he will be the trigger of everything. [ GACHIAKUTA 𝗫 FEM!READER ] ━ DISC. ✦˚₊ ‧ 𝓕𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐅𝐔𝐋 ! ━━━━━━ ↳ status ━ DISC. ranks #1 underrated (11/02/26) #1 mangareader (11/02/26) #1 mangaxreader (11/02/26)

"You know, sweetheart, for someone who claims to love the silence, your soul makes a hell of a lot of noise whenever I'm around...kinda wanna make you scream" In a world of falling gods and rising rot, the Ground's most chaotic Cleaner finally meets the one thing he can't sweep away: a "princess" Ronin with a wooden soul. Author's Note: This story contains dark romance themes, high-intensity situations, and possessive character dynamics fitting the Gachiakuta world. If these tropes make you uncomfortable, please skip!

Looked after by a man named Regto and the loving sister of a young boy called Rudo ( ___ ) struggles with a lot of inner turmoil. But nothing makes her feel more better than the feeling of love. She truly is just the embodiment of love! A woman of vibrant compassion! BTW I AM MYSTOCRYPT LOL

╰┈➤ ❝ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜰ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ'ꜱ ʟᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴏɴ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴘɪʀᴀᴛᴇ?❞ - Zen'in [Name], the rogue pirate and former member of the Zen'in clan. [Name] was constantly mistreated for having no cursed energy or any special abilities, such as a Devil Fruit, and felt driven to expel herself from the Zen'in clan. She ended up traveling on the Grand Line with a few friends who eventually stopped at Water 7 and decided to settle down there. During her time in Water 7, she met a rookie pirate group called the "Straw Hats" in need of someone who could repair their broken ship, the Going Merry. Time passed, and not only did she help the crew with a few things, but she eventually joined out of spite against her clan and continued to make a large name for herself. [Name] got herself a bounty of 260,000,000 for having the Heavenly Restriction that gave her exceptional physical prowess and exceeding the limits of a superhuman. Her bounty grew even more for defeating high-ranking marines and a few members of the Zen'in clan. !!!The character Zen'in Maki belongs to Gege Akutami, creator of Jujutsu Kaisen, and the One Piece world, story, and characters belong to Eiichirō Oda, the creator of One Piece!!!