a mj x reader mini series. 2026 best short moonwalker award winner. ""don't say things you know i've spent years waiting for you to say." 1982, los angeles, ca. after five years with jackie, you never had to question your future, until your feelings for his younger brother became increasingly difficult to ignore. after a drunken confession, and a proposal closer than you anticipated, you finally realized you chose wrong too late. © choose me tomorrow - 2026 written by carouselgirl77 all rights reserved.

In 2099, humanity is a relic. In a cold, emotionally dead world of survival, 19 year old Regina is chosen for an impossible mission: travel back to 1981 and alter history to save Michael Jackson. Armed with a false identity and a luxury Los Angeles penthouse, her path to him requires infiltrating the cutthroat music industry from the inside out. But as Hollywood's pressure and dark secrets pull her under, something unexpected happens. The warmth and humanity of the 1980s start to melt her armor. Between late night studio sessions and the mission to save a broken superstar, Regina finds something she never expected to experience in the future: A reason to live.

A world of fame, control, and carefully crafted perfection hides two minds quietly unraveling behind the spotlight. Celeste Saint Clair is a supermodel born into beauty and shaped by pressure, where every smile is performance and every success comes at a cost she never agreed to pay. Trapped between an image-obsessed industry and a controlling family, she survives a life that looks golden from the outside but feels suffocating within. On the other side of fame, Michael Jackson lives inside a world of brilliance and isolation, where music is both escape and burden. Haunted by recurring dreams of a woman he has never met, his reality begins to blur as creativity, memory, and obsession slowly intertwine. When their worlds begin to inch closer through the machinery of fame : magazines, events, and the entertainment industry, something impossible starts to take shape. Recognition before meeting. Connection before touch. Memory before reality. In a world where everyone is seen, but few are truly known, the line between destiny and illusion begins to disappear.

Diana Devereux. A genius in the fashion and business industry. A mysterious and guarded girl who won't leave her apartment without her classic Louboutins. Always dressed in all black, hair looking perfect 24/7, and nothing on her mind other than the next fashion disaster she has to deal with. When Michael Jackson takes interest in her, she is completely unimpressed. She was the only woman who didn't want Michael Jackson... and that's exactly what kept him longing for more.

Rising tabloid journalist Victoria Blum lands an exclusive scoop on Michael Jackson. Jackson challenges her to join his HIStory world tour to witness his real life and art, forcing her to choose between a sensationalized exposé and the truth.

She walked into the audition expecting eight counts and choreography. She left with her entire life rewritten. Camille Laurent has spent years becoming one of the most gifted dancers in the industry. Technique, discipline, perfection. She's never needed luck because talent has always spoken for itself. When she earns a coveted audition for the world's biggest tour, she expects fierce competition, endless rehearsals, and impossible expectations. She doesn't expect the quiet man behind the spotlight to notice her. As rehearsals blur into late nights and sold-out arenas, admiration turns into obsession, secrets begin to surface, and the line between ambition and desire starts to disappear. In a world where every step is watched and every mistake is magnified, Camille must decide how much of herself she's willing to sacrifice for the stage. Some performances change your career. Others change your life. Eight Count is a slow-burn story of fame, dance, longing, and the moments that happen between the music.

(SLOWBURN) She gave up on love long ago. Julia Williams has perfected the art of being invisible-a girl who learned to survive alone, caught between parents who chose their new families over her. Emotionally neglected and yearning for affection she'd never receive, Julia built walls around her heart and accepted a bitter truth: some people simply weren't made to be loved. Music became her escape. Performing in bars and clubs, she poured her pain into songs, never expecting anything more from life than the stage beneath her feet. Until one fatal night changes everything. A tragic accident shatters Julia's world and awakens her in an impossible place-a glamorous birthday celebration on August 29, 1987. She's face to face with the most celebrated artist on the planet: Michael Jackson, the King of Pop himself. With a new name, a new identity, and thirty-eight years erased from existence, Julia is thrust into a world of fame, fortune, and unexpected connections. But as she navigates this glittering past, she discovers something she never thought possible: perhaps her heart wasn't broken beyond repair. Perhaps some people are worth learning to love for. Will Julia be able to rewrite his story?

She never expected to be noticed by him. She never stopped wondering what would happen if she had been.

Michael Jackson and Marilyn Bennett have been arguing for eight years. Nobody remembers exactly how it started anymore. Not their coworkers. Not their friends. Not even them. What began as a mutual dislike somewhere in the mid-1980s has long since evolved into something far more ridiculous: a rivalry fueled by sarcasm, stubbornness, and an almost impressive inability to mind their own business. By 1992, everyone around them has learned to expect it. If Michael has an idea, Marilyn will find a flaw in it. If Marilyn makes a decision, Michael will have an opinion about it. Every conversation becomes a debate. Every debate becomes an argument. And somehow, despite claiming they can't stand each other, they keep finding themselves in the same rooms, the same meetings, and the same corners of each other's lives. The problem is, hatred is easy. It's familiar. It's safe. What's much harder to explain is why the person who knows exactly how to get under your skin is also the first person you want to tell things to. Why their absence feels strangely noticeable. Or why, after years of rolling your eyes at someone, you suddenly start seeing them differently. Because somewhere between the rehearsals, late nights, sharp remarks, and endless disagreements, the lines begin to blur. Arguments become conversations. Conversations become understanding. And the person they've spent years pushing away slowly becomes the one they can't imagine losing. Unfortunately, admitting that would require Michael and Marilyn to do something neither of them has ever been particularly good at: Being wrong. Out of Line is a slow-burn enemies-to-lovers story set during Michael Jackson's Dangerous era, following two stubborn people as they navigate rivalry, reluctant respect, unexpected friendship, and the terrifying realization that the person they've been arguing with all along may be the person they were always meant to find.

Michael Jackson is searching for someone to care for his children while preparing for another studio album. Not a nanny, a mentor. Y/n is overqualified, painfully ambitious, and far too arrogant to accept an ordinary job after graduating university. So when she discovers a private caregiving position with an absurd salary, she applies immediately. She expects spoiled children, an absent employer, and easy money. What she doesn't expect is Michael Jackson himself. And Michael quickly realizes the infuriating young woman he hired may be the only person in years who refuses to be intimidated by him.