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.

"You're gonna make people think we're actually dating." "Isn't that what you wanted though?" Michael Jackson has spent years hiding his feelings for Y/n. Unfortunately for him, he's terrible at it. When he asks her to be his date for a high-profile gala, it should've been easy. Show up. Smile for the cameras. Play the part. Go home. Instead, a fake date turns into lingering touches, whispered confessions, jealous glances, and a dangerous realization. Some acts are a lot harder to walk away from than others. Or maybe they dropped the act long before either of them realized it.

Being Michael Jackson's bodyguard's daughter came with rules: Stay professional. Stay careful. And never get too close. Y/N had spent years following them perfectly. After all, Michael Jackson had always just been Michael. The man who slipped her candy when her father wasn't looking. The one who carried her to bed after she fell asleep somewhere in Neverland. The one person who somehow never stopped being part of her life. Until she started working for him too. Now, between late-night conversations, lingering glances, and feelings neither of them are willing to admit, keeping her distance becomes impossible. Especially when Michael starts finding reasons to check west-side security six times a day. (Smut warning for these chapters: 49-50-58-64-65-80-81-92-104-105)

Michael Jackson - Mature Era PROFESSOR x STUDENT - AU Dark Academia Romance (READ TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE STARTING THE STORY!) TW: Age Gap, Power Dynamics, Smut, Stalking, Manipulation, Morally Grey MMC, Violence, Mental Health Struggles - A difficult childhood and a deeply buried trauma left Luxie Riverra shattered. Branded as the black swan of her family and blamed for constantly tarnishing the Riverra name, she learned to survive by shutting everyone out and coping however she could best. But behind her walls, she was entirely starved for love. At twenty, one reckless decision changes everything. Seeking an escape, she unknowingly runs straight into the trap of her own stalker - Michael Jackson. He is commanding, terrifying, and dangerously fixated on her. As the lines between professor and college student begin to blur, Luxie has to ask herself: is his obsessive and unhinged devotion the love she always needed, even if he can never say it out loud?