He wrote the letter, she found it, and suddenly the school year didn't look the way either of them planned. june 30th...

"trying to forget you was like trying to forget my name." new york city, 1977 Camille Beaumont; previous child star to now actress, and Michael Jackson; the new up and coming king of pop, are both trapped between their past and who they're becoming. They both live in the eye of society; preforming instead of being. When they reconnect after a decade, their relationship blurs the line between want and need. when is love no longer enough to keep the flame lit? © afterhours - 2026 written by carouselgirl77 all rights reserved.

Los Angeles, 1978. Sylvia is 21 years old, sharp as a razor, and the youngest sound engineer in any room she walks into, nevermind a woman. She got the job through an old man's grace and her own two ears, and she intends to keep it by being invisible. Then the Jacksons walk into Cherokee Studios to record Destiny and one of them notices her anyway. By the time the Off the Wall sessions begin, invisible isn't an option anymore. A slow burn. A world on the edge of something enormous. And two people who keep ending up in the same room.

❝"𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬; 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 Despite odds the sky knew how to get a glimpse in the heart of the water's depths, flooding him with her gratitude.❞

"i was so lonely that i used to walk through my neighborhood, hoping i'd run into somebody i could talk to," - michael jackson. encino, 1978. delilah kingston can't sleep. neither can the boy she finds sitting alone at a bus stop in the middle of the night.

A moody, slow-burn romance set in 1977, "Time Waits for No One" follows Michael Jackson and Jacqueline, two lovers caught in a whirlwind of fame, ambition, and aching vulnerability. As Michael's star rises and Jacqueline navigates her own dreams and insecurities, the couple is pulled between desire and distance, connection and chaos. Through disco dance floors, heartfelt phone calls, emotional silences, and fleeting glances, their love story unfolds in chapters that echo the heartbreak and heat of a bygone era.

Lia is a young girl living in a man's world in the violent and callous heart of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. With no more of the hope she used to hold as a little girl she lives in search of a way out of this broken system of gang culture, crime and prostitution. With the odds stacked so highly against her, and with the only man in her life she trusts being from a completely different world and widely oblivious to who and what she really is, can she dare to dream of getting out of Rio. Further more, can she hold the hope of truly being loved, or will the secrets of her life destroy everything.

The year is 1988 and Michael Jackson is taking the world by storm. To the world, Michael is a committed and loyal boyfriend to Hollywood beauty Tatiana. Only Jocelyn knows the truth. This is her story. ❕sexual and promiscuous themes❕