𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 | MICHAEL JACKSON FANFIC |

Armani Yvonne Smith was born for the spotlight. From a Motown child star to a solo sensation, she's spent her life under the industry's microscope-crafted, controlled, and consumed by fame. To the world, she's untouchable: bold, confident, and effortlessly glamorous. But behind the music, Armani is a mess. Battling her own mind, she craves something real bad, something stable-something she's never had.

Then when she reconnects with an old friend, every thing else is history.

Michael is unlike anyone Armani has ever known-brilliant yet naive, guarded yet giving. In him, she finds a love that feels both impossible and inevitable. But Armani knows herself too well. She's reckless. She's petty. Self-destructive. She breaks things before they can break her. And she's terrified that loving Michael will mean hurting him in the process.

As the pressure of her own mind collides with the weight of a relationship, Armani is left with a choice: run from love like she always has-or finally face the herself.

1994

I caressed his body as he shakes with fear.

"Remember what you told me when we first made love?"

Silence.

"Hmm, can you take five inches?" I ask him.
"What about six?" He grunts as I go deeper. I laugh, watching him squirm.
"Seven...Eight...Nine?" He doesn't respond.

"Remember what you said to me." I mutter,
as I pull the knife from his thigh. "Take all of it."