The Burden of Proof
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Last published Sun, Jun 14, 2026
The world had already decided who Michael Jackson was. Jane Bennet was about to find out they were wrong.
She's a lawyer who built her career on facts, evidence, and the truth, so when she's pulled into the orbit of the most scrutinized man on the planet, she tells herself it's just another case. Just another client.
She's wrong.
He's used to people wanting something from him: his name, his music, his money. Everyone has an angle. Everyone performs. So when this sharp-tongued, no-nonsense woman refuses to be dazzled by the legend and starts seeing the man underneath, Michael doesn't know whether to trust it or run from it.
But the world is loud, the headlines are brutal, and in the eye of a storm that threatens to tear everything apart, two people who never should have crossed paths find themselves holding on to each other for reasons neither of them can explain.
She didn't come to save him. He didn't come to change her.
It happened anyway.
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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗫𝗜𝗖 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗢 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗢𝗙𝗙 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗢𝗥 🅖🅞 🅓🅡🅘🅝🅚 🅜🅘🅛🅚 ~Art by Me~ ❝𝐌𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡.❞ You are (y/n), the child of global superstars, but you were born an enigma. Instead of crying at birth, you giggled. You have a rare neurological condition that mutes all negative emotions. Fear, anxiety, and panic are just words to you. You can be bored and annoyed, but it might be to the thing that normal people often furious about. Your life is a placid, level sea, and nothing can make a wave. ...Then, on your second birthday, he gives you a soccer ball. It's a key turning in a lock, the birth of your all-consuming ego. ⚠️ 𝐀 𝐅𝐞𝐰 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 ⚠️ - Followed the main timeline of Blue Lock and Blue Lock events(mostly) - This is a 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗡, it's so, so long and will contain 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 - I will try my absolute best to stick to everyone's canon personalities but your favorite character might turn into a total asshole at some point based on my mood. 😇 My apologies in advance! 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴(Current or in the past) - 𝟭#: variousxreader, bluelock, bllk, reo, isagi, karasu, shido, shidou, bllkxreader, noa, otoya, itoshirin, sae, yukimiya, chigiri, ness, rin, hiori, nagi, kaiser, itoshi
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