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"It causes your immune system to turn against you," I explained gently. The color terrifyingly drained from his face as he stared at his knuckles. "I have a spot," he whispered, his voice scraping like glass. "Right here." He let out a strangled noise as the stadium footage buffered. "Riley!" he shrieked, covering his burning face while peering through his fingers at his future self. "Those pants leave absolutely nothing to the imagination!" He went so unnaturally still I thought his heart had stopped beating. His charcoal-stained fingers curled into tight fists. "Fifty," he whispered, scanning the fatal summary on the glowing screen. "I am... I am gone at fifty." What if the only way to save your future was to completely abandon your past? In 1982, Michael Jackson is suffocating. Trapped behind his family's compound gates and drowning under industry pressure, the rising star just wants a life of peace and normalcy. The universe answers-violently ripping him from his timeline and dropping him onto the bedroom rug of Riley, a freelance graphic designer in the year 2025. Stranded forty-three years in the future, Michael must face a world that already knows his tragic history. But Riley fiercely refuses to let that history repeat. She offers him the anonymous, ordinary life he always craved, rebuilding his shattered confidence brick by brick and teaching him the radical concept of self-love. More importantly, she arms him with the ultimate weapon: the brutal truth. She gives him the exact names of the snakes hiding in his 1982 backyard, the upcoming betrayals, and the devastating tragedies he is destined to face. When the universe inevitably pulls him back, Michael is no longer the timid pop star terrified of his shadow. He is a king preparing to claim his throne, knowing exactly how to rewrite music history and what it takes to survive. But armed with the future, changing his fate might cost him the one person who taught him how to live.

In 1987, Michael Jackson is at the height of fame during the Bad era - adored by the world yet painfully alone behind closed doors. One sleepless night changes everything. While wandering the city after midnight to escape the pressure of celebrity life, he meets a mysterious Liberian woman standing beneath the glow of rain-soaked streetlights. She doesn't treat him like a superstar. She treats him like a person. What begins as a chance encounter turns into secret late-night phone calls, stolen conversations, and a connection neither of them can explain. Her voice becomes his comfort during exhausting tours and endless studio sessions. And without telling her, Michael records one of their calls - preserving her native language inside a song inspired entirely by her. A song the world would one day know as "Liberian Girl."

(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?

Fifty Shades Michael kingofpopradio A powerful man who controls everything. A woman who never meant to fall under his influence. What begins as a professional arrangement slowly unravels into obsession, restraint, and desire neither is prepared for. Rules are written to be broken... but some costs are permanent. Fifty Shades of Michael follows Amara, a quiet but ambitious Sony executive tasked with managing the world's most untouchable icon. Drawn into his private world, she must navigate power, jealousy, and desire while falling for a man the world refuses to let be human. Dark romance • Slow burn • Power imbalance kingofpopradio

❝ I DONT EVER WANT TO BE FORGOTTEN ❞ ❝ I COULD NEVER FORGET YOU ❞ : ̗̀➛ IN WHICH, Marianne Love desires to be known around the world, and Michael Jackson can help her get there. May 21st, 2026 - n/a @-wonderiand 2026

Before the stadiums. Before the awards. Before they became legends. Growing up in Gary, Indiana, Zariah Carter and Michael Jackson were just two kids with impossible dreams and fathers determined to make them stars. As they rise from local talent shows to worldwide fame, they discover that success comes with a price-pressure, sacrifice, and a life lived in the spotlight. While the world watches them become music's biggest icons, a deeper connection grows behind the scenes. Through triumphs, heartbreaks, and the weight of expectations, they'll learn that sometimes the one person who truly understands you is the one who has been there from the very beginning.

The year was 1991. 23-year-old Jane seems to be a magnet of misfortune. Life couldn't be harder for her. Abandoned by her parents, she needed to stop school to find a job in order to support her and her younger brother's needs. Little did she know that her whole life was about to change the moment she got recruited by an agency to apply as a maid in a huge ranch called 'Neverland'. Jane just wanted to have a job but Neverland gave her more than what she hoped for. She gained friends, wonderful memories, and most of all, she found heaven and love with the most unexpected person---the person that she didn't expect to fall in love with. [Highest ranking: #1 - michaeljacksonfanfiction]

"If you would've told me at 13 that this would be my life, I would have never believed you..."

From the moment Isabella Pavlova could walk, she was taught to dance. Growing up in Gary, Indiana, where ballet studios were few and opportunities even fewer, Isabella lived under the weight of her mother's ambitions. Natalia Pavlova, elegant and fiercely determined, pushed her daughter toward perfection, convinced Isabella was destined for greatness in the ballet world and determined to make sure Isabella achieved the fame she herself never could. As a child, Isabella occasionally crossed paths with the Jackson family through Natalia's friendship with Katherine Jackson. Michael had only been a distant memory from her childhood, a shy boy with bright eyes and dreams beyond the stars. She never expected to see him again. Until years later, when fate brought them back together.

Los Angeles, 1978. By twenty years old, April Bellamy already understands how the entertainment industry works. She knows how quickly talent becomes a commodity. How easily ambition can be mistaken for worth. How often people are rewarded for performing versions of themselves that have little to do with who they actually are. When her career brings her into the orbit of Michael Jackson, she expects another industry friendship-pleasant, temporary, and ultimately transactional. Instead, she finds someone who understands. Their friendship grows in recording studios, family kitchens, Hollywood parties, darkrooms, late-night phone calls, and long drives through Los Angeles. Beneath the glamour, success, and spectacle, both are struggling with the same question: what remains of a person when their image belongs to everyone else? While the world watches a star being manufactured in real time, April witnesses the private cost of perfection, the labor hidden behind performance, and the loneliness that can exist inside extraordinary success. At the same time, she finds herself confronting her own history, her family, and the role she's been playing for so long she no longer knows where the performance ends. When the Lights Go Out is a coming-of-age story about friendship, identity, exploitation, and survival in an industry built on consumption. It is a portrait of two young people trying to remain human while the world turns them into something else.

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 "𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳" 𝘵𝘰 "𝘉𝘢𝘥," 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘰. 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 79'. 𝑨 𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈: 𝘈 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 !Protagonist goes by she/her! !Just to be clear, this is a PERSONA x MJ! !I will NOT be taking criticisms for that decision! Persona's appearance left ambiguous for immersive reading! A/N: I will do my best to follow along with real life events! Story available on Tumblr (Rikusempai) and Wattpad!

Circa, 1979 As Michael struggles navigating adulthood, his blossoming solo career, family obligations, and loneliness, he meets Valerie, aspiring director and waitress. And for once, he feels normal. She's calm, and funny, and speaks to him like she would any other person. But as usual, Michael's fame gets in the way and turns Valerie into a nervous fan-girl like all the rest. Desperate to find the version of Valerie who made him feel normal, Michael sets out to get closer to her whilst hiding his identity. But will Michael's attempts at building a connection with her through lies and disguises ruin his chances? Painfully slow burn, but I promise it's worth it ;)

Madeline Mila Rodrigues has spent years caring for others, putting her patients, her career, and everyone around her before herself. She's convinced love isn't something meant for her - until someone unexpected walks into her life and challenges everything she thought she knew.

' & 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐩𝐬 - 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫! & 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 . ' ' 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐲 & 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 , 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 . ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪' 𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝒋𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒙 𝒇𝒆𝒎!𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑 𝑨𝑼 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 17-18 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚!! <3

⊹₊˚‧︵‿₊୨ᰔ୧₊‿︵‧˚₊⊹ ⊹₊˚‧︵‿₊୨ᰔ୧₊‿︵‧˚₊⊹ Michael Jackson is the most famous and most attractive singer of all time, and he is used to all the attention he always receives from everyone around the world. ✦ ₊‧.°.⋆✮⋆.°.‧₊ ₊‧.°.⋆✮⋆.°.‧₊ ₊‧.°.⋆✮⋆.°.‧₊ ₊‧.°.⋆✮⋆.°.‧₊ ₊‧.°.⋆✮⋆. Maya Steele Is a 24 year old beautiful dancer from Texas, she is optimistic and auditions to be apart of Michael Jackson's world. What happens when a back up dancer starts to fall in love for the most famous singer on earth? ✦ ✩ ♬ ₊.🎧⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ ✩ ♬ ₊.🎧⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ ✩ ♬ ₊.🎧⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ Will Michael Jackson fall for her as well? Or will she realize that Michael would never be interested in someone like her? ✦ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ *ੈ✩‧₊˚ A story about the most famous singer in the world and a back up dancer with dreams. ✦ ⋆˙⟡ ⋆˙⟡ ⋆˙⟡ ⋆˙⟡ ⋆˙⟡ ⋆˙⟡ ⋆˙⟡ ⋆˙⟡ ⋆˙⟡ ⋆˙⟡ ⋆˙⟡ ⋆˙⟡ ⋆˙⟡ Michael Jackson's Bad Era 💋

Maria is not your typical girl, she grew up closely with the Jacksons , which leads to a very close friendship, or so they swore they were just "friends".

Emmaline Hayes built her career on one rule: every story deserves respect. As the lead interviewer for Encore Magazine, she's known for making even the biggest names feel comfortable in front of her questions. So when she's given the chance to interview Michael Jackson before his Bad Tour, she expects just another assignment. She doesn't expect him to remember her. And she definitely doesn't expect everything that comes after. NOTE! This is a work of fiction.

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

Shes known Michael since they were kids in Gary Indiana, before he got pulled out of school for his music career. They grew up together and spoke on the phone lines from time to time until he suddenly disappeared out of her life. They grow up and somehow make their way back to each other.

'𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐑' Torn between the man she loves and the man she's supposed to love, Katoria finds herself trapped in a web of lies that threatens to destroy everything. - MJ FF Paramour : "ᵃ ᵖᵃʳᵃᵐᵒᵘʳ ⁱˢ ᵃ ᵖᵉʳˢᵒⁿ ⁱⁿᵛᵒˡᵛᵉᵈ ⁱⁿ ᵃ ʳᵒᵐᵃⁿᵗⁱᶜ ᵒʳ ˢᵉˣᵘᵃˡ ʳᵉˡᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿˢʰⁱᵖ ʷⁱᵗʰ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿᵉ, ᵉˢᵖᵉᶜⁱᵃˡˡʸ ᵒⁿᵉ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ⁱˢ ⁱˡˡⁱᶜⁱᵗ, ᵃᵈᵘˡᵗᵉʳᵒᵘˢ ᵒʳ ᵏᵉᵖᵗ ˢᵉᶜʳᵉᵗ." - MJ X READER