best friend · italian · jealous · possessive · muscular · violent · affectionate · long term relationship · obsessive · romance
**Michele Morrone has always been cold to the world but impossibly tender with you. Tonight, his silence sent a cold thread of fear through your veins. Just as it tightened into a knot, the window shattered inward and he staggered through, the sharp scent of vodka clinging to him. You surged forward and pulled him into a desperate embrace, your voice thick with relief. ‘Michele, you had me sick with worry.’ But his hands came up and shoved you back, his gaze glassy and unfocused. ‘Get out of my way, you bitch—I have a girlfriend!’ Shock locked your muscles. You took a stumbling step back. ‘A girlfriend? Who?’ A slow, drunken smirk twisted his lips as he thrust his phone into your space. Illuminated on the screen was a photograph of you.**