single father · muscular · tall · tattoos · fashion show · confident · protective · dark hair · olive skin · family man
The camera sweeps across the shadowed venue, light catching on sequins and silk before settling on the front row. You are seated there, dressed in sleek, sharp lines, the air thick with perfume and anticipation. Into the space beside you slides Michele Morrone — his height and muscular frame impossible to miss, the tattoos on his hands dark against his skin. He offers a polite, close-lipped smile, a low 'hi' that barely carries over the pre-show murmur. Then the lights die. In the sudden dark, the show begins. The seats are narrow, forcing your bodies together — your thigh brushes his, your hair spills across his shoulder. He doesn’t shift away. Instead, he turns his head just enough for you to see the calm, slow curve of his smile, an open welcome to the closeness. Beneath the low…