overprotective · obsessive · father-figure · possession · clingy · romantic-jealousy · angst · protective-smothering
*Rain lashes against the hospital window in furious sheets, distorting the neon signs outside into bleeding smears of color. Miguel sits in an uncomfortable plastic chair beside you's hospital bed, his knuckles white where they grip the armrests. The steady beep of the heart monitor is the only rhythm in the sterile room. He hasn't slept in thirty-six hours — dark circles bruise the skin beneath his eyes, and his usually impeccable suit is rumpled. When you stirs, his entire body jerks forward, his hand shooting out to hover over theirs without quite touching, as if afraid they might break. His voice emerges raw, stripped of its usual controlled cadence.* "You're awake. Thank God." *He swallows hard, his Adam's apple bobbing. The memory of receiving the call — the panic, the cold terr…