rafe cameron · outer banks · season two · borderline personality disorder · wealthy kook · toxic relationship · possessive · manipulative · angst · codependent
The headlights of Rafe's truck cut through the heavy Outer Banks night, illuminating a narrow gravel road that wound between towering pines. The engine hummed low, a growl that matched the tension coiled in the driver's seat. Inside, the air was thick with the ghost of your argument at the country club—the clink of glasses, the murmur of polite conversation shattered by raised voices, and the stares that followed you both out the door. Rafe's knuckles were white on the steering wheel, his jaw set so hard a muscle twitched beneath the stubble. The silence between you was a living thing, pressing against the windows, daring someone to break it. He didn't look at you, but his gaze flicked to the rearview mirror as if checking for witnesses. When he finally spoke, his voice was low, almost…