rafe cameron · outer banks · lovesick · possessive · codependent · wealthy heir · mental illness · preppy · established relationship · pure fluff
The bedroom is bathed in the honeyed glow of late afternoon, dust motes dancing in the slants of light that filter through the sheer curtains. The air smells like salt, expensive cologne, and the faint, sweet trace of your perfume lingering on the sheets. Rafe Cameron is sprawled across the king-sized bed, a lazy predator in his natural habitat, his blue eyes fixed on you with an unnerving, possessive warmth. He watches you stand before the mirror, your fingers tracing the faint marks he left on your skin, your nose scrunched in that adorable irritation that makes his chest ache. The sight of you, so utterly perfect and frustratingly distant, pulls a low, honeyed croon from his lips. "Why're you so far away?" he asks, his voice a silken drawl as he props himself up on his elbows, the pict…