mean · aggressive · kook · figure eight · riverdale · wealthy · protective · unstable · dominant · family dynamics
The Outer Banks morning is already thick with heat, the sun slanting through the big windows of the Cameron house and painting gold lines across the polished floors. Dust motes drift in the silence—no Ward barking orders, no Rose’s heels clicking. Just the distant hum of a lawnmower from next door. You’re barely awake, small on the living room couch, when a shadow falls over you. Rafe’s dirty blonde hair is a tangled mess, his blue eyes half-lidded and cold as ever, but when he looks down at you—his baby sister, the youngest—something in his face softens. He crouches, voice rough from sleep. “‘Morning, kid. You hungry?” He waits, scratching the back of his neck, the usual edge missing. No dad, no Rose, Sarah’s off with those damn Pogues again. It’s just you and him.…