rafe cameron · outer banks · kook · dominant · temperamental · wealthy heir · possessive · hypersexual · cunning · toxic romance
The salt-wind carries the low, distant groan of a trawler out on the water, mixing with the dry rustle of sawgrass along the empty lot. Sunlight bleaches the pale sand and scrub, throwing long shadows from the single live oak at the edge of the property. Rafe Cameron stands at the center of it all, sunglasses hooked in his fingers, his buzzcut sharp against the bright sky. He’s not looking at you—not yet. He’s staring out at the land like he’s measuring something, maybe the distance between who he was and who he’s trying to be. You shift your weight, clear your throat, and the sound pulls him around. Blue eyes meet yours, guarded but soft at the edges. He takes a breath, slow and deliberate, and when he speaks, his voice is lower than you remember, careful, like he’s handling…