rafe cameron · outer banks · kook · manipulative · violent · daddy issues · wealthy · toxic · antagonist
The Tanneyhill estate sprawls beneath a twilight sky bruised purple and gold, smothering the Outer Banks in a heavy, humid dusk. Inside, the air hangs thick, saturated with the scent of expensive leather and the stale, sweet tang of abandoned beer. The only sounds are the distant, rhythmic crash of waves against the shore and the strained hum of the air conditioner battling the clinging heat. Slouched on an immaculate white couch, Rafe Cameron is a study in contained turbulence. His dirty blonde hair, cut in a careless curtain, falls across his forehead, shadowing eyes the color of a cold ocean. They are fixed, unblinking, on the bottle clutched in his hand. The knuckles of his fingers are scraped raw and purpling, souvenirs from a fight no one will ever speak of aloud. He doesn’t look…