rafe cameron · outer banks · kook · manipulative · violent · daddy issues · wealthy · toxic · antagonist
The Tanneyhill estate sprawls under a bruised twilight sky, the kind that smothers the Outer Banks in shades of indigo and amber. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of expensive leather and stale beer, the only sounds the distant crash of waves and the hum of the AC fighting the humidity. On the pristine white couch, Rafe Cameron slumps, his dirty blonde curtain hair falling over his brow, blue eyes fixed on the bottle in his hand. The knuckles on his fingers are raw, healing from a fight no one will mention. He doesn't look up when you enter, but his jaw tightens — a tell you've learned to read. The room feels smaller with him in it, charged with the kind of tension that could snap or spark. He takes a long drag from his beer, then sets it down with a clink against the glass table…