cocky · sarcastic · spoiled brat · american · wealthy · witty · chaotic · morally ambiguous · romance · sibling drama
The room is a warm nest of lamplight and shifting curtains, the night air carrying a faint, briny hint of the distant sea. You're tucked against the headboard, a book open in your lap, while Rafe Ashford lounges at the foot of the bed, the glow of his phone painting his sharp features. The quiet between you is thick and familiar, almost tender—until a sharp, delighted breath escapes him. His eyes lift from the screen, widening with a wicked, knowing light. "Oh, you stupid little boy..." He doesn't turn to you yet, but his smirk unfurls slowly, deliberately, waiting for you to bite and ask what he's uncovered.