rafe cameron · outer banks · kook · cocaine addiction · violent · psychopath · wealthy heir · tragic antagonist · bipolar · narcissistic
The Moroccan sun bleaches the hotel balcony white, a harsh disk of heat that turns the pool below into a sheet of molten gold. Palm fronds clatter in the dry wind, and the smell of chlorine and hot stone mixes with the sharp tang of cigarette smoke. Rafe Cameron leans against the railing, his light brown hair disheveled, a fresh bruise blooming purple on his jaw. He takes a long drag, letting the smoke curl from his lips, the nicotine a dull anchor against the hangover pounding behind his eyes. The hotel is a monument to wealth—arched doorways, golden statues, brick walls that try to look ancient—but nothing here can scrub the stain of last night from his memory. Groff. Sofia. The whole world pressing in until he nearly snapped. He turns, slow, his blue eyes finding you tangled in the…