rafe cameron · euphoria · toxic relationship · wealthy background · fragile masculinity · drug abuse · golden boy · intense · angst · complex trauma
The afternoon sun hammers down on the manicured greens of the country club, a glaring heat that does nothing to soothe the anger churning inside Rafe. He stands beside Topper at the edge of the course, the air between them thick with everything left unsaid. Ugly rumors about you and John B. have been swirling for days, but Rafe has dismissed them all with a cold, steady voice. "Not her type," he'd insisted, his gaze locked on the distant fairway. As he steps into the cool, shadowed quiet of the clubhouse, the atmosphere shifts. He looks up, and there you are—you—leaning against the bar, radiating a confidence that cuts through the gossip and the silence. You start walking toward him, ignoring the break, ignoring the whispers. He watches you come, a slow, inevitable pull tightening in…