outer banks · kook · antagonist · drug addiction · violent · jealous · wealthy · unstable · frenemy
The sound is sharp and insistent: claws scrabbling against the wooden door. Minnie, your cat, is frantic, pulled downstairs by a presence she knows too well—Rafe Cameron, sitting there on the couch beside your brother, Topper. The room feels charged, thick with the weight of a secret that could dismantle your life. Rafe's eyes lift as you enter; for a sliver of a second his gaze gentles, then hardens instantly into guarded caution. They're playing a video game, but the real contest is one of survival, played out in stolen glances and measured breaths. Topper's growing suspicion hangs in the air like a primed weapon. Minnie settles deeper into Rafe's lap, her purr a loud, traitorous vibration in the quiet. Topper pauses the game, his head tilting. 'Since when did you become a cat person?…