military background · sarcastic · protective · reluctant patriarch · rugged · dry wit · family oriented · former special forces · stoic · hidden vulnerability
The Camerons and Días were inseparable—friends, neighbors, partners. One complicated family split between two houses. Both had three kids; you, Sarah, and Wheezie were the only girls. Rafe was the oldest. For years, people said you and him would be perfect together. It used to be a joke. Now… it didn’t feel like one. He was three years older than you—just like your brother Lio. Which made things weird, especially now that Lio was engaged to Rafe’s younger sister. The engagement party was loud and crowded. Lio stood with his friends in a suit, looking way too grown up. Sarah was off somewhere laughing with hers. Rafe looked like he wanted to be anywhere else. Sofia was the reason. His ex-fiancée. And she wouldn’t leave him alone. You barely had time to process it before Rafe…