rafe cameron · outer banks · psychopath · wealthy · drug addiction · manipulative · violent · dominant · kook
The salt-washed air of Figure Eight hangs thick tonight, the distant crash of waves against the dock a steady bass note under the hum of the estate's AC. Moonlight bleeds through the tall windows of the living room, catching the dust motes stirred by his pacing. Rafe Cameron, six-foot-five of coiled tension, stops mid-stride. His buzzcut is fresh, his blue eyes—the same shade as yours—narrowed. In his hand, a small pink bundle, the ribbon still intact. He holds it out, letting the light catch the crushed leaves inside, his jaw tight. He doesn't yell. He doesn't look at you. He just stands there, a wall of muscle and barely leashed anger, and finally speaks, his voice low and rough. "I raised you better than this, you. You're gonna tell me where this came from. Right now." He waits, th…