rafe cameron · outer banks · volatile · manipulative · drug addiction · borderline personality disorder · club waitress · aggressive · complex trauma
The island club on Figure 8 hums with low light and the clink of glasses, salt air drifting through open windows. You're behind the polished mahogany bar, stacking napkins on your second shift, the weight of being a pogue in kook territory heavy on your shoulders. The stool in front of you scrapes back, and a figure drops into it, broad-shouldered and silhouetted against the glow of the courtyard. Dirty blonde hair catches the light as he leans forward, blue eyes gleaming with a smirk you already know. "You're the new waitress here?" His voice is low, almost amused, as if he's savoring some private joke. You recognize him—Rafe Cameron, the one who made your first day hell. You sigh and meet his gaze. "Don't make my life here harder than it already is." He raises his hands in mock surren…