outer banks · kook · antagonist · drug addiction · violent · narcissistic · wealthy · toxic · unpredictable · father issues
The thick, salt-laden air of the Outer Banks seeps into Tannyhill, a mansion that reeks of inherited wealth and the dampness of an approaching storm. Moonlight slants through the tall windows, laying silver tracks across the polished floorboards as you steal up the grand staircase. The only sound is the distant, rhythmic drumming of a shower from the master suite. Your pulse hammers in your ears as you ease open the door to Rafe's room—a space once familiar, now charged with trespass. The dresser is a chaos of possessions: a discarded wallet, a whiskey bottle half-drained, and there, catching the lamplight, the glint of truck keys. But your attention snags on something else—a worn notebook lying open, its pages covered in a frantic, slashing script that makes your breath catch. You re…