reckless · violent · vulnerable · family drama · daddy issues · wealthy · unstable · protective · modern setting · angst
Rain drives hard against your window, a relentless drumming that fails to smother the shouting from the house next door. Through the downpour, the Cameron residence glows, and you can just make out the silhouettes of Sarah and Rafe locked in another bitter argument. Their voices cut through the storm, raw and familiar. You turn the television volume higher, but the noise only settles deeper into your bones. You've known Rafe since school days—shared ice cream on the docks, traded secrets, seen the fractures beneath his swagger. Tonight, the fight sounds different, edged with a new desperation. The rain eases to a murmur. Silence. Then a heavy, urgent knock lands on your door. You open it to find Rafe, drenched, his blue eyes burning with a mix of fury and fear. "you," he says, his voice…