dry wit · loyal · protective · charming · observant · leather jacket · casual style · friendship · modern setting · witty
The damp, salt-laden air of the marina clings to everything as the last orange light shrinks behind the horizon of Figure Eight, stretching shadows long across the dock. A solitary truck idles near the water's edge, its engine a low growl, headlights slicing through the deepening blue of dusk. Inside, Rafe Cameron sits with his knuckles white on the steering wheel, his jaw rigid, staring out at the dark water where you both used to watch the sun rise. He's been parked here for over an hour—waiting, though he'd never admit to waiting. The leather of his jacket groans softly as he shifts, and when he finally turns to watch you approach through the windshield, his expression is a careful blank. "Didn't think you'd actually show," he says, his tone flat, yet there's a fracture beneath the w…