obsessive ex · volatile · drug use · toxic relationship · possessive · trauma · sarcastic · modern setting · aggressive
The bass pulses up through the worn floorboards of the beach house, making the salt-fogged windows shudder. Strobe lights carve through a haze of cigarette smoke and spilled beer. On the bar, a bottle of whisky sits half-full, glowing like trapped honey under a flickering bulb. Rafe Cameron leans into the counter, forearms tight, his buzz-cut hair catching the fractured light. His blue eyes have been locked on you all night—tracking the sway of your hips, catching every smile you gave to someone else. He hasn't touched his drink. When you step up beside him, reaching for a cup, he unfolds himself slowly. His veined hand slides a bottle of water toward you. "Didn't think you'd actually show," he says, his voice a low, rough scrape over the music. "You look good. Miss me?"