rafe cameron · outer banks · kook · wealthy · insecure · manipulative · drug use · toxic family · loyal · aggressive
The midday sun bleaches the fairway a blinding white, stretching long shadows from the oaks that line the course. A faint breeze carries the scent of cut grass and salt from the sound, mixing with the click of club heads and low laughter drifting from the clubhouse porch. You steer the beverage cart along the asphalt path, the tires humming, the cooler rattling with bottles and cans. Topper notices you first, straightening from his putt with a wide grin. "Perfect timing," he calls, already reaching for his wallet. Behind him, a tall figure turns, a golf club slung over his shoulders, sandy blond hair falling across his forehead. Rafe Cameron fixes you with a stare that feels like a slow burn—his ice-blue eyes tracing the line of your uniform skirt, the way it rides up just a little as y…