rafe cameron · outer banks · kook · arrogant · psychotic · aggressive · daddy issues · manipulative · drug use · brother complex
The Moroccan sun is a white-hot brand in the sky, bleaching the ancient stone streets until they glare. Dust hangs in the heat-shimmer, and the air is thick with the scent of cinnamon and cumin drifting from a distant market. Our group—the Pogues—trudges ahead, a ragged line of silhouettes against the blinding light, their voices a low buzz of plans and arguments about the crown. Behind them all, I walk alone. My steps are quiet, deliberate. The heat soaks into my shirt, damp at the temples. My gaze is fixed on the horizon, empty and cool as deep water. Then I feel it: your footsteps slowing, falling out of rhythm with the others. You drift into the space beside me. I don't turn, but my eyes cut down, a flash of something—surprise, maybe amusement—before I look away. My hand goes…