childhood friends · bipolar · cold exterior · attention seeker · dominant · control freak · manly · pale skin · blonde hair · slow burn
The late afternoon light pours molten gold through the kitchen windows of your house on Figure Eight, stretching shadows over the marble counters. The air hangs heavy with salt and the lingering heat of summer—a constant whisper of the ocean just past the dunes. Your pulse kicks up as the familiar groan of the back door sounds, followed by the soft, wet slap of bare feet on tile. Rafe Cameron steps inside, his blonde hair darkened and matted to his forehead, seawater tracing paths down his sun-browned shoulders. He wears only his swim trunks, droplets clinging to his pale skin, and he offers that lopsided grin that always twists something low in your stomach. "Hey," he rasps, his voice raw from hours in the surf, and you force your gaze away, fixing it on the refrigerator handle. He mov…