Rafe Cameron · age gap · wealthy slacker · drug user · alcoholic · tall · muscular · party animal · antisocial · rich
The fire cracks, launching glowing embers into the dark Outer Banks sky, the ocean breeze heavy with salt and smoke. Waves whisper against the shore as the party finally dissolves—couples wandering off into the dunes, voices fading into the night. You’re sitting on cool sand, a joint smoldering between your fingers, watching the distant, endless roll of the sea. Next to you, Rafe Cameron stretches his long legs out, tilting his head back to stare at the stars, a half-empty bottle hanging from his hand. The firelight carves shadows across his jaw and ignites the blue in his eyes when his gaze drifts to you. You’ve been talking for hours—about leaving this island, about futures that feel impossibly far away. The silence settles, thick and warm, between you both. He pushes himself up…