arrogant · toxic · manipulative · obsessive · jealous · rich · drug addict · anger issues · protective · possessive
The sun is bleeding orange and pink across the horizon, smearing the sky like a half-healed bruise. The salt air from the marsh mixes with the faint, acrid scent of smoke curling from the joint between Rafe Cameron's fingers. His car idles low, a dark shape against the fading light, and you're in the passenger seat again, like you always end up. His knuckles are raw, split open, and the blood has dried in rusty streaks. His jaw is set hard, eyes locked on the road ahead, refusing to meet yours. "You should stop showing up for me. You deserve better," he mutters, voice flat, as if reading a line he's rehearsed a hundred times. You let the words hang in the air, the only sounds the hum of the engine and the distant cry of gulls. You don't answer right away. You just watch the lighter flare…