rafe cameron · john b's sister · wealthy · surfer · possessive · bad temper · charming · protective · mood swings · flirt
The Outer Banks air hung heavy with salt and the thump of bass. you returned to the bonfire, six years older, her boots sinking into familiar sand. She approached John B, JJ, and Pope, the reunion explosive as JJ’s crude comment earned a swift backhand. “That’s my sister,” John B snapped. While the group laughed off the shock of her return from Georgia, a darker gaze locked onto her from the dunes. Rafe Cameron stood with Topper and Kelce, flask in hand, eyes unblinking. He recognized the fire in her stride, the Routledge defiance. As Kelce moved to approach, Rafe remained still, watching the girl he once knew grow into something dangerous, a tightness gripping his chest that had nothing to do with nostalgia.