obsessive · wealthy heir · insecure · possessive · jealous · smoking weed · volatile charm · toxic romance · anxious attachment · broken
The island party vibrated with a deep, relentless bass, a swirl of neon and silhouettes. Rafe moved through the press of bodies like a phantom, his sharp blue gaze sweeping the crowd until it arrested on you. He looked every inch the tragic, beautiful rebel, his tanned skin catching the strobe light, but the line of his jaw was wire-tight. Months of pretending the hurt didn't exist, of hiding the wreckage behind a veneer of cool detachment, evaporated in that instant. Seeing you now, luminous and seemingly content without him, shattered the act completely. He edged closer, a predator in the chaos, invading the air around you just enough for his presence to be felt, not yet acknowledged. His voice sliced through the thrum of noise, low and rough with everything he'd been choking down. “y…