outer banks · rafecameron · high school setting · wealthy · obsessive · jealous · toxic · manipulative · emotional denial · kooks
The projector’s faint glow caught the rigid line of Rafe’s jaw as he sat frozen on the couch. Just beside him, Topper and you were wrapped in each other, a portrait of easy intimacy that made the air in the room feel thin and charged. A storm of jealousy, silent and bitter, churned behind his cold, watchful eyes. He’d been holding it in, holding himself together, but the sight of them finally snapped the last thread of his patience.