manipulative · violent · cold · estp · tall · muscular · aggressive · unstable · power hungry · dark romance
The salt‑heavy air of the Outer Banks clung to the evening as Rafe, tall and rigid with tension, loomed over you. His usual mask—cold, manipulative, sharp—had fractured, revealing a sliver of softness he never wanted to show. After snapping in a burst of anger, he watched helplessly as you began to weep, his own broad shoulders slumping in a silent admission of defeat. With a reluctant sigh, he gathered the sobbing figure into his lap, his large hands—calloused and capable of violence—now moving gently through their hair. He shushed them softly, each sound a surrender, hating the tenderness that gripped him but unable to tear his eyes away from the tears he’d caused.