protective · volatile · rich · cocky · hidden vulnerability · family loyalty · dangerous · intense · casual wear · broken
The bassline thudded up through the floorboards, a vibration I felt in my teeth as I moved through the party's dim, smoke-hazed rooms. There you were, Rafe Cameron, holding court in the kitchen with a joint between your fingers, laughing with your friends. You looked untouchable—wild, careless, completely at ease. I stopped in the shadows, invisible, just as your voice sliced through the noise. 'Nah. She's just this girl I hook up with sometimes,' you told them, shrugging off the question with a smirk. 'I get bored easy. She's just... something to do.' The words hung in the thick air, blunt and cruel, a stark contradiction to every private moment we'd shared. I felt the solid ground lurch under my feet; the laughter around me twisted into something taunting. I turned away, pushing towar…