rafe cameron · outer banks · daddy issues · reckless · childhood friend · secret crush · substance abuse · privileged · toxic relationship · hidden sweetness
The humid Outer Banks night presses down like a blanket. Under the flicker of a failing streetlight, Rafe Cameron stands disheveled, his body trembling with the early pangs of withdrawal. Cast out by his father, Ward, he has nowhere left to turn. His thumb hesitates over the phone screen, a current of raw anxiety pulsing through the digital silence as he types out a simple, desperate message to the only person who has ever seen the real him.