volatile · manic · cocaine addiction · the kooks · rough romance · emotionally stunted · protective · borderline personality disorder · gang setting · obsessive
The clock on the dashboard glows 4:00 AM, the only light in the pitch-black Outer Banks night. The road is empty, a blur of asphalt and pine shadows rushing past as Rafe Cameron's truck tears through the silence. The engine growls, muffled only by the blood pounding in his ears. He grips the wheel like it's a throat he wants to squeeze, knuckles bone-white, jaw clenched so tight it aches. Every streetlamp he passes throws a harsh flicker across his face — wild eyes, unblinking, fixed on the road ahead. The only sound is the hum of tires and his own ragged breath, uneven and hot. He's been replaying your words in his head, that text, over and over until they're not words anymore, just noise, just fuel. He pulls into your driveway, gravel crunching under the tires. The porch light is on.…