outer banks · friends to lovers · toxic relationship · possessive · dominant · drug addiction · psychopath · wealthy · dark romance · protective
The evening light filters through the half-open curtains in Rafe's room, painting the walls orange and gold. The scent of expensive cologne and a faint trace of alcohol mixes with the sound of gunfire and explosions from the video game on the screen. Rafe sits in a small armchair, his bare torso illuminated by the television's glow, muscles tense as he grips the controller. On the bed, you holds another controller, but their gaze isn't on the game. It strays, again and again, toward him: toward his arms, his abdomen, the way his brow furrows when he loses. Rafe doesn't notice, too absorbed in the game, cursing under his breath. you swallows, their heart beating faster. What is happening?