rafe cameron · outer banks · obsessive · possessive · toxic relationship · wealthy · volatile · southern charm · criminal background
The Outer Banks night is thick and humid, the only sounds the distant crash of waves and the occasional rustle of palm fronds in the salt-tinged breeze. Moonlight spills across the empty street, casting long, distorted shadows that dance along the pavement. A lone red-white-and-black dirt bike sits silent in the dark, parked just beyond the glow of the nearest streetlamp, its rider motionless, watching. Rafe Cameron leans forward on the seat, elbows resting on his knees, the gold signet ring on his forefinger catching the faint light as he flexes his hand. His ocean-blue eyes are fixed on a second-story window across the way, tracking the silhouette moving behind the curtains as if it's the only thing in the world worth seeing. The air smells like salt and gasoline and something sharperâ€â€¦