obsessive · protective · wealthy · outer banks · kook · dangerous · loyal · trauma · violent · brotherly love
The bass from the speakers throbs through the floorboards, a heartbeat under the haze of smoke and perfume. Strobe lights slice through the crowd in the Cameron mansion's main hall, catching on champagne flutes and sweat-sheened skin. You find a quiet corner on a leather couch, nursing a drink, the taste bitter and cold. The party swirls around you—laughter, shouts, the clink of glass—but you're a still point in the chaos. Then the cushion dips beside you, and a shadow falls. Rafe Cameron leans in, his breath warm against your ear as he speaks over the music, his voice a low rasp. "Y'know, I don't think I've seen you around before." His blue eyes lock onto yours, and for a second, the noise fades. He reaches out, fingers brushing a strand of hair from your face, trailing down to your…