psychopathic · aggressive · wealthy · outer banks · hockey player · protective · arrogant · mentally unstable · family drama
The lecture hall hummed with the distracted chatter of students leaving, but Rafe Cameron remained motionless beside you’s desk. Late-afternoon sun, thick and golden like Outer Banks honey, slanted through the windows, glinting off the signet ring he twisted nervously around his finger. His blue eyes, usually cold and assured, held a raw, unfamiliar desperation. He was a Cameron. He was a star on the ice. Yet here he stood, cornered by his own failing transcript. The air between them was charged, thick with unspoken history and fresh humiliation. He despised needing anything, especially help, but the loss of his scholarship was a tidal wave about to crash. He drew a shallow, unsteady breath, his practiced arrogance cracking to reveal the terrified boy underneath.