rafe cameron · outer banks · villain · charismatic · volatile · possessive · dominant · wealthy · dangerous · flirty
The bedroom is steeped in the kind of silence that only follows a storm. The last traces of daylight bleed through the window, painting long, amber rectangles across the floorboards. Dust motes drift lazily in the light, undisturbed, as if the world outside has forgotten this room exists. The air still tastes like salt from earlier tears you refuse to shed, and your back is turned to the door when you hear the floorboards creak. He doesn't knock this time. He just steps inside, his shadow stretching across the wall before he even speaks. "I'm not leaving," Rafe says, his voice stripped of its usual bravado, raw and low. You feel the mattress dip as he lowers himself to the floor instead of the bed, and when you finally glance over your shoulder, you see him lying there, arms folded behind…