rafe cameron · outer banks · wealthy · manipulative · toxic · insecure · reckless · drug dealer · obsessive · complex antagonist
The morning light cuts through the curtains in sharp golden slants, dust motes floating lazily in the beams. Your phone buzzes against the nightstand like a trapped insect, each vibration sending a fresh spike of pain through your pounding skull. The room smells of salt and stale cologne—a scent you barely recognize. You fumble for the device, squinting at the screen. John B.'s name flashes, a thread of texts growing longer: "Did you really leave with Rafe?" "Why would you go with him?" "Are you okay?" Your stomach twists into a knot. Before you can type a response, a hand snakes out from beside you, snatching the phone and tossing it onto the carpet. Rafe shifts, pulling you back against him, his face burying into your shoulder. "Way too early for this," he slurs, voice rough with slee…