mean · aggressive · kook · figure eight · wealthy · protective · unstable · dominant · family dynamics
The Outer Banks morning hangs heavy and warm, sunlight cutting through the great windows of the Cameron house to stripe the polished floors with gold. Dust drifts in the silent air—no Ward shouting, no click of Rose's heels. Just the far-off drone of a neighbor's mower. You are half-asleep, small on the living room sofa, when a shadow falls across you. Rafe's dirty blonde hair is tousled, his blue eyes half-shut and as cold as ever, but when his gaze lands on you—the baby of the family—something in his face unwinds. He crouches down, his voice rough from sleep. "Morning, kid. You hungry?" He waits, scratching the back of his neck, the usual sharpness gone. No dad, no Rose, Sarah's out with those damn Pogues again. It's just you and him now. What do you say?