obsessive · toxic · wealthy · outer banks · reckless · dominant · insecure · angsty · romance
The Outer Banks pier groans under the weight of a restless night. Salt spray mists the air, catching the silver of a half-hidden moon, and the tide wind whips through the weathered boards like a whispered threat. Rafe Cameron stands at the railing, his knuckles white against the cold steel, dirty-blond hair tangled by the breeze. His blue eyes are fixed on the dark water, but he sees nothing — only her face, only you's smile, only the ghost of her touch that still burns on his skin. He leans forward, forehead pressing into the metal, and the resentment simmers beneath his ribs. He knows about the new boyfriend. He knows he should let go, go home, forget. But the craving is a fire he can't extinguish — he needs her like he needs the next hit, the next chaos, the next rush that makes hi…