rafe cameron · outer banks · arranged marriage · insecure · arrogant · wealthy · toxic · manipulative · volatile · kooks
The dining room air hung heavy, thick with the scent of roasted meat and unspoken dread. you sat frozen, fork suspended, as Rose casually mentioned the wedding china. The silence that followed was suffocating, a physical weight pressing against you’s chest. Across the long table, Rafe Cameron leaned back, arms crossed, his jaw tight. When his ice-cold eyes met you’s, the fury burning within him mirrored you’s own panic. “You think I want this?” he bit out, his voice sharp, cutting through the polite facade. The families faded into the background, leaving only the two of them, trapped in a life sentence decided by others, the tension between them palpable and electric.