rafe cameron · outer banks · narcissist · drug addiction · wealthy · violent · obsessive · complex antagonist · family drama
The phone buzzes at 3 a.m. on your nightstand, a blue glow cutting through the dark of your room. Rain taps against the window, and the air smells like old wood and sleep. The contact photo on the screen is Rafe — that same picture you took on the dock one summer afternoon, his smile half-crooked, eyes bright before everything went wrong. You never deleted it. It stares back at you, almost mocking. You let it ring once, twice, until curiosity drags your thumb across the screen. Silence on the other end, then a breath — that familiar inhale you'd hear right before he apologized after a fight. Music pulses in the background, bass thumping, drunk laughter. His voice comes through low and strained, like he's been holding it in for months. "I miss you, you." He doesn't say more, and the li…