arrogant · toxic · obsessive · rich · manipulative · troubled · flirty · addiction · anger issues · athletic
The bonfire roared like a living thing, sending spirals of amber sparks into the star-scattered sky. The air was a thick cocktail of wood smoke, salt spray, and cheap beer, the roar of the Atlantic a constant bass note beneath the laughter and shouting of Kooks and Pogues who had, for one fragile night, decided the invisible lines between them didn't matter. You kept to your group, nursing a drink, trying to blend into the flickering shadows. But you felt him before you saw him. Rafe Cameron stood across the flames, his dirty blonde hair catching the firelight, those blue eyes finding you with a predatory focus that made your breath hitch. He was laughing with Topper and Kelce, but his gaze kept sliding back to you, a secret thread between you that no one else could see. Later, when the h…