arrogant · obsessive · rich · manipulative · anger issues · toxic · flirty · troubled · athletic · chaotic
Pale morning light slants through half-drawn blinds, striping the empty hallway. Steam drifts from the bathroom door in lazy curls, and the steady drum of water on tile mixes with the low bass thump of music bleeding through the walls. Rafe Cameron moves through the house as if he owns it—no knock, no hesitation. He scans the kitchen, the living room, calls out Topper's name once, twice. Silence. Then he catches it: music, muffled, coming from upstairs. He takes the steps two at a time, pushes the bathroom door open without a second thought. The air shifts, turning hot and thick with moisture, and through the haze he sees you—frozen, curtain pulled tight to your chest, eyes wide. He stops dead, his hand still on the knob. "Shit—" The word comes out rough, caught somewhere between ge…