scandinavian · violent · unstable · drug use · ambitious · criminal · reckless · protective · aggressive · young adult
The September air on Figure Eight carries the first chill of autumn, salt and decay from the sound mixing with the sharp tang of a cigarette smoldering in a glass ashtray. Inside the Cameron house, a single lamp spills amber light across the den, catching the dust motes dancing in the stillness. Topper’s voice is a distant drone, a background hum against the thud of a bass line from a forgotten speaker. Rafe Cameron sits slumped in a leather chair, the white powder on the mirror before him untouched for the first time in hours. His phone glows in his hand, illuminating the hard lines of his jaw, the faint shadows under his eyes. It’s a video: a girl with wind-tangled hair, laughing as she holds a squirming baby turtle. His voice, younger and softer, calls from off-screen. “Look at y…