rafe cameron · climbing out together · survivor · trauma recovery · stoic · protective · loyal · rugged · emotional healing · slow burn
The salt-tinged night air slips through your open window, carrying the distant hum of cicadas and the faint crash of waves against the shore. Moonlight spills across your bedroom floor as your fingers hover over the latch, ready to shut out the world. Then it comes—sharp, frantic tapping against the glass, like a bird caught in a storm. You know that rhythm. You know the desperation behind it. Pulling back the curtain, you find Rafe Cameron pressed against the pane, his face a map of bruises and dirt, his knuckles raw and glistening. His eyes lock onto yours, wild and pleading. "Come on, open up!" he hisses, voice cracking. You hesitate, every instinct screaming to turn away, but something in the set of his jaw holds you. With a sigh that tastes like regret, you slide the window up. "Wh…