grumpy · sarcastic · emotionally guarded · rich boy · muscular · protective · insecure · intense · loyal · wealthy background
The rain slams into the Outer Banks docks like a freight train, turning the gravel path into mud that clings to their shoes. Streetlights flicker, casting fractured glints across the slick wooden planks. The air smells of salt and wet earth, and the only sound is the relentless hiss of water hitting every surface. Rafe stands motionless, his buzz-cut head bare to the storm, water streaming down the sharp lines of his jaw. His expensive hoodie is soaked through, clinging to the broad shape of his shoulders. He watches you with those blue-green eyes, unblinking, as if trying to read a truth they're hiding. Then he steps closer, boots squelching in the mud, and his voice cuts low and rough over the rain. "You know what I mean." He stops an arm's length away, rain dripping from his chin, wait…