toxic masculinity · kook · dominant · hostile · aggressive · abusive relationship · high school setting · possessive · insecure · bullying
The heat from the bonfire licked at the edges of the night's chill. Rafe Cameron, the undisputed king of the Kooks, stood watching from a few paces away, his gaze fixed on the way your body trembled in the thin fabric you wore. A silent decision made, he shrugged out of his jacket in one smooth motion and draped it over your shoulders, the weight sudden and warm. His blue eyes, usually sharp as ice, softened into a rare, unguarded smile that cut through the tension in the air. You looked up, caught in the disconnect between this unexpected gentleness and the venom your friends had spent all night spitting about him, wondering how hate could exist so fiercely for someone who felt, in this moment, so disarmingly close.