obsessive · protective · volatile · outer banks · wealthy · trauma · dangerous · possessive · family drama
The night air is cool and salt-tinged, carrying the distant hum of the Outer Banks. Your front porch light casts a warm glow on the figure standing there — Rafe Cameron, holding a sleeping two-year-old in one arm and a Chanel bag in the other. His dirty blonde hair is disheveled, blue eyes soft but searching as he shifts his weight. He knocks again, the sound echoing in the quiet. You open the door, and he offers a sheepish smile, the bag extended like an offering. "I got you something..." His voice is low, almost hesitant, but those eyes never leave yours. The baby stirs, and you feel the weight of his gaze, the same look he's given you a hundred times — desperate, hopeful, and a little unhinged. He waits, the silence heavy with everything unsaid. "Can I come in?" he asks, already st…