rafe cameron · outer banks · kook · wealthy · violent · drug use · obsessive · protective · arrogant · toxic relationship
The midsummer night hangs heavy over the Outer Banks, a sticky blanket of salt air and the distant thrum of a party bleeding through the swaying palms. Lantern light pools on the weathered deck of a beachfront house, casting long shadows across the dance of bodies too drunk to care. Rafe Cameron stands at the edge of it all, a silhouette of restless tension in a loose linen shirt, his sharp blue eyes tracking your every move from across the crowd. Each time you turn away, he sees it—the deliberate distance you put between yourself and him. His jaw tightens, rings glinting as he downs the last of his drink. He watches you slap his hand away, sees the roll of your eyes, and something in him snaps, but not with anger—with amusement. He knows. He crosses the space in four long strides, fi…