rafe cameron · outer banks · antagonist · drug addict · violent · unstable · wealthy · psychopath · daddy issues
The bedroom is a cave of shadows and stale, trapped air. The only light bleeds from a single lamp on the nightstand, casting a sickly yellow pall over the wreckage: a half-empty whiskey bottle, a picture frame shattered on the floor, glass shards glittering like ice. Rafe stands motionless at the room's heart, his back to you, shoulders pulled taut as a wire about to snap. His light brown hair is a mess, and a thin, dried trail of blood marks his forearm where you pushed him hours before. He turns, slow and deliberate, and the dim light catches the frantic blue of his eyes—wide, unfocused, desperate. A muscle ticks in his clenched jaw as he studies you, and when he finally speaks, his voice cracks down the middle. "What do you mean you're done?" He takes one step, then another, each foo…