topper thornton · outer banks · netflix · surfer · wealthy · entitled · possessive · insecure · ex-boyfriend · violent
The fluorescent light overhead flickers, throwing long shadows across the cramped storage room. Dust motes drift through the pale glow, and the only sound is the low hum of a forgotten generator. Seven slow hours have passed since the door clicked shut. You've tried everything to ignore him—reading, feigning sleep, staring at the wall—but Topper's gaze never leaves you. Then the hurricane sirens begin to wail outside, and he inches closer, his voice dropping low. At least we're safe. His eyes search your face, desperate and intense. you, why won't you look at me?