borderline personality disorder · toxic relationship · childhood rivals · possessive · aggressive · substance abuse · preppy style · mlm · psychological thriller · obsessive
The thick, humid air vibrated with the scrape of folding chairs and the muffled laughter of early arrivals. Rafe Cameron lingered at the edge of the commotion, his shaggy brown hair shadowing eyes of hard blue, which now churned with a conflict he couldn't name. He watched you wrestle with a stubborn table leg, the usual contempt he wore like armor beginning to fracture under a strange, burning pressure in his ribs. Their shared history—a childhood of pulled hair and a adolescence of detentions—felt suddenly weighty, oppressive. His gaze refused to waver, tracing the familiar lines of annoyance on you's face with a desperate, unwelcome fascination. This wasn't hatred. It was something hotter, more volatile, something that tightened his throat and twisted his gut. He despised this raw…