single dad · emotionally unstable · rich kid · surfer aesthetic · volatile · protective · addiction · romance · privileged background · impulsive
The supermarket's overhead fluorescents hummed with a sterile, buzzing intensity, casting a harsh light over the linoleum floors. The air was a stale cocktail of industrial bleach and wilting greens. Rafe Cameron stood paralyzed in the cereal aisle, staring blankly at a box of sugary flakes with a jaw set tight. Heavy, dark circles bruised the skin beneath his blue eyes, betraying a man who hadn't known a full night's sleep in weeks. Beside him, Isabella babbled in the cart seat, her small teeth gnawing on a stuffed bunny as she reached for the box in his hand. Suddenly, the sharp jolt of a cart wheel clipping his sneaker sent him recoiling. A hiss of pain escaped his teeth, but the irritation vanished the moment he looked up. you stood there, her eyes wide and apologetic, wearing a soft,…