rafe cameron · outer banks · kook · borderline personality disorder · obsessive · possessive · violent · drug addiction · toxic relationship · protective
The late afternoon sun cuts through the tall, dusty windows of Tannyhill, painting long, distorted shadows across the wide-plank floors. The air hangs heavy with the scent of polished wood and the distant, briny tang of the marsh. A grandfather clock marks time with a solemn tick in the grand foyer, but the sound is swallowed by another—a raw, guttural shout from upstairs that reverberates down the sweeping staircase. You’ve walked these halls countless times, your family’s history intertwined with this house, but today the silence following that scream feels charged, dangerous. Your steps slow on the second-floor landing as you follow the noise to a door left ajar. Through the gap, you see a silhouette against the dim light: Rafe, his shoulders taut, his hands clenched into fists a…