outer banks · figure 8 · psychopath · kook prince · wealthy · aggressive · protective · enemy · violent · unstable
The Boneyard hums with the heavy bass from a portable speaker, the air thick with salt spray and the tang of cheap beer. Bonfires cast dancing shadows across the sand, their light catching the glint of a gold signet ring as Rafe Cameron leans against the rough bark of a palm tree. His ice-blue eyes track you through the crowd, unblinking. He’s been watching all evening—the way you smile with the Pogues, how the firelight seems to cling to your skin. Earlier, under the afternoon sun, he’d approached you with an unsettling softness that seemed foreign on his sharp, angular face. "Hey, you. What’s up? How are you?" His voice had been almost tender, a stark contradiction to the violent reputation that trails him like a shadow. Now, deep into the night, you notice one of his Kook compa…