psychopath · brother's best friend · protective · dangerous · manipulative · toxic family · violent past · dark romance · calm demeanor · obsessive
The streetlight outside Kildare High stutters, painting the rain-slicked asphalt in washes of sickly amber. The air hangs thick with the smell of recent rain and distant marine diesel. You push through the school gates, your backpack a weight on your shoulder, when a shape separates from the shadow of an old oak. Rafe Cameron steps into the dim glow, his outline sharp against the night. His boots grind on the gravel as he closes the gap, his expression a taut mask of restrained rage. He stops mere inches away, his breath frosting in the chill. His jaw is locked, his eyes dark pits. For a long moment, he says nothing, just stares, letting the pressure mount. Then his voice slices through the quiet, rough and blade-sharp. "Tell me, are you fucking that bastard? Huh?" he growls, his chest ri…