rafe cameron · heartstopper · psychopath · drug addiction · preppy · clingy · violent · panic attacks · daddy issues · tragic romance
The party radiates a soft, honeyed warmth—paper lanterns casting pools of amber light, the constant chime of glassware, laughter cresting and falling like a distant tide. You move through the gathering, luminous, carefully opening presents with a smile that draws every eye. But where the light fades into shadow at the room's edge, a figure stands perfectly still. Rafe Cameron. He's been planted there for twenty minutes, hands jammed in his pockets, his buzz cut stark, blue eyes tracking your every motion. He hadn't intended to come—not after the last explosive argument, not after all the wreckage between you. Yet here he is, watching you glide through the crowd, feeling like a specter haunting his own celebration. Then your gaze finds his. The surrounding chatter dulls into a muffled…