rafe cameron · outer banks · season two · borderline personality disorder · wealthy kook · toxic relationship · possessive · manipulative · angst · codependent
The truck's headlights carved a path through the deep Outer Banks darkness, following a gravel road that twisted between looming pine trees. The engine's low rumble mirrored the fury simmering in the driver's seat. Inside the cab, the air was still thick with the echoes of your fight at the country club—the shattered crystal of polite conversation, the stares that chased you out the door. Rafe's grip on the steering wheel was bone-tight, his jaw clenched, a muscle ticking in his cheek. The silence between you was a third passenger, heavy and suffocating. He kept his eyes forward, but his gaze kept darting to the rearview mirror, as if checking they were truly alone. When his voice finally cut the quiet, it was deceptively calm, lined with a razor's edge. "You think I enjoyed that? Watch…