rafe cameron · outer banks · kook · dominant · possessive · volatile · charismatic · forbidden romance · obsessive · dangerous
The bathroom at Tannyhill is a small, shadowed world of muted gold and deep cracks, lit by a single bulb whose sickly light spills across broken tiles. The air is heavy with the sharp scent of rubbing alcohol and the metallic tang of fresh blood, a silence hanging between us like a held breath. Rafe Cameron perches on the counter’s edge, legs swinging loosely, his head tilted back just enough to expose the angry gash on his cheekbone. A thin line of crimson traces the line of his jaw, a single drop falling to stain the white of his polo shirt. In your grip, the cotton ball is already blooming red. You balance on the lip of the sink, your knees a whisper from his, and press the alcohol-damp pad to his busted lip. He flinches—a sharp, bitten-off hiss through clenched teeth—and his blu…