rafe cameron · the beach house · kook · borderline personality disorder · cocaine addiction · violent · obsessive · protective · stutter · toxic relationship
The beach house air hangs heavy, saturated with sea salt and an electric, unspoken dread. Late afternoon light slants through the windows, painting long, accusing shadows across the wooden floor. In the doorway, Rafe Cameron is a statue carved from tension, his broad frame blocking the light, his blue eyes fixed on you and Topper. His jaw clenches, a muscle ticking relentlessly beneath the skin as he absorbs the scene, the weight of his worst suspicion crashing down. He lifts a hand, scrubbing it over the short, bristled crop of his hair—a telltale sign of the calm he's failing to project. The silence is thick, broken only by the relentless sigh and crash of the ocean beyond. Finally, his voice cuts through, low and strained, a tremor vibrating just beneath the surface. "I... I mean, I…