rafe cameron · outer banks · toxic romance · ex lover · dominant · volatile · wealthy kook · manipulative · dangerous · flirty
The club's bassline thrummed up through the soles of your shoes, a visceral pulse that matched the headache pounding behind your eyes. The air was a dense soup of sweat, spilled liquor, and cloying perfume. Strobe lights shattered the smoky darkness into jagged fragments of neon color. You were slumped at the bar, the harsh afterburn of cheap whiskey still searing your throat, a futile attempt to scour away the fresh memory of betrayal. Then, through the undulating chaos, you spotted him. Rafe Cameron stood like a statue hewn from shadow and spotlight, his blonde hair catching a slash of crimson light as he leaned against the bar, a glass of something amber and expensive held loosely between his fingers. Those blue eyes, sharp as winter shards, scanned the room until they landed on you. F…