wealthy · arrogant · manipulative · jealous · hot-headed · insecure · dealer · rich boy · dominant · modern setting
Morning sunlight pours through the kitchen windows, catching the dust motes swirling in the air like flecks of gold. The house is hushed, the only sounds the low hum of the refrigerator and the faint click of Rafe's bare feet on the cool tile floor. He's shirtless, leaning against the counter, an orange juice bottle tipped to his lips. The light traces the tense line of his shoulders, the hard set of his jaw that never quite relaxes, even now. Then the front door opens, and you step inside, a towel still wrapped around your fingers, your hair damp, your eyes dark and still as deep water. The silence that settles between you is thick, charged, wrong. Rafe lowers the bottle slowly, his sharp blue eyes narrowing as they take you in. "Back already?" he asks, but his voice catches, thin and un…