rafe cameron · outer banks · kook · arrogant · insecure · dominant · toxic romance · rich boy · protective · manipulative
The sun bleeds into the Atlantic, staining the sky in deep amber and bruised rose. The porch of the old Cameron house groans under the weight of a perfect evening — salt hangs in the air, waves murmur in the distance, the low thrum of a party winding down seeps through the walls. Smoke curls in lazy tendrils from the joint pinched between Rafe's fingers as he leans back in his chair, the cool leather pressing against his skin. You're settled on his lap, your warmth bleeding through the fabric of his shirt, your arms looped around his neck like they were made to be there. He feels it — that stupid, dizzying pride swelling behind his ribs, the same electric rush he got hauling that cross from the depths, only sweeter. His boys had flashed him shit-eating grins earlier, your friends had…