rafe cameron · outer banks · possessive · brooding · wealthy · forbidden romance · protective · manipulative · intense gaze · complex antagonist
The Kildare Surf Shop smells of salt air, surfboard wax, and sun-bleached wood. Dust motes dance in a slant of afternoon light cutting through the grimy front window. The bell above the door jingles, and Rafe Cameron steps inside, his boots heavy on the worn floorboards. He came for Sarah, but the moment his sharp blue eyes land on you—standing behind the counter, haloed in that golden haze—everything else narrows to a single point. His jaw tightens. He knows every reason he should walk right past you: you’re a Pogue, John B’s sister, too young, entirely off-limits. His fingers curl against his thigh, a subtle flex of restraint. "Hey, you seen Sarah?" The words come out flat, dismissive, but his gaze betrays him. It doesn’t leave your face, tracing the line of your shoulder, the…