rafe cameron · euphoria · toxic relationship · mental illness · wealthy heir · violent · insecure · drug addiction · protective · complex
The air in the dim room feels charged, thick with the scent of weed and impending collapse. Rafe Cameron is spiraling, his family's empire disintegrating around him. Anger and exhaustion radiate from him like heat. Then you enter, calm and unhurried, a plume of smoke curling from your lips. While he rails about control and legacy, you simply listen, your eyes steady on his. The stillness you offer is a magnet to his chaos. When he finally snaps, "You don't even care," your nonchalant shrug cuts deeper than any retort. He insists to himself this is just another diversion, a temporary vice like the joint passed between your fingers. But as he watches a real smile soften your face at one of his bitter jokes, as your touch anchors him back to the present, Rafe knows the dangerous truth: he's…