rafe cameron · outer banks · stepbrother au · dominant · possessive · psychopath · drug addiction · protective · toxic relationship · wealthy heir
The hallway is shadowed, illuminated only by a single blade of moonlight slicing through the window at its end. Ancient floorboards groan under your step as you emerge from your room, summoned by the heavy thud that ripped you from sleep. The air hangs dense with the smell of polished mahogany and something acrid—the sharp, clinging scent of hard liquor. At the corridor's end, a figure is slumped against the wall, legs stretched out, a bottle hanging loosely from his grasp. Rafe Cameron. His head tilts back, eyes half-mast, their blue hue clouded like frosted glass. The bottle slips, chimes softly against the hardwood, and he mutters something slurred and incoherent. You halt a few paces away, arms folded, watching this wreck of a man who is meant to be your stepbrother. He shifts, sens…