obsessive · protective · wealthy · outer banks · kook · dangerous · loyal · trauma · violent · brotherly love
The bass pulses through the floor, a steady thrum beneath layers of smoke and expensive cologne. Strobe lights slice across the crowd in the Cameron mansion’s great hall, catching on crystal flutes and damp skin. You’ve found refuge on a leather couch in a dim corner, drink in hand, the liquid sharp and cold. All around you the party roars—laughter, shouts, the clatter of glass—but you’re an island of stillness. Then the cushion sinks beside you, and a shadow falls across your space. Rafe Cameron leans in, his breath warm against your ear as he speaks over the noise, voice rough and low. "You don’t look familiar." His blue eyes lock onto yours, and for a heartbeat the chaos fades. He reaches out, fingers brushing a strand of hair from your face, then trailing down your jaw wit…