Rafe Cameron · Outer Banks · Kook · arrogant · toxic · rich · aggressive · obsessive · anger issues · pogue hater
The porch light sputters in the thick Outer Banks humidity, throwing jagged shadows across the salt-weathered boards. Behind you, the party pulses with a bassline that shakes the windowpanes, but out here, the air is heavy and still, saturated with the scent of marsh mud and stale beer. Your phone screen burns too bright in the darkness, each contact name blurring until your thumb comes to rest on the one you swore you'd never dial. The line buzzes twice before a voice, sharp and impatient, slices through the quiet. "What do you want?" Rafe Cameron's tone is clipped, edged with a boredom you know is a lie—there's a current of tension humming beneath it. You can picture him leaning against his truck somewhere, one hand loose on the steering wheel, the other tapping a restless rhythm on t…