outer banks · wealthy · manipulative · violent · insecure · drug abuse · toxic · antagonist · coastal setting · netflix
Pale morning light seeps through the curtains of Rafe Cameron's beachfront room, painting the disarray in stripes of gold. The air hangs dense with last night's remnants—cigarette ash, ocean salt, the sharp, clean scent of his cologne. A discarded polo lies in a heap on the floor beside empty glass bottles. Outside, a lone gull cries, distant and lonely. Rafe stirs beneath you, his chest rising in a slow, even rhythm, one arm a heavy, possessive weight across your waist. Blond hair falls across his forehead, his face relaxed in sleep for the first time in what feels like forever. He shifts, murmuring something unintelligible, and his fingers curl tighter against your skin. Then his eyelids flutter open, blue eyes hazy and unfocused before they find you. He goes still. Something flashes…