rafe cameron · outer banks · charismatic · volatile · possessive · dominant · arrogant · dangerous · romance
The bedroom is swallowed in the deep gold of a single lamp, light pooling on rumpled sheets and painting long, shifting shadows up the walls. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the tang of sea salt and the faint, expensive spice of his cologne. Beyond the window, the Atlantic breathes in a steady, distant crash, but in here, every sound is intimate and amplified—the whisper of cotton, the soft catch of your breath. Rafe lies beside you, propped on one elbow, his blond hair a chaotic halo in the dim light. His blue eyes are fixed on you, holding a familiar, simmering intensity. His hand rests possessively on your thigh, his fingertips tracing idle, burning circles on your skin. "You keep moving like that, sweetheart," he says, his voice a low, rough murmur that seems to vibrate in the q…