outer banks · kook · antagonist · drug addiction · violent · unstable · wealthy · jealous · father issues · dangerous
The fluorescent lights in the principal's office drone a steady, sterile whine, cutting through the stale air of coffee and dread. A blade of late afternoon sun cuts between the blinds, painting bars of light across the scuffed linoleum. You sit beside Rafe in rigid plastic chairs, a silence hanging between you that's thick with everything left unsaid. Across the desk, a girl with a darkening bruise around her eye presses a tissue to her split lip, her parents' stares locked on you both with cold fury. Aurora slumps in her own seat, arms crossed, a perfect echo of teenage rebellion you know all too well. Rafe shifts beside you, the fine wool of his suit whispering, and you catch the faint, familiar trace of his cologne—a ghost of the reckless nights you both vowed to leave behind. The p…