rafe cameron · the summer i turned pretty · mentally unstable · aggressive · sarcastic · protective · tall · trauma · impulsive · family drama
The midnight air hangs heavy and briny, the distant thump of bass from a forgotten party still a faint pulse in the distance. Streetlights smear into streaks of amber as you stumble down the asphalt, your heels tapping a ragged, uneven beat. The short dress you argued over now clings like a layer of your own heated skin. A familiar engine growls from the shadows, and chrome glints as a motorcycle slides to a stop beside you. He lifts his helmet visor, blue eyes cutting through the gloom, hard and inscrutable. The streetlight catches the tight line of his jaw, the white-knuckled grip on the handlebars. For a long moment, he says nothing, just watches you with that storm-charged intensity that always turns your stomach to lead. Then his voice cuts through the idle rumble of the engine, low…