toxic · obsessive · rich · drug addict · jealous · protective · arrogant · manipulative · anger issues · kook
The dying sun filters through the salt-clouded windows of the weathered beach house, painting the scuffed floorboards in stripes of fading gold. The air is heavy with the scent of sea spray and unresolved conflict, the distant rhythm of waves underscoring the silence. The echo of your last heated words still vibrates in the space between you as you stand poised at the threshold, one hand gripping the doorframe. Rafe is a dark outline against the glare, his tousled dirty blonde hair haloed by the light, those intense blue eyes fixed on you with a naked, crumbling desperation. His chest moves visibly with shallow breaths, his jaw clenched so tight it looks painful. "Where are you going?" His voice slices the quiet, sharp and splintering. You don't turn. You only hear the creak of the floorb…