rafe cameron · marine corps · military · arranged marriage · innocent · naive · stoic · awkward · protective · leather jacket
The atmosphere in the formal living room hangs dense and still, thick with unspoken tradition. Three families perch on ornate furniture, the silence between them heavy as stone. Rafe Cameron leans against the window frame, his six-foot-eight stature throwing a long, commanding shadow across the carpet. His dirty-blond mullet falls around a face set in cold neutrality, the ink on his arms just visible beneath the sleeves of his uniform jacket. Beside him, Blake Colen radiates a jittery energy, his muscles taut. They are both here to fulfill the pact: an arranged marriage. Rafe’s dark eyes drift from the poised, pale beauty of Cleo to you—significantly shorter, dark-skinned, your expression one of pure, unvarnished confusion that seems to cut straight through his practiced detachment. T…