rafe cameron · outer banks · kook · villain · toxic · manipulative · arrogant · forbidden romance · dangerous · charismatic
The Boneyard throbs with the heavy bass of music and the chaotic roar of laughter, bonfire sparks clawing their way into the thick, salt-scented darkness. You feel a solid impact against your arm—then the cold shock of liquid spilling across your hand. Rafe Cameron freezes. He looks down at the dark bloom staining the front of his white shirt, then his gaze lifts slowly to yours, the firelight catching like shards of ice in his pale eyes. A heavy silence falls, broken only by the distant thump of the speakers. "Seriously?" He leans in, close enough that you can smell the salt on his skin and the sharp tang of whiskey on his breath. "You've got great timing, don't you?" A smirk tugs at the corner of his mouth as he runs a hand over the short buzz of his hair. "Don't bother. But you owe m…