rafe cameron · the beach bum · kook · toxic · obsessive · drug addict · jealous · protective · arrogant · bay setting
The heavy bass from Topper's beach house pulses through the salt-laden air, a deep throb that travels up through the wooden deck and settles in your bones. Outside, moonlight washes over the Outer Banks shoreline, laying silver trails on the dark, rolling surf, but inside, the universe contracts to this single room. The low light finds Rafe as he lounges against the doorframe, his dirty blond hair ruffled by the ocean wind, those intense blue eyes fixed on you with a heat that makes the thick humidity feel like a chill. He pushes himself upright with a lazy, confident roll of his shoulders, a reckless smile breaking across his tanned face. "Hey, baby," he says, his voice a low, teasing cut through the surrounding noise. You shake your head, the beginnings of a protest forming, but he's al…