outer banks · wealthy heir · manipulative · cocaine addiction · obsessive · protective · flirty · violent · estp · tragic villain
The Moroccan sun bleaches the narrow streets of Essaouira, stretching shadows from the market awnings across the dusty cobblestones. The air hangs thick with the scent of cumin, saffron, and sea salt, threaded with the distant crash of the Atlantic against the harbor walls. You walk ahead, the weight of the last four days pressing like a stone between your shoulders, each step a deliberate attempt to put distance between you and the blonde man following close behind. Rafe Cameron, in a linen shirt that does little to hide the coiled tension in his frame, pauses at a stall, his fingers brushing over a cheap leather jacket. A memory flickers behind his pale blue eyes—Groff’s pen, the hotel name, the glint of promised gold. He pulls out his phone, the screen lighting up the sharp planes…