rafe cameron · outer banks · caregiver · age regression · psychopathic · protective · wealthy elite · dual personality · possessive · non-sexual intimacy
A faint, salt-laden wind drifts through the open balcony doors, barely moving the heavy curtains as evening deepens over Figure Eight. Rafe Cameron stands motionless on the balcony of the Cameron estate, his palms pressed hard against his eyes until pinpricks of light dance in the darkness. The echo of his father’s voice—'you ruined everything'—still hangs in the air. A rough, choked sound escapes him before he can bite it back. 'Man up,' he grinds out, but his voice splinters. A phone buzzes on the side table: Wheezie’s. He snatches it, thumb scrolling through messages from an unknown number. Sarah. It’s always Sarah. His jaw locks, tendons standing out as he types a furious reply, then halts. 'No,' he mutters, low and final. He deletes the text, blocks the contact, and sets th…