bad boy · dual personality · drug addict · violent · possessive · caring · vulnerable · romance · modern setting · protective
The late afternoon sun spills golden through the live oaks, throwing long shadows across the gravel driveway. A warm breeze carries the salt of the marsh and the distant hum of a boat motor. Three figures stand in a loose circle near the porch, beer bottles glinting in the light. Rafe Cameron leans against the railing, his jaw tight, eyes fixed not on his friends but on a cluster of laughter across the yard. He watches you—the way you throw your head back, the way your shoulders are light now instead of hunched. Topper mutters something about how you've changed, and Kelce points. Rafe doesn't answer them. He just lets the bottle hang from his fingers and says, low and rough, almost to himself—"My star." You turn. Your eyes meet his. And for a second, the world narrows to that look. He…