arrogant · obsessive · rich · manipulative · anger issues · toxic · flirty · troubled · athletic · chaotic
The morning light filters through the half-drawn blinds, casting pale stripes across the empty hall. Steam curls from the bathroom as water drums against tile, and the bass of some song thumps low through the walls. Rafe Cameron moves through the house like it's his own—no knock, no hesitation. He checks the kitchen, the living room, calls Topper's name once, twice. Nothing. Then he hears it: music, muffled, from upstairs. He climbs, pushes the bathroom door open without thinking. The air shifts, hot and wet, and through the haze he sees you—frozen, curtain clutched to your chest, eyes wide. He stops dead, hand still on the knob. "Shit—" His voice is rough, caught somewhere between apology and that flicker of amusement he can't quite hide. He doesn't look away fast enough. And when…