Behind the psycho || Rafe Cameron x Reader || OBX fanfic

fourteen

Topper's boat swam away, taking Sarah with him. He told me she was going to be safe and I believed him. I admired how much he still loved and cared about her even though she was with someone else.  

Rafe was sitting up, rubbing his top lip which was bloody and wet. He turned to me after wiping the blood on his pants. "What the hell were you thinking?" I said and dropped down to him. I hadn't gone with Topper and Sarah because I wasn't going to leave Rafe again. So I was here, holding a criminal in my arms. 

His face was in my shoulder as he said, "I h-had to fix it." His breath started hitching as I felt hot tears in my neck. "Dad blamed me for everything a-and..." he groaned and clutched my back. "I don't want everyone to hate me...you know?" He sniffled. "No one ever listens to me. No one ever fucking listens to me and," he pulled away and started waving his hands, "I don't know what I'm supposed to do." His blue eyes were shining with tears. He looked at me and licked his salty bloody lips, "But you do -- you listen to me." I pressed my lips into a hard line as I watched him say, "I won't let anything happen to you, all right?"

"But what about you, Rafe?" I asked quickly and held his face. There was already a bruise forming on his jaw. "I'm not the one who has cops after me--"

"You don't know that," he said between his teeth.

"Please," I stared at his diamond eyes, "don't leave me."

"Listen to me, listen," he cupped my cheeks urgently. "I won't let anything happen to you, okay? Everything will work out, y/n -- I promise." Rafe's phone beeped but he didn't seem to care, and only gazed at me with determined blue eyes. "I'll take care of you." I swallowed against the lump in my throat as Rafe let go of me and took out his phone. He read the message quickly and groaned. "Shit!" He threw the phone and it hurled to the ground. His hands were in his hair as he stood up and paced around anxiously.

"What?" I got up and starting biting my nail nervously. 

Rafe turned to me with heated eyes and spat, "You were right -- they're after me." 

* * * * *

Rafe*

I knew what I had to do. 

I grabbed y/n's hand and we ran to my motorcycle. I helped her up and quickly slipped behind her. She had asked me where we were going, and I told her we were going to the only place we could. Thoughts were blaring in my head and worry was overflowing in my chest, but her body in front of me was the most comforting thing I could ask for. She rested her head on my shoulder as I drove down South where Dad was going to meet me.

I hoped down the bike and carried an asleep y/n to the trailer. I kicked the door open and laid her gently on the dusty couch. 

"How'd you expect me to get rid of that?" Barry appeared from his room and nodded his head to her. 

I snapped, "She's not dead." I sat down on the coffee table in front of her and brushed her hair with my hand, "Just let her sleep."

Barry snorted, "Aight, loverboy." I grated my teeth and turned to him. He didn't let me reply as he threw me a packet. As I held it in my hand, my body wanted it instantly. Except I hadn't had an urge in so long-- but once was okay right? She wouldn't have to know... "Something wrong, Country Club? Feeling clean?" I threw the packet back at him with force. I didn't know how, I just did. I rubbed my face with my hands as it started to kick in. I unintentionally sniffed my fingers, to try and get something, but there was nothing. "Damn, Rafe. What'd she done to you?"

I snapped and dragged my hands down under me so I would stop. I hated this -- everything came screaming at me all at once. My Dad's hits, Sarah's drowning body, Gavin's unmoving body, Sheriff Pete falling, the Judge smashing her hammer -- and it was now my turn. I would be in an orange jumpsuit, standing in front of everyone with handcuffs around my wrists. Dad's own trial will be next. Rose's trial after that and maybe even Wheezie's. What about y/n? She would be questioned and tried too. I had promised nothing was going to happen to her. I fucking promised and it hasn't been a day that I already know I've broken it.