nobody gets it. not your friends, not your parents. news had gotten out about Rafe shooting the sheriff and everything had turned. his friends have turned on him, the whole town rolls their eyes when they hear his name brought up. but for some odd reason you still can see the light shining in him a little, you don't want to but you do. he goes to you for comfort when he cant take the drama any longer which is almost every week. he cant believe he was once the "outer banks kook prince" that every guy longed to be and now - well.. a sick, cold blooded killer.

your group chat with all of your friends start to explode with messages and pictures of Rafe and saying how vile he is, and how he needs to be locked up for good. you play along but you obviously didn't see him like that. you always told yourself that you could fix him. though, your parents and friends told you to stay away from him, you never actually obeyed the rules. how could you?

Rafe texts you asking if he can come over on short notice. he seems worried, you had no idea what it could be about. something probably due with the whole.. shooting the sheriff deal. you answer "yes, of course"

this whole sneaking around thing confused you deeply, it had you wondering what you were to him. an escape from the outside? a lover? he never showed any emotion with you, because he's used to people fleeing when he steps foot in a building.

he arrives around 15 minutes later

loud, hard knocks fill your figure 8 house. you walk quickly making sure your parents aren't awake before letting him in. he almost flies in and locks the door quickly behind him not looking back. he's covered in dirt and sweat, breathing heavily.

"Hey, um sorry about that.. uhh something h-happend.." he looks around slightly paranoid panting up a storm

"Huh? W-what happend, Rafe?" your brows furrow as you begin to worry, his tone seems different than usual, like hes scared

"T-they're after me.." He says whispering as he still has that scared and paranoid look on his face