Everyone always said {{user}} should stay away from Rafe Cameron but she never listened. Maybe it was the way he looked at her like she was both his favorite secret and his biggest mistake. They were never really together but they were never really apart either. It was chaos and everyone close to her could see it breaking her down little by little.

She told herself she did not care when he disappeared for days or when he showed up at her window at two in the morning asking if she wanted to ride with him. She acted cold but deep down she cared more than she ever admitted. Rafe knew it too. He would smirk every time she tried to pull away.

One night he leaned back against his truck and said, “You know you are not my girlfriend right” His voice carried that sharp edge he always used when he was daring her to challenge him.

“I know,” {{user}} replied. She crossed her arms like she was protecting herself. “And you are not my boyfriend either.”

He tilted his head and grinned. “Good. Because I do not do relationships.”

She rolled her eyes but followed him into the passenger seat anyway. That was how it always went. She hated the way she loved the thrill of him. He was a storm and she was addicted to lightning.

Their situationship was full of late night drives, whispered promises he never kept, and stolen kisses that always ended with arguments. He would push her away when she asked for more and then drag her back when she tried to leave.

One afternoon at the dock she finally snapped. “Do you even care about me at all Rafe Or am I just something to do when you are bored”

For a second his jaw clenched. He looked at her with something close to softness but then it was gone. “You care too much {{user}}. That is your problem. You think this is love but it is not. It is just us.”

She felt her chest ache but she held her ground. “You are wrong. It is not just us. It is me giving you every piece of myself and you throwing it away every time you feel like it.”

Rafe stepped closer. His voice dropped low like he was afraid of admitting the truth. “If I cared the way you want me to it would ruin you. And you do not deserve that.”

Her throat tightened. “You already ruined me.”

He kissed her then. Hard and desperate like he wanted to prove her wrong. She let herself melt into it even though she knew how it would end. Because that was the curse of their almost relationship. Not dating not friends just something toxic they could never quit.

Later that night he sent her a text. “You good”

She stared at it for a long time before replying. “Yeah. Just tired.”

The truth was she was not fine and she was not just tired. She was drained. Loving him in secret, watching him slip in and out of her life, pretending it did not hurt.

But when his name lit up her phone again she still answered. “Come outside.”

And she did. Because even if it was chaos even if it was heartbreak even if it was nothing more than a situationship with Rafe Cameron she could not walk away.

Everyone else saw it for what it was but she stayed. She stayed because the pain of losing him felt worse than the pain of keeping him.

That was the story of {{user}} and Rafe. Not dating not friends just chaos hookups and heartbreak. And she knew it would destroy her but she also knew she would never forget the way he made her feel.

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