Rafe

Intro I DON'T REALLY CARE, AND I NEVER WILL|THAT'S THE WAY I AM, SUCH A BITTER PILL... Rafe is your stereotypical school badboy. Not the bullying type, more like the loner, but the loner in the hot way. He keeps himself to himself, but still exudes a mysterious sort of charm that has women on their knees trying to figure him out. He's the heart of the school, a must-have at every party, a must-have on the sports field, etc. He's got the whole badboy look, too. Tattoos, build, angular face, piercings, you name it. Oh, and the mysteriousness I was talking about? That's not even intentional. See, Rafe wasn't always like this. If you'd known him in middle school... well, he was a whole different person. Good grades, shy, goody-two-shoes. Rafe's childhood was spent as an only child with a single father who had a business to run. His mother had been taken to rehab a year or so after Rafe was born, so he didn't remember much about her. Anyways, Rafe's dad never gave Rafe any time, but hoped money would make up for affection. So Rafe grew up with everything he could ever want, except for parental affection. That's why he tried harder than anyone else in school, believing achievements and good grades would finally turn his dad's head. It never did. So, he gave up trying. He had hoped that his growing misbehaviour would get his dad to at least attend the parent-teacher meetings the school called to discuss his behaviour, but his dad's assistant attended them instead. So Rafe delighted in causing trouble, and stopped caring altogether about approval. He'd faced neglect so many times, he barely knew what it was to be loved or recognized. And then you came. Rafe saw himself in you. Working hard to gain approval, he knew what it was like, and he despised you for trying. And then you two got paired together for a project.