#rofia

[cherubcameron]

Authors note: got the banner from @adornedwithlight

Rafe x Sofia

Sofia felt like an outsider in her own body, her leg shook as she looked ahead of her. Her eyes not adjusting, she felt like she was in a dream. One she couldn’t wake up from.

“Sofia Cameron, has a nice ring to it. Don’t you think?” Rafe asks, his eyes are soft. Adoration coating his face. But Sofia can’t speak, like something is preventing her to. She gives a small smile and a nod.

Something starts to hurt, she doesn’t realize what it is. Until she looks down and she sees blood coming out of crescent shaped finger marks on her palms.

“Sofia?” He asks, he looks down and sees her hands. He ticks. “Why would you do something like that?” Concern etches his features now and she wants to run.

“Rafe, I want to go home.” She says, she doesn’t know how she manages to find her voice.

“Home? At the cut?” He asks, it’s like he’s far away. His voice drifting from the next room but it’s not. He’s right next to her. “For how long?” He asks, his voice still sounding like he’s not right beside her.

“For a couple of weeks.”

Rafe tenses, Sofia isn’t sure what he’ll say to that.

“Why so long, huh? You’re trying to escape or something?” He laughs but Sofia can tell it’s not real. He wants her to loosen up. Tell him the truth. His laugh comes out more maliciously than he intends.

“Of course not, I just miss seeing them.” Sofia says. Her smile is plastered on. She even tries to make it reach her ears.

“Fine, but a week.” He says, strictly. Sofia isn’t shocked by this. He’d become more stricter with her. Like he was her dad. She suppressed an eye roll.

“Two.” She counter argues.

“One week.” He says again.

“Two.”

They stare at each other for a long time, finally, Rafe sighs.

“Fine, two. But don’t pull any funny shit, a’right. I’ll find out.”

Sofia breath was coming out in huffs. She had to act fast. Her eyes barely registering the clothes she was stuffing into her luggage. Some seemed to look like Rafes shirts. The ones he let her borrow. She didn’t have time to think and neatly put them in. Whatever fit, fit.

The dark room was oddly quiet without the 6’5 blue eyed boy in it. Usually, she was used to hearing him mumbling to himself. Hitting his hands against the surface of whatever was nearby. She had never thought much of it. Until now. She decided to pack her stuff in the dark. Made it less obvious of what she was doing. So she couldn’t tell what was going in the bag. She just knew clothes were being placed in it.

Her heart was racing, she never knew she could be this scared of someone she loved. This wasn’t the Rafe she thought she knew. This was someone else entirely. And she wasn’t going to stick around and find out what “if I go down, you go down with me” meant.

She had been foolish. Foolish to think, he hadn’t found another way to see what she’d been doing. Once, everything had been placed in her luggage. She began to wheel it out of the closet into the main bedroom. When she saw a figure sitting on Rafes chair. She jumped.

“Your luggage looks like it’s filled to the brim. I bet if I went into the closet, most of your stuff wouldn’t be in there.” Rafe said.

Sofia felt her heart drop, her eyes widen as she stared at him. His eyes looked into hers intensely. His jaw looks about ready to break, if he continued clutching it.

“Speak! Goddamn it!” Rafe yells.

She jumps and lets out a noise.

“Of fucking course. Knew this would happen. Everyone thinks I’m stupid.” He says mumbling to himself. He begins to rap his hands aggressively on his chair. “You do know I have cameras everywhere. I knew I couldn’t trust you anymore.”

“I have presents I wanted to give to my parents.” Sofia lies but she knows she’s been caught. She probably looks too tense to have utter true words.

“Fucking liar! Half of your side of the closet is empty! Do you think I’m fucking stupid!” He barked at her, Sofia flinched. But she clutched her luggage handle tightly, knowing if she had to let go. She wouldn’t let herself.

“You know what Rafe. Fuck you.” Sofia spat, she was sick of him. Sick of him trying to control her. Sick of him treating her like a pet inside of a human being. “You can’t keep me locked away forever. I deserve to be with my family. I deserve to be with other people besides you.”

Rafe only scoffs, “Not after what you did. You don’t get to fuck me over and get away with it.”

“So you’re punishing me? What you said hurt me. And you don’t even want to acknowledge that. Like it doesn’t matter. I’m just pogue remember.”

Sofia gets closer to him, letting go of the luggage and pushing him harshly. He moves back, but she continues to shove him.

“Why would you want me here? You don’t live with a pogue, remember! You have your fucking standards!”

It’s like something snaps in him because hes viciously shaking his head. Tears springing in his eyes.

“I didn’t mean that, okay. I’m sorry. It wasn’t— I love you Sofia. Okay, I love you. You have to realize what you did hurt me too. And now—

He breaks out into a sob.

“Now you just want to fucking leave me. Like—like I don’t matter to you! What you did…I don’t think I can financially recover from. Unless I have some kind of miracle.”

Sofia felt the guilt building a home in her heart. She knew she would have to live with that forever. But it was like he knew how to snuff the flame of escape from her. She let go of the suitcase handle, and sat on the edge of the bed.

Rafe approached her slowly. She stared down at his shoes. Not willing to stare at his face. He sat down next to her. His hand on top of hers.

“I knew you would never leave me baby.”

[sexysadie23]

Riara is definitely happening. They’re so obviously setting it up. JJ gone, boring Sofia out the way? Yeah. Madison being against the ship during press was probably them trying to throw us off, the same way they kept giving positive hints about Jiara’s future and how they said this was the best finale ever (well, it WAS good but I get why fans feel blindsided).

I wouldn’t be MAD if it happened but I prefer Rofia sm more. Soft pogue who can turn Rafe sweet is my fav trope.

I trust the writers will get back to Rofia. HE WANTED TO MARRY HER. Hello?

[allthedamnlove]

Category: Kook royalty falling in love with the poguest of the pogues

[beautyinsteadofashes]

Thank you for this. Now I'm curious to know what "I learned that the hard way" means???

"you'll do the right thing. I'm sure you will" breaks my heart for both of them. She doesn't know the half of it. She believes in him so blindly and deeply but Gurrrll! Don't get hurt! You're too sweet! And for him - look at Drew's acting here. Look at all the different thoughts running through his head. Noones ever said something like that to him before. Is she right? Is she wrong? I don't think he even knows.

The scene in season 3 episode 9 paralleling rafe and Sofia’s storyline in season 4??

~ Sofia looks out for herself by going to Hollis and agreeing to help her, after she realises Rafe doesn’t have her back. Her words here directly reflect her actions in season 4, Sofia only resorting to that deal when she felt threatened.

~ the roles are flipped from s3 and s4. Where rafe was the one debating what to do in s3, in s4 it was Sofia who was faced with a similar dilemma (of course not the exact same because rafe being rafe was debating on whether or not to kill his dad😭). But the principle was still the same– should they betray someone they love to make up for that person hurting them?

~ Sofia clearly doesn’t follow her own advice. Her guilt was instant, even when she did the act of “nudging him to accept the deal” you could she was regretful. Her whole arc in part 2 was trying to right her wrong, before Rafe said she didn’t need to worry when he got down on one knee. You could see the wash of relief in the proposal scene. And then the return of the regret, seen in her reaction to him telling her to “pack her shit away” …it was like she thought she deserved it, realising her actions had come back to bite her.

~ Sofia clearly has a strong sense of right and wrong, seen in her aversion to her dad’s request to help Hollis, her dismay in the turtle scene and her own regret at doing the “wrong” thing and “betraying” her boyfriend.

I think it’s sad that people write off her character as being boring or badly written. I do agree though her storyline was rushed, but her character is consistent and lucid (as much as a side character in outer banks can be). She’s sweet, kind and good, a direct opposition to Rafe’s persona. And those characteristics don’t mean she’s weak/badly written, it just means she’s different, and that’s not a bad thing.

And i like that she doesn’t mirror Rafe’s boldness and extroversion– it’s nice to see him interact with someone softer. Sometimes it makes him become softer, and other times it intensifies his harshness, both “humanising and villainising him” (as the creators put it).

I think if he was with someone like kiara, or someone who paralleled his intensity and fervour, it would give him less nuance. Sofia balanced him out, she shows him there’s another option. It provides a moral choice for him– to dwell on his anger and resentment, or become forgiving and hopeful.

And Rafe provides a dilemma for Sofia too– between her identity as a pogue and her love for Rafe seemingly contradicting that identity. (Very much John B and Sarah season 1 coded)

Final words: idk sorry for the ramble and over analysis!! @beautyinsteadofashes mentioned the comparison of this scene with season 4 and it got me thinking!!

Finished my assignment and got straight back to analysis and character study😭

[rafecameronssl4t]

AWE

[romanmendez]

Now that Roman knows he has a son, what does he plan to do about it? Is he going to try to be more involved in Tristin's life?

Roman would love to be more involved and actually be able to have a family set up with Sofia and Tristin. His biggest concern has always been Quinlan, mainly because of the potential the situation has to explode. Roman's current plans are to be more involved but on the down low, especially so he doesn't confuse or give Tristin any trauma.

[whytheylosttheirminds]

if riara truly will be happening i will cry. it would be so fucking unfair to jj and sofia too. like why bringing her into the show then. im scared

What’s so interesting to me about Riara is that every time it’s brought up in interviews or articles they always say “the fans seem to want it” or “the fans ship Rafe and Kiara will you guys do it?” and that always confuses me because from where I’m sitting it feels like most true fans don’t. When they say “the internet wants this” I think it’s usually a very surface level search on twitter or just reading TikTok comments on an edit of them kidnapped by Singh. The thing that would make me maddest is if they just do it for sake of fan service when it doesn’t seem they actually know anything about their own fans.

I could go on a whole other rant about the misogyny of the way they’ve written Kie for 5 years and how fucked up it’d be to move her onto the next relationship while she grieves but that’s a whole other story…

I’m just gonna keep believing in Rofia and living in denial lol

[inthelibrarybtw]

obx season 4 spoiler - rafe talk

prepare yourselves for an essay, the man didn't even call her his girlfriend but proposed? rude but i'll take it, HIS MOM'S RING give me more backstory, like if the ring is there and how he said it she died, i don't think rafe would give someone the ring if she just left them you know what i mean?

also for everyone saying like they can get back together i mean yes they can but ONE thing rafe hates is feeling used, overlooked and betrayed, we saw how he was s2 and s3 with HIS SISTER because he felt betrayed and its SARAH like his blood and i don't think he's gonna be like all fine whatever with sofia who as of now we've seen like 5 times on screen. like i do love how they look but still i don't think he has it in him to just forget all that in a heartbeat

if they are doing that to make riara happen im gone, like i feel it and sense it and i hate it, they suck (as in the writers or producers idk idc) on foreshadowing like with the whole sarah being pregnant IT WAS SERVED in a freaking plate before it was actually confirmed so don't do riara for a fanservice

i don't think rafe will ever go to jail, maybe he will have to pay for some stuff since he did tell shoupe he was gonna tell him the truth but honestly atp sending rafe to jail would be one a mistake because he can get out easily and it would be for nothing and two like it would mess up more the whole arc they are doing for him right now. i do believe him accepting and literally saying out loud "im a killer" is such a change and shows he's aware of what he has done bc it was not just peterkin but the way he said it, he's not proud but like he knew that he was capable of doing things the other guys were also capable of and that just like gave him the confidence to go at them and not be scared of them like he was before

i do believe rafe doesn't need a love interest to change, he needed sarah back in his life, like forgiving him and letting him into her life again, like the pain every time he saw sarah after s1 it was like yes he was mad at her but also hurt, i've said this a thousand times but i can talk about their sibling dynamic and relationship for DAYS. What i think rafe need is a family, like actual family dynamic, therapy and just work things out with sarah to heal and actually have his whole redemption arc bc we can see his face when sarah hugged him, he NEEDED that

throwing sofia out just like it was nothing i was shocked like didn't you love her? but anyways i stand for rafe not getting a love interest, you can get a good storyline all focused on family and i think it would be 100% more interesting than rofia im sorry again i do like them together just a bit forced like they NEEDED rafe to have someone

i do love that we got to see another side of him buuuut it would've been nice to have more story on how they met how the relationship evolved and not just putting them there and that's it, maybe that's why im like yeah i love them but if they take them away and never bring them back together i can live

[cherubcameron]

Rafe literally gave Sofia his mom ring! Someone even the audience knows nothing about! That just goes to show how much she means to him. You can tell it’s hard for him to have feelings like that. Tired of people overlooking their relationship.

Just because he opened up to Kiara doesn’t really mean anything to me. Cause she already knew the whole situation. He was just saying his part of things. When they were alone with Singh. She knew all those things about what he did.

[rafescokewhore-rbs]

aka the loves of my life 🩷🩷🩷

rafe + sofia

[sexysadie23]

spoiler alert, i repeat: spoiler alert.

please continue to scroll if you have not yet watched OBX4 Part 2. Do not check these comments. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD PLS COMMENT x

People are saying that JJ’s death and Rafe breaking up with Sofia could lead to Riara finally manifesting on screen.

Reasons why this wouldn’t happen:

1. I genuinely believed that Rafe loved and still loves Sofia and doubt their story is over. I hope it’s not; I really ship them!! They are a beautiful couple and not even Kiara could bring that soft side out of him.

2. JJ died. Kiara would NOT move on so fast and especially not with Rafe (someone JJ hated severely).

3. Kie has been genuinely SCARED of Rafe. A lot of people think those scenes are sexual tension but you can see the fear in her eyes to the point where she grabs a knife.

4. Kie knows her friends HATE Rafe but [see point 6 in the next section]

5. Kiara will be too focused on revenge.

however

Reasons why this COULD happen:

1. Kiara may go into self destruct mode and feel like she needs to fill that gaping hole JJ left.

2. Not canon (yet?) but with all the evidence, in that Rafe is constantly ONLY forgiving Kiara and is ONLY nice to her, they may have had a past on her Kook Year. Just a theory!

3. Rafe is angry by nature, and Kiara is going to be angry after JJ’s death. He may let her lean into that side of herself because he does that all the time, she might even feel comfortable to be angry around him. however I am sure the other pogues are angry, but Kie seems to be on a bloodhunt. She may go dark and he will probably be the only one to understand.

4. Rafe was the FIRST to agree to go to Lisbon and get Chandler Groff. Everyone else questioned it, but he said what she was thinking before she even had the chance to say it.

5. Also we know that Jiara partly came to fruition because of the fans shipping them, so maybe the show runners have seen the Riara theories and decided to “give the fans what they want”??? Although I wouldn’t say every fan wants this for the reasons I listed above.

6. Rafe is definitely getting a redemption arc (I am so happy but also scared because it means he might die. Like why do shows redeem a character and finally have us route for them just to kill them? Although I don’t think he will die for some reason.)

7. Both of their relationships ended, leaving a path for them to idk find each other?? Sarah and John B have each other as well as Cleo and Pope on their way to Lisbon. I know most of them are friends but Kiara may seek to end her loneliness?

8. I really hope it doesn’t happen soon but most characters whose lover dies (Ie Rick with Laurie and Michonne in The Walking Dead) have to move on eventually. We can’t expect them to stay single forever so PERHAPS if there was a time jump (even at the s5 end perhaps), along with Rafe’s redemption arc, they could be together. I doubt they would put Kiara with some random guy. If she were to find love again it would be with someone we know from the show.

However I doubt this will happen again because the show might end pogue style with friendship and family at the forefront rather than romance. As I wrote the sentence before THOUGH: another thought popped up. Rafe will be the uncle to Sarah’s baby and Kiara will be the ‘aunt’ so maybe if the ending is all about family, maybe they will come together?? Rafe’s redemption would have to be REALLY good though.

9. Kie literally saved Rafe on that boat???

10. The show creators said ON VIDEO that they never thought about Riara until the fans brought up their chemistry and that they found it “so wrong it is almost right”???? Helloooo??

I hope none of these^ are true though because I love Rofia.

then again Sofia might have just been used as a way to move the plot forward to get Rafe in the position where he needs to go with the Pogues.

Any thoughts??

[allthedamnlove]

Still waiting for the video PATES I KNOW YOU ARE HIDING IT

[rafecameronssl4t]

We were robbed 😭

[allthedamnlove]

I need to sit down @lostsyren BABES HOW DO YOU DO IT

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(thanks @sincere1ystar for the idea!!)

[rafesangelita]

will you incorporate sofia in your works?

for plot purposes, maybe. but for like rafia/rofia, no. i only write rafe x reader fics <3

[decladam]

sorry but having the potential of an enemies to lovers story with rafe and instead turning it into a “random girl castrates changes him” storyline is sinful. when the writers said they took inspiration from popular ships this is not what we meant. i can’t deal with all the rofia edits on my fyp either get this shit away from me stat why do the writers not care anymore.

like i wouldn't have minded rafe having a gf/changing for someone if that person was a character we knew or if they gave some context to it but with sofia it just happened out of nowhere like we don't know anything about her or how they met, what they talk about, how the bonded so why would i be invested in them

idk it's just lazy writing, like everything in this show