*COMPLETED* (STORY IS 18+ MATURE CONTENT) Rafe Cameron grew up always having more than anyone else. Alana Routledge grew up fending for herself. Their worlds collide when Ward Cameron offers to temporary guardianship of John B and Alana after their father, Big John, had been missing for nearly a year. Alana's relationship with JJ Maybank has always been a thin line but that line snaps the moment her bedroom is placed across the hall from Rafe Cameron's. #1 in Rafe Cameron (11.07.24) -ENEMIES TO LOVERS -FORCED PROXIMITY -BEST FRIEND'S BROTHER -UNEXPECTED BABY Follows the main storyline (with twists of course as this is a fanfic) to Outer Banks, starting at Season 1 and will continue into Season 4. *TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR VIOLENCE, DEATH, GRAPHIC CONTENT, ADULT CONTENT, BETRAYAL AND MORE*

Banksie doesn't like secrets-until Rafe Cameron teaches her how useful they can be. In return, she shows him affection, something he's never known. But when their connection could unravel the Pogues.... will their secrets be their undoing? I do not own any of the obx characters.

"i've been drinking and staying up too late reliving bad decisions i thought eventually my ranting here would fix it i really think sometimes there's something that i'm missing oh, i know spiraling is miserable i should probably go back home why does that feel difficult, difficult? oh, I hope i wake up invisible i'd be someone no one knows i guess I'm just difficult, difficult" carmen lancaster has always felt out of place. back in los angeles, she was just the daughter of the impossibly perfect lancaster family, and now, in the outer banks, she's the new girl everyone thinks they already know. a kook by default, she's supposed to love the parties, the status, and the shallow friendships. but carmen's never been one to follow the script. between her restless nights, trying to figure out who she really is, and days spent dodging her parents' expectations, she can't help but feel like she's spiraling. maybe she's just difficult. and maybe there's more to life than playing the part everyone expects her to.