─── ❝ SAVE A HORSE, RIDE A COWBOY. IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, MATT. ❞ - ꒰ 🧺 ꒱ 𝑰𝑵 𝑾𝑯𝑰𝑪𝑯 . . . 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘅 treasures the familiarity of never being told the word 'no', having people bow down at her feet and everyone's gaze snapping to her direction as soon as she walks in the room. but when her father completely and unexpectedly changes her plans, trading them for a vacation in vegas to a summer in the countryside, she eventually learns that life isn't as easy as she thought. and that's all because of the cowboy next door. ⌗ matthew sturniolo x femoc! ❪ ongoing. . . ❫ ⋆˚࿔ stand alone. strangers to lovers. . .forced proximity. . .forbidden. . . ᯓ★ oh, it's slim pickins if i can't have the one i love, i guess it's you that i'll be kissin' just to get my fixins since the good ones are deceased or taken, i'll just keep moanin' and bitchin'

After a year away at Kitty Hawk, Cassie Maybank returns to the Outerbanks with a determination to get her life back on track. To stay healthy, to make her own friends, to live a normal, steady life like every teenage girl should. But after hearing the news of the passing of one of her closest friends, and coming back to the island, she realizes her brother's letters severely underestimated how much had truly changed. A lot can happen in a year. Friends become strangers, brothers become liars. Some enemies become allies, some enemies become lovers. © Inslaytiable | June 22nd, 2023