He was a walking red flag she couldn't stop looking at. Rafe Cameron was everything Ivy Routledge was taught to avoid: unstable, dangerous, and cruel behind a charming mask. And still... she was drawn to him like a moth to a flame. She never wanted him in her life, never trusted the chaos he carried. He broke rules, shattered boundaries, and yet she couldn't stay away. There was something about the way his piercing blue eyes searched her, the way his knowing smile promised secrets and danger she couldn't resist. ☀️🌊

I pretend to be just okay even without you. GARRETT GRAHAM

sienna carrington was born a kook. raised on over-the-top birthday parties and everything money could buy you name it. but deep down, she always knew she was meant to be a pogue. so one day she made a choice she wasn't going to live between two worlds anymore. she was going to stick with the people who felt like family... even if that meant choosing the pogues and loosing her kook friends. but then suddenly she falls for the enemy rafe cameron. [rafe cameron x oc ] little jj x oc (love triangle reasons) :: rankings :: #2 pouges 4/5/26 #6 john b 4/10/26 #5 summer romance 4/11/26 #27 summer 4/15/26 #2 jjmaybank #2 kooks 5/25/26

- When the Pogues suggests using Briar to get information out of Rafe, it sounds simple enough. Pretend to care, get close, find out what he knows. Easy. Except Rafe isn't what the Pogues described as a crazy killer. Beneath the anger and the psychotic mess, there's something human there, something soft. Something broken that she can't help but want to mend. - After two years away, Brielle Logan Langley thought she'd left her non-biological family in Outer Banks behind. But when she moves back, nothing is the same. Rafe Cameron is a murderer, John B gets thrown into jail, and now they're on a new quest to find the cross of Santo Domingo. Through the journey Briar's caught between loyalty and the one person she swore she'd never fall for again. But she can't help the undeniable pull between them. She doesn't want to admit it, but her heart aches for Rafe Cameron. Set in Outer Banks, following the plot from s2-s3 tropes: - forced proximity - betrayal - angry love confession - one bed - mean to everyone but her - lovers, to enimies, to lovers - cleaning wounds !Read intro for disclaimers!

Before the treasure hunts and blood in the water, there was Sloane Carrington and Rafe Cameron. The golden couple of Figure Eight. She saw the boy beneath his volatility long before the island saw the danger. When the summer that changes everything begins, Sloane becomes Rafe's anchor as he spirals, until loving him starts to cost her pieces of herself. By the time the island fractures, the fault lines between them are already there. © kooksandpearls | Feb, 2026

𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕'𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔, 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔. 𝑯𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑹𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒏, 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔, 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒓 𝒖𝒑 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒕. 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 5

"I am standing in the ashes of whom I used to be." cover by: chishiyas_wifeyss

Brooke Routledge has always been told to act upon risk. She regrets it all. The love, the vulnerability, the true form that she provided to him. It wasn't worth it, and the cruelest part was the act of throwing it back into her face. She doesn't think he ever loved her. How could you? It runs so much deeper than that. Neither of them knew what they were doing, how they were feeling, and how to fix it all-though, under everything, they wanted to fix it. Risk. It's what destroyed Brooke Routledge. But in a strange way, she wondered, could risk be what saves her? OBX ␥ Rafe Cameron & JJ Maybank © elegancies