" and if i bleed, you'll be the last to know "

𝐊𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐏𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄𝐒. Two tribes. One island. Paradise on earth, they called it. But paradise can turn into hell very easily if the people you love become the ones you have to lose. Only if you're foolish enough to believe the ocean only takes what it gives.

゛to live for the hope of it all ⸝⸝.ᐟ⋆ Sirena Yarrow has always been a Pogue. In her eyes, anyway. Sunburnt skin, salt in her hair, and the kind of loyalty that runs deeper than the ocean surrounding the Outer Banks. Life on the Cut isn't easy, but Sirena has her people, late nights on the HMS Pogue, reckless plans, and the constant reminder that Pogues only have each other. But everything gets complicated when treasure rumors start circling the island and the divide between Pogues and Kooks grows even sharper. Because somehow, in the middle of all the chaos, Sirena finds herself tangled up with the one person she was never supposed to care about- Theo Cameron. Sarah's twin. A Kook. And the kind of boy who could ruin everything. As the hunt for long-lost treasure pulls everyone deeper into danger, Sirena is forced to choose between the life she's always known and the feelings she never meant to have. Out here, loyalty means everything... but secrets, betrayal, and the truth buried beneath the island might change the game for all of them. ( female oc x male oc ) started: 03/20/26 finished: ??? cover made by the lovely @allindue!!

Charlotte Elizabeth Sinclair and JJ Maybank absolutely despised each other... so what happens when they are both a part of a group to search for gold? Enemies to lovers trope Slow burn Kook x Pogue

*slow updates* After everything-the gold, the cross, the running, the drugs-the Pogues end up on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere. Poguelandia isn't just a hiding place; it's a fresh start. No Kooks. No treasure hunts. No one chasing them down or tearing them apart. Just sun soaked days, salt air, and the kind of freedom they've spent their whole lives fighting for. With a new member, Cleo Anderson, their found family feels stronger than ever. Out there, it's just them attempting to figure out how to live when survival isn't the only thing driving them. But peace like this doesn't last forever. Because even in paradise, the past has a way of catching up-and the moment they're found, everything they've built on that island is at risk of slipping through their fingers. They may not have the gold. They may not have the cross. But they have each other. And for the Pogues... that's always been worth more than any treasure. Book Three of the Riptide Series-Season Three of Outer Banks.

Two weeks ago, Maisen Jade and the Pogues had everything. Four hundred million dollars in gold. Freedom. Family. Each other. But everything changed overnight. Maisen found out her father wasn't really her father. Her real dad-murdered. The gold-gone. The girl she finally made peace with-dead. And the boy she'd known her whole life, the one she'd just learned was her brother-gone too. Now she's standing in the wreckage of everything she loved, trying to figure out who she is without them. JJ Maybank hasn't left her side once. He lost his best friend, but before John B died, JJ made a promise-a promise he refuses to break. No matter how much it hurts. Watching the light fade from Maisen kills him, but after that first week, he started to see something shift. Something trying to grow back. And when a message comes from beyond the grave... it usually means there's another one waiting to be found. JJ, Pope, and Kie have one mission: get Maisen back to Maisen. The only thing is... does Maisen want to even be the girl she once knew? #2-JJMaybank 12/21/25 #1- relapse 12/27/25 Book Two of the Riptide Series-Season Two of Outer Banks.

The Outer Banks is a place where storms never stay on the horizon for long. Maisen Jade Lewis has always felt them coming, whether it is weather patterns, secrets, the way danger hangs in the air before it finally crashes down. She grew up on the edge of the island's wealth, full born Kook as they say, caught between the gold-plated world of her father's estate and the saltwater freedom of the Pogues. For years, she's managed to ride both currents, until now. When Big John's tape resurfaces, the hunt for the Merchant gold isn't the only thing dragging the Pogues deeper into uncharted waters. Big John left a message not just for his son but for Maisen too. A cryptic warning about her father, Alexander Lewis, and truths that could tear open everything she thought she knew about him... and herself. Maisen isn't the type to let anyone fight her battles for her. Not even JJ Maybank, the reckless, sharp-tongued Pogue who somehow keeps finding his way past her defenses. Together, their story unfolds in the riptide-pulled between loyalty and lies, love and survival, treasure and betrayal. The deeper they dive, the more dangerous the water becomes. Because storms don't just break on the Outer Banks-they uncover everything buried beneath. #1 in P4L 11/7/25 #1 in katiedouglas 12/27/25 Book One of the Riptide Series-Season One of Outer Banks.

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐋 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄! BROOKLYN ROUTLEDGE, twin sister to John B Routledge, is thrusted into a whirlwind of an adventure when her father goes missing at sea. Brooklyn and John B rope their closest friends into their adventure, and they drag them from place to place, fighting for their lives to find the gold at the end of the tunnel─ to find what their dad wanted them to find. However, somewhere along the road, Brooklyn finds herself falling deeper in love with the boy she's loved for eight years. ( jj maybank x fem!o.c ) ( brother's best friend / best friends to lovers ) ( outer banks seasons 1 - 5 ) © 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐛𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

❝ we live in cities you'll never see on screen not very pretty, but we sure know how to run free living in ruins of the palace within my dreams and you know, we're on each other's team. ❞ ― team, lorde obx ― ( season one to four ) ( jj maybank x fem!o.c ) ( brother's best friend ) ( best friends to lovers )

" So we chased after love, And waste away the whole afternoon. " JJ MAYBANK + FEM!OC season one - season three © -waterloos, 2020-2023