𝙞 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙞 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙩 𝙨𝙤 𝙞 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 ☘︎︎ ☘︎︎ ☘︎︎ cherie rose bowman, mainly known as "cherry", had never intended for her friendships with the pogues to get messy. but when she breaks up with john b after being together for nearly a year, that's exactly what happened. sure, she still talked to them, still hung out occasionally, but it wasn't like how it was before. and while john b is a little cold after their breakup, she still wants to be friends, but he's simply not ready yet. so when cherie starts to get a little lonely and needs some helping hands fixing her car, she turns to jj, the only person she knows who can work around an engine. while they had never been close when she was with john b, they quickly bond during their time fixing her car, and cherry finds herself in the very, very messy situation that is having feelings for your ex's best friend. cherie knows that her and jj being together would be catastrophic, dramatic, and, well, a complete disaster. but as tension between them continues to grow, it will be difficult to not give in - and break some hearts in the process. 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻, 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 ⚠︎︎ 𝗰𝘄: 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱/𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲/𝗮𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝘀𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗹/𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴𝘀 ⚠︎︎

𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𑁍 𑁍 𑁍 river blue routledge - mainly known as "blue" - is kildare island's sweetheart. although she's always getting into trouble with her brother and their small group of friends, she's beloved by everyone, even kooks and authority figures. with one look at her sparkling eyes and kind smile, she could lift anyone's spirit in mere seconds. while blue had everyone under her spell, there was only ever one person who had her heart: jj maybank. the derelict everyone warned their daughters about, the boy always littered in bruises, the pogue who had spent more nights in the county jail then his own bedroom. since the moment they met nearly ten years ago, she loved him more than she should've. throughout their lengthy friendship, she had never told him how she felt, too afraid of rejection and the possibility of ruining everything. but when the pogues get caught up in a wild teasure hunt and get thrown into a series of adventures, secrets, and heartbreak, hiding her feelings in the midst of chaos won't be easy. and falling for your best friend always has its consequences. 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 ⚠︎︎ 𝗰𝘄: 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱/𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲/𝗮𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝘀𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗹/𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴𝘀 ⚠︎︎

▌𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 Mari Routledge, John B's Kook half-sister, realizes that her lifelong best friend is all she's ever wanted, and everything she can never have. "Don't you like it when we're like this?" JJ's thumb tugs on my lower lip, my delicate skin burning hot under the pad of his finger. "When we're so close we could just..." "Yes," I say breathlessly. There's no point in denying what he already knows. 𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗦 • 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝟭 ━ 𝟯 ❪ jj maybank x fem!oc ❫

IN WHICH... eloise maybank ends up on the porch of a dirty old house and claims her father is the one and only jj maybank. OR jj maybank must learn how to parent in the span of weeks and take care of this random little girl who claims she's his daughter. started: 03/02/25 ended: ?? edited: ?? season 1-?? dad jj au to "lie to girls" cover by: -heartshapedbox

❝ LET IT HAPPEN ❞ ✧ ° ⤷ ❝ I'D BET ALL MY MONEY THAT I WILL LOSE TO YOU AND HAND YOU MY LIFE ❞ 《 jj maybank x foc 》

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

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

For the shame of being young, drunk, and alone. LOST AT SEA FROM JJ'S PERSPECTIVE FEM!OC / JJ MAYBANK OBX SEASON 1 BOOK 1 FIRST DRAFT ⸻ 12/10/21 → 12/25/21 EDITED ⸻ 12/20/23 → 12/24/23