Investigative journalist Elaine Makris finally has a story worth her career: a fairground buried by a landslide, unearthed decades later, filled with collapsed rides and animal bones. But when she walks through a burned-out archway on the site, she doesn't find ruins. She finds the carnival alive. Roaring. Beautiful. Felix Bathory, the ringmaster, finds her within minutes. He's charming in the way predators are charming. He touches her lower back like he already owns it. He offers her a deal; one week behind every locked door, every curtain, every secret. All the truth she wants. In exchange, she stays. His rules. She thinks she's using him. He knows she is. He doesn't mind. Because watching Elaine Makris; controlled, untouchable, empty; crack open is the first thing in 147 years that feels like happiness. And the carnival is very interested in that.

𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 two forces of nature collide in a storm of fiery arguments, cutting sarcasm, and undeniable chemistry. demitra duncan and rafe cameron have never gotten along-she calls him arrogant, and he calls her impossible. but beneath the insults and eye rolls lies an unspoken understanding that neither of them can ignore. as secrets unfold and tensions rise, their game of push-and-pull becomes something deeper than either of them expected. through broken rackets, bruised egos, and stolen moments, they discover that sometimes, love is found in the unlikeliest of places. in a world where trust is scarce and vulnerability feels like a weakness, demitra and rafe must decide if they're willing to risk it all-for each other. rafe cameron x fem!oc [ennemies to lovers] © -theblond • 2024

where a kook wanted a swing at a pogue and then set the island ablaze. rafe cameron x pogue Disclaimer: INCREDIBLY mature content

'I found love where it wasn't supposed to be. Right in front of me. Talk some sense to me' Slow burn enemies to lovers. Rafe Cameron x Fem!OC i don't own Outer Banks, Just my character Stella, and her plot lines!

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

Madeline has always kept to herself-quiet, careful, and far from trouble. But lately, the safety she's built around herself is beginning to crack. What starts as an uneasy feeling during her walks home soon turns into something far more disturbing: anonymous notes, unsettling gifts, and photos that prove someone has been watching her for far longer than she realized. No matter how hard she tries to escape the feeling, there's never anyone there when she looks. Which only makes it worse. Because it means one thing- someone is always watching Madeline.

the devil and i get along just fine... outerbanks s1 - tbc rafe x fem OC lowercase

Lara Henderson is Dustin's older sister. She left Hawkins at fourteen to finish high school in another town. Four years later, she has built a quiet and predictable life far from the place she once called home. But everything begins to shift when Dustin's letters start to change. At first, they are long and enthusiastic and full of the usual chaos that only he can create. Then they become shorter and colder, as if he is carrying something too heavy to share. Her mother's phone calls make things worse. The pauses are long and the explanations vague. Will Byers disappeared for days and came back, but no one seems willing to say what actually happened. Jonathan does not respond when she tries to contact him. Joyce sounds exhausted. And Dustin, who always told her everything, suddenly feels miles away. To Lara, Hawkins has always been an ordinary town where nothing extraordinary should ever have happened. But her instinct tells her that something is wrong, and Dustin needs her. That alone is enough. When she returns, the city feels different. Too quiet, too cautious. The Byers' house carries a strange heaviness. Dustin's friends avoid certain topics. And Steve Harrington, who had once been only the popular boy from school, now stands out as someone unexpectedly kind and protective, someone who seems to understand more than he says. Lara knows nothing about portals or creatures. She has no idea what happened while she was gone. What she does know is that Hawkins is not the place she left, and neither is she.

Skylar Hayes partly grew up on the Outer Banks. After her mother died a sudden and tragic death when Skylar was just five years old, her uncle brought her to visit the OBX whenever he could- on weekends, during school breaks, and so on. He did this not only to keep her mother's memory alive and to show Skylar the beautiful island where he and her mother (his sister) had grown up, but also to protect her from her abusive father. Just before her 13th birthday, her father decided to move them to California. Now 17, an incident with her father leads Skylar to move in with her Uncle Mason for good. With minimal parental supervision, new friends, and some newfound freedom what kind of trouble will Skylar find herself in, and what secrets might she uncover along the way? JJ was her first crush, her childhood best friend. Rafe was just the cute, mysterious older brother of the kids she used to hang out with from time to time. Skylar comes to find herself stuck between the two, realizing they're both just two different sides of the same storm, having to choose which side she's willing to take on: the free spirited, reckless, deeply caring one - or the dark, mysterious and sometimes even dangerous one. While both are equally intense, they also both give her a sense of safety she desperately craves.