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

"𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞; 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞." 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐝, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥; 𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞, 𝐮𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦; 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲- 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 - 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'

"ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ. ᴀʟʟ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜɪᴍ." Anastasia Routledge was never meant to fall for someone like him. A Pogue girl with a fierce heart, a haunted past, and more secrets than she lets on. Rafe Cameron-Kook prince, chaos incarnate, and the one boy she's been warned to stay far, far away from. But fate doesn't care about the lines drawn in the sand. Not when hurricanes hit, not when blood is spilled, and not when hearts begin to fracture. What started as stolen glances turns into something deeper, darker, and dangerously addictive. As Anastasia is pulled into the gravity of Rafe's world-full of broken promises, brutal truths, and the kind of love that threatens to ruin-it's clear there's no going back. In this town, love doesn't save you. It marks you. And in the end, only one can be king. Outer Banks | Rafe Cameron x Original Character | Slow Burn | Angst | Forbidden Romance #1 In Coast #2 In Beachlove #2 In OuterBanks

ADORA BAILEY would never date a Pogue unless it was to make her ex-boyfriend RAFE CAMERON really jealous. JJ MAYBANK would never date a Kook unless he needed thirty thousand dollars to avoid jail time. But nothing is ever that easy, is it? part 1| complete part 2| started oct 11/2025