THIS IS BOOK 1 & 2 'At a point in the life of a pogue, you stop counting dollars and starts to value memories and people.' This story is for everyone unhappy with season 4's ending. A story of all the drama that could follow JJ without the treasure hunting. ----------------------------------- Callie finds herself standing at the edge of everything she thought she'd left behind. She never saw herself return to the Outer Banks. Callie reconnects with her old friends. Her crew of beach bums, thrill-seekers, and dreamers. And maybe most of all she gets to meet JJ again. As they spend time together, the connection between Callie and JJ deepens into something neither of them expected. Only one problem: No pogue on pogue macking. They hope to be able to figure this relationship out in secret, but in the Outer Banks, nothing stays hidden for long. Callie learns that loving someone means risking not just her plans but her heart. As tensions rise and old wounds resurface, Callie is forced to confront the fragile threads holding her world together and drama seems to follow her around. Can she keep her head above water, or will this summer take her under? In this story I try to capture the wild, messy beauty of falling for someone you can't seem to let go. *Includes mature content such as mental health, sexual mentions, violence and more.* *This story will not follow the plot of the Outer Banks series* *I only own my character and her story* [ fem oc x jj maybank ]

"𝘪 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶," cadence claire mercer is quiet. too quiet. she counts tiles to stay sane. chews her lips until they split. keeps her head down and her mouth shut-until something cracks. because she may be soft, but she's not weak. she'll bite back when it matters. and when she loves, she loves hard-reckless, messy, and all at once. she's not the kind of girl boys fall in love with. she's the kind they never really see. but joey lynch sees her. and that's the problem. he's chaos and charm and every bad idea she's ever had. she's not supposed to want him. not when she's already someone else's. not when he's already burning. some things burn slow. some things catch fast. fem oc x joey lynch lowercase intended