Taylor grew up in the OBX-sunburnt skin, salty hair, and a family she'd rather forget. So most nights, she crashes at her friends that turned family. The Kooks and Pogues. Labels aren't a thing in their groups friendship. This summer was supposed to be just like the others: wild parties, adventures, too much booze, and even more bad decisions. But between the chaos, the chemistry, and the tension that's been building for way too long with both JJ and Rafe... things are about to get complicated. Lines will be crossed. Friendships tested. Hearts broken. The only question is: Who will Taylor do? Oops. I mean what will Taylor do? Or will she lose herself trying to love them both? A messy, addictive, steamy love triangle set in the Outer Banks. ⚠️WARNING: Mature content, smut, drug use. Etc. *started updating and revising as of 8/7/25*

After losing her mother, stepfather, and little sister in a car accident, eighteen-year-old Eleanor "Nelly" Lakeson is shipped off to Kildare to live with her Kook aunt who believes rules and routine can cure grief. But Nelly carries a darkness no one in Kildare could ever imagine-a past twisted with secrets, fear, and the things she endured throughout her childhood to protect her little sister. No one knew what she survived. No one ever will.. College is a disaster, friendships have withered, and drugs are the only thing keeping the memories quiet. Nelly has always been drawn to boys with cracks, boys who are as haunted as she is. Which is why Rafe Cameron terrifies her. He's everything she should avoid: arrogant, privileged, infuriating. But behind his perfect façade is something fractured, something bruised, something she recognizes in herself. And he sees her darkness too-like he's been waiting for someone just as wrecked. What starts as tension turns into a connection too intense to deny. Late-night whispers turn into shared demons, shared addictions, shared hunger for something that feels almost like love... or the closest thing two broken souls can manage. And as Nelly slips deeper, she drags Rafe with her-into her addictions, her trauma, her storm. Together they spiral into something raw, toxic, consuming... a love that feels like both a fatal mistake and the only thing keeping them alive. This wasn't healing... This was falling... Beautiful, deadly, and completely unstoppable... ---- This story is based off Characters from Outerbanks. I do not own the rights to characters from the show. This does not follow Obx plot This story contains themes such as Drugs/alcohol addiction Sexual Assualt and Violence Depression Sex This will be quite a dark, toxic and heavy story so please bare this in mind if you decide to read, I will put Trigger Warnings throughout. Thank you

"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

Pairing: Season 3-4 Rafe x Maybank reader Summary: Following the events of escaping Singh and all the follows a time jump occurs. The Pogues seemingly succeeded at something, Rafe is struggling with making amends and being a better person. JJs sister left the island after returning home from South America. Coming back after 18 months with a secret. Learn about Lila and Rafe's past present and future. Warnings: there are many, including, fluff, smut, discussion of pregnancy, discussion of abortion, anger, loss of life, etc. I own no rights to Outer Banks or their characters. I only own the characters I created. This is a story I created on tumblr back in October following the events of season 4.

"he's not just a kook. and he's more than a friend!" - updated will be posted a little slow this summer!

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