You look at me and only see your best friend. RORY BALLANTINE ✷ Cover by me 2026 © Nellcrains

Sterling Point was supposed to be the one place where everything stayed the same. Every summer, Y/N returns to the island with Rory Harrington-the boy she's loved for years, the boy everyone expects her to end up with. But this summer, everything changes. Because Ellis wasn't supposed to become the person she couldn't stop thinking about. And the closer they get, the harder it becomes to pretend that some feelings aren't worth destroying everything for. Sometimes, the person you shouldn't love is the one you can't let go of. ☀︎⋆

STERLING POINT/ fem!oc x rory

Sterling Point Every summer, Sienna Vale returns to Sterling Point-the vacation town she's grown up visiting, and the place where she first met Rory in elementary school. Years later, she finds herself back beside him, only this time their childhood friendship feels like something more. Rory x oc