Unfinished Tides

Aurora Miller grew up on the Cut until her mother married a Kook and dragged her into a life she never chose.

When her mother dies suddenly, Aurora leaves the island, and everyone on it, for two years, running from her grief, her friends, and the boy she loved.

When she finally returns, nothing feels the same. The island has changed, the people have changed, and so has Rafe Cameron, the ex she never truly forgot.

The island remembered her, even when she wished it didn't.

Rafe Cameron doesn't believe in ghosts, but if he did, Aurora Miller would be one.

Two years gone by and she still knows how to crawl under his skin just by breathing the same air as him. Everyone else sees her standing there like she belongs again, but he sees what she really is, unfinished, unhealed, and dangerous in the way only someone you loved can be.

He tells himself he hates her for leaving, for choosing distance over him, for surviving so easily without him.

But hate doesn't feel like this, hate doesn't make his hands shake or his chest burn when she looks away. If she thinks coming back won't ruin him all over again, she's already wrong.

Troupe: Lovers, to enemies, to lovers, slow burn, second chance.

This story doesn't follow the OBX storyline completely!
This story includes strong language, mentions of abuse, smut (maybe), etc. There will be trigger warnings at the beginning of each chapters if there is any mentions of these themes!

Enjoy!!