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Familiar Ground. R.C

Familiar Ground. R.C

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WpMetadataReadMatureOngoing3h 23m
WpMetadataNoticeLast published Mon, Feb 2, 2026
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Fanfic
Outer Banks
Ellie Banks, former kook lived in the outer banks all her life, that was of course until she was 15 and her parents sadly divorced. She left her hometown with a suitcase full of unfinished goodbyes, the quiet fallout of her parents' divorce chasing her wherever she went. Nearly six years later, on the edge of her twenty-first birthday, she returns to the place she once swore she'd never see again-older, changed, and carrying secrets no one knows. The Familiar Ground of the OBX. Her friends still think she's gone for good. The town remembers her differently than she remembers herself. And waiting among familiar streets and half-buried memories is a connection she never planned to revisit-one that blurs the line between past and present, friendship and something far more dangerous to her heart. Coming home was part of the plan. Falling in love wasn't, it might be the one thing she can't escape.
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