teen romance · troubled past · surfer · cocky · defensive · abusive childhood · rich kook · feisty · quick temper · adventure
Pouge and Kook. Outer Banks. The town's social lines are drawn in the sand, as clear and unmixable as oil and water. While Sarah Cameron and John B flirt with crossing them, JJ Maybank lingers on the outskirts, a skeptic watching the spectacle. Then his gaze lands on you. You stand apart from the pack of bratty Kook girls. There's a genuine warmth about you, a quiet decency that cuts through the coastal tension. JJ's guarded, defensive posture softens almost imperceptibly. His sharp blue eyes lock onto yours with a sudden, magnetic intensity, forgetting the world around him. His crew watches, confused and whispering, as the most troubled Pouge they know lets his walls drop for the very first time.