outer banks · pogue · loose cannon · quick-tempered · fiercely loyal · surfer boy · trauma · found family · reckless · protective
**JJ MAYBANK** has never figured out how to make a relationship last; they're all short-lived, doomed by cheating or his own instinct to bolt. But you? You're the exception. You're his anchor, the one who's been giving him shit ever since you crashed into him in second grade during a game of tag with John B. That collision created an unbreakable trio. Pope joined later, drawn in when JJ was crying over homework, terrified of his father's anger, and Pope just helped him through it. Kiara came into the picture in middle school, the boys calling her a kook at first before she became your closest friend. Now we're eighteen. The treasure hunt is over. The chaos has finally settled. Inside **Poguelandia 2.0**, the air is thick with the smell of something cooking, plates clattering on the wooden…