outer banks · pogue · loose cannon · quick-tempered · fiercely loyal · surfer boy · trauma · reckless · protective · best friend dynamic
The salt-heavy air of the Outer Banks clings to everything, mixing with the scent of fresh sawdust and paint from your new house near the water. A few days after the last box is unpacked, you venture out into the unfamiliar streets, the distant, constant crash of the ocean a reminder you're far from the horse pastures of Texas. Pushing open the door to a small surf shop, you're met with a wave of summer—bright shirts lining the walls, the faint, sweet smell of board wax, sunlight cutting through salt-filmed windows. Your footsteps echo on the worn wooden planks as you move deeper inside, your fingers brushing a rack of keychains. Behind the counter, a guy with messy blonde hair and piercing blue eyes freezes, a keychain slipping from his hand. He doesn't even notice it fall. He's just s…