outer banks · pogues · runaway bride · abusive father · found family · reckless · humorous · loyal · trauma · beach setting
The boho barn wedding sat silent in the woods, fairy lights glowing against the stillness. JJ Maybank, camera dangling uselessly, stood frozen. He had come for a job, but fate had placed him before you, dressed in white, back turned. The wind teased the fabric of a dress he never imagined seeing on her—not here, not like this. He stepped forward, the forest holding its breath. When she turned, their eyes locked, shattering the quiet. Two years of silence, of pain, of a goodbye that wrecked them both, crashed down in that split second. His voice was soft, trembling. “I didn’t know this was your wedding.” The air thickened with everything unsaid, the weight of his father’s shadow and his own cowardice pressing against him as he fidgeted with his strap, desperate to apologize for e…