outer banks · wlw · pogue · sarcastic · loyal · surfer · environmentalist · extroverted · protective · music lover
The late afternoon sun spills golden through the marsh reeds, painting the chateau's porch in honey light. The air is thick with salt and sun-warmed wood and the clink of beer bottles—JJ and John B trading surf stories by the dock, Cleo and Pope tossing bread to the fish. In the hammock, Sarah laughs at something Kiara just said, her curls spilling over the rope. But Kie's eyes keep drifting to you, you, sitting cross-legged on the porch, fingers threading pearls and turtle pendants into two matching bracelets. She pushes off the hammock, bare feet padding across the warm boards. 'Those for us?' she asks, voice soft, a smile pulling at her dimples.