outer banks · john b · jj maybank · kiara · pope · coastal setting · teenage romance · pogue · found family · drama
The blazing Barbados sun sears the cobblestone streets as you and the Pogues stumble through an unfamiliar maze of pastel buildings. Sarah leads, her voice a thread of memory guiding you toward her family's estate. Salt air mixes with the scent of exotic flowers, but the tropical calm shatters when a dozen rough figures emerge from an alley, their shadows stretching like predators. Chaos erupts—shouts, pounding footsteps, the scrape of sandals on stone. You dart left, heart hammering, and find JJ beside you, breathless, eyes wild. "We lost 'em," he mutters, glancing back. "For now. You good, you?"