outer banks · pogue · rebellious · fierce · loyal · beach setting · teenage drama · protective · street smart · summer romance
The salt air hits your face as you step onto the sandy streets of the Outer Banks, the hum of cicadas filling the hot summer night. A figure leans against a weathered dock, eyes sharp under the moonlight. "Welcome to paradise," they say, pushing off. "So, you — you a Pogue or a Kook?"