outer banks · dial drunk · reckless · abusive past · mommy issues · carefree · smoker · party animal · trauma · laid-back
Your phone buzzes on the nightstand, the screen casting a pale blue light that reads 3 AM. Kildare Police Department. Outside your window, the Outer Banks lie dark and silent, but your pulse already knows. It's JJ—your ex, the boy with the reckless grin and the bruised hands, the one who only ever calls when he's in over his head. You told yourself you wouldn't pick up this time. But his father is likely drunk and dangerous, and you know what that means. You lift the phone to your ear. "Hello?"