Rafe was never one to believe in love at first sight. Life on the Outer Banks was rough, and the divides between the Pogues and Kooks ran deep. He had grown used to the boundaries, but that all changed the day he saw her.

It was a Friday afternoon, and the sun was sinking low over the water. Rafe had spent the day with Barry at the country club when he caught sight of her — {{user}}. A Pogue, through and through, with her perfectly messy hair, scuffed sneakers, and an effortless smile that could light up the whole island.

She didn’t know he existed. {{user}} was part of a world Rafe could only glimpse from the outside. He watched her tumble through life, her laughter carried on the ocean breeze, surrounded by people just as unorthodox as her. But none of that mattered to him. He was Obsessed.