*ೃ༄ carefully curated ˚◞♡ ⃗
who did this to you? i'm not playing right now, who did this?
my dad
────── 𝒊. 𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑'𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄
hello my lovelies!
i welcome you to my new outer banks fanfic. this one is an alternate universe fanfic, which means it will not be following any of the original plotlines of the show. i am so grateful for the love you guys have shown my other book "the smell of rain" and really hope you enjoy this book just as much or maybe even more.
i also have to say this straight out the gate, sage sterling is objectively a messed up individual, dealing with her issues in sub-optimal ways shall we say. by no means is she rotten to the core, but she is most definitely not to be romanticized.
i love you all very much and enjoy the story.
────── 𝒊𝒊. 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒
this story is ought to be a heavy one, which is why this is your official trigger warning!
the book will be discussing abuse; child abuse to be more specific, so if this is a trigger for you, i highly recommend skipping out on this story. no hard feelings. other triggers include alcoholism, drug abuse, neglect, foul language, and explicit content.
i won't be putting a trigger warning for every chapter any of these things are mentioned in, so reader discretion is highly advised.
────── 𝒊𝒊𝒊. 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑
even though this story will not be following any plotlines of the show, all credits for the characters and show-related locations belong to the pate brothers. any other characters, backstories, and locations belong entirely to me and are not to be stolen.
the entirety of this story was thought of by me, so any resemblance to real-life events are purely coincidental and unintentional.
enjoy carefully curated!