If you had really loved something, wouldn't a little bit of it always linger?
LOVERS ROT.
If you were to crack open her ribs, you would find it has consumed her.
Covered her bones, and her heart. It has eaten her up whole. It is her.
It's been growing for awhile. Every summer he waters it. Keeps it alive. Maybe, she thinks, he doesn't even realize what he's done. What he's doing.
It's her fault. She knows it. She's let it consume her. Hasn't tried to stop it. But, a naive soul never sees past the shiny exterior of a false god. So, she worships anyhow, keeps it alive.
A fallen angel has lost their innocence. Once they wished you wouldn't fall to the feet of a false idol, yet here she kneels. And here lays the fallen angel. Wounded. Broken. Never the same.
Perhaps it wasn't just her. Perhaps the weight of the father and the overwhelming hatred for his brother was apart of it too. But here he lays fallen, still.
Summer is a curse. She thinks. Yes, summer is a curse. Because if it weren't for summer she wouldn't be consumed by this. If it weren't for summer she wouldn't be kneeling. If it weren't for summer he never would've clipped his wings.
This, that grows every summer. This curse that has consumed her. This is lovers rot. And lovers rot stays with you, sticks to you, is you. Forever. Summer or not.
Rhia Santiago
17. The Naive Soul.
River Cameron
17. The Fallen Angel.
Rafe Cameron
18. The False God.
Also Starring,
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Adria Arjona as Laurel Santiago
Adam Brody as Roman Santiago
Michael Cimino as Mateo Santiago
Melissa Barrera as Francesca Santiago
Zoe Colletti as Isla Jewel
Charles Esten as Ward Cameron
Madelyn Cline as Sarah Cameron
Cate Blanchett as Georgiana Camerondisclaimers ! This story will contain mature themes, (mild violence, abuse, traumatic events, language, etc.) This plot is loosely inspired by The Summer I Turned Pretty, not the show but more so the books. I do not own TSITP, nor do I own Outer Banks.
notes ! OBX AU YAY. this plot holds my heart i love it so much. river has my entire heart (sorry rafe). This will be like tsitp but amp up the angst and the trauma and drama. i hope you guys enjoy this and thank you for all the love and support!!! 💋💋💋
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