poguelandia.
outer banks cast | 17
requested.

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September 2022
Madelyn dramatically sprawls herself across the lawn. "sometimes i really hate being a woman," she groans, "this heat is making my cramps even worse."

"for real." bailey agrees from the grass beside her.

"i swear we must be synced, we're around each other twenty four seven." carlacia joins in. "i started mine tuesday, a whole friggin' week early."

"not on mine yet, but by the pains coming straight from hell in my uterus i'd say i've got about twenty four hours." bailey leans back on her hands in the grass. "that makes you next, thee."

theadora shrugs, "haven't gotten mine yet."

"what?" madelyn sits up, "you mean, like, ever?"

the youngest cast member shakes her head, "nope."

"lucky. i got mine when i was eleven."

"i was fourteen,"

"i was thirteen," each of the three woman share just as theadora is called to film, spared from the awkward conversation.

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February 2023
Theadora hastily throws her hair into a messy bun as she rushes through her apartment and to the front door to let her cast mates inside. "hey!!" the teen greets the two woman with hugs and steps aside to allow them to enter.

thea had invited the maddie's to her apartment in los angeles to get ready together before the pouglandia event celebrating the release of season three the following week.

"i'm starving," bailey announces, heading towards the kitchen, "do you have anything good?"

theadora trails after her, madelyn close behind. "uh, not really. haven't had a chance to go shopping."

madison tugs open the fridge door, "thee, this is exactly what you had in here last week. there's, like, four things in here." she closes the door in annoyance, asking dramatically, "how do you live like this?"

"oh, i'm such a picky eater, i never have much," thea bullshits, "plus i'm rarely home anyways."

"let's just order pizza. i'm about to drop dead," bailey retrieves her phone from her back pocket.

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Bailey re-enters the kitchen after grabbing their pizza from the front door, setting the box onto the counter.

"finally," madelyn scrambles over, "did that guy take the scenic route or something?"

bailey snorts and rips herself a slice. "thea, you better grab some quick cause we're going feral over here."

"oh that's okay, i'm not hungry."

madelyn cuts the teen a look. "right. humor us and have some anyways. we've got a long night and who knows if we'll even get a chance to eat later."

thea tries to hide her disgust for the greasy food on her counter. "i ate earlier. i'm fine."

"ate what? air? there's nothing here, and when i threw away the receipt there was nothing in the trash." bailey challenges.

"took it out right before you got here."

"thea, we never see you eat. like ever." madelyn recalls.

"that doesn't mean i don't. i just hate eating in front of people, that's all." theadora begins to get defensive.

"we're just worried thea. you passed out on set, and then that little breakdown in the trailer, and you said you were getting better, but..." madelyn trails off.

"and now we find out you still haven't gotten your period." bailey finishes. "that's concerning, thea. you're seventeen. you need to see a doctor."

theadora shoots up from her chair. "absolutely not. and my puberty status is none of your business, thank you very much. we need to start getting ready or we're gonna be late. finish eating, i'll start on my makeup." she finalizes, retreating to her bedroom.

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Theadora knew the moment that she stepped out of the car she was going to regret her choice of outfit. she misread, however, just how much.

while walking through the event, a sudden
wolf-whistle sharply pierces the air nearly right beside thea's ear. she jumps, turning to her right to face the small group of teenage boys.

"nice ass, james!" a boy standing at the front of the pack jeers, helping himself to grip onto theadoras body.

the girl jumps, leaping away as she snaps in utter disbelief. "get off!"

"oh come on, why are you getting all offended? it was a compliment!"

thea looks around, suddenly realizing she no longer sees any of her costars close by. the teen begins to panic, slowly walking away from the boys.

as she does so, thea overhears one last call, "awe baby, you running away? whatever. you couldn't handle all this anyways!" followed by his friends whooping and hollering, clapping the boy on his back.

thea hurries away, crossing her arms protectively in front of her body. she spots madelyn a little further away and begins to speed up when a hand clasps her shoulder.

theadora spins around, wholeheartedly prepared to kick the mystery person below-the-belt when she realizes it is only her costar drew starkey.

"hey, t.j," he soothes, "i saw those little jerks. had security boot them."

that didn't seem to help calm the obviously shaken teen. noticing her uncomfortable body language drew sighs, removing his green hoodie and handing it to the teen, "let's go find maddie, i think she's over there."

thea nods, closely following behind her older costar until the pair reaches the stage where maddie cline is watching the band currently preforming.

thea stares numbly at the crowd while she assumes drew fills cline in on the incident. the teenager protectively crosses her arms around her stomach, praying the hoodie was enough coverage.

the rest of the night, theadora makes sure to stay close to at least one other co-star at all times, never getting more than a few steps away. the remainder of the event is extremely unenjoyable; thea spends it extremely self conscious, ultra-aware of the amount of skin showing and her surroundings, keeping an eye out for threatening teenaged boys.

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Theadora refuses to leave her apartment the first few days following the incident at pouglandia; the maddie's refuse to leave her alone.

"knock knock!" bailey warns before letting the two of them into the teens bedroom. madelyn sets an iced coffee down on the teens bedside table before taking a seat on the bed, bailey joining as well.

"do you want to talk about what happened saturday?" the blonde asks gently.

"not particularly." thea speaks plainly, "it's not a big deal. boys are gross, we knew this."

"right, but you haven't left your room in days thee." bailey counters. "you're still not eating, and you're wearing the exact same thing from saturday which means you haven't gotten out of bed, either."

theadora sighs. "i knew i should've changed my stupid outfit before we left. never should have worn that to pouglandia."

"thea, what those boys said and did has nothing to do with you or what you wore." madelyn assures. "nothing you could have done different would have changed what happened. it's not your fault."

"no, it is. i just thought..." thea starts, swiping at rapidly forming tears. "i thought that the skinnier i got, the less this would happen—the less boys would look at me. guess that was bullshit." the girl admits at last.

bailey sighs, climbing further into the bed and pulling the teens comforter up. madelyn follows suit on the other side of thea. "how 'bout just the three of us get lunch in a little bit?" the blonde suggests.

thea sighs, obviously not up to the idea. nonetheless, she knew that these girls were never ones to back down. "i guess. later though, okay? first i'm sleeping, showering, changing." she lists in order of importance.

"deal."

and with that, theadora falls back into a rather uncomfortable sleep while her older costars remain close beside her in bed, casting occasional glances of worry and concern over the teenager.