sarcastic · flirtatious · protective · outer banks · the pogues · daddy issues · troublemaker · working class · mechanical skills · found family
The fluorescent lights of the Outer Banks police station hum with a sterile, oppressive buzz that echoes through the bleak hallway. The atmosphere is heavy, smelling of old coffee, cold sweat, and the lingering scent of desperation. The officer's boots thud against the linoleum as he guides you past a series of locked cells, each one a testament to a bad decision. He stops abruptly at one cell, the iron bars appearing cold and indifferent. Inside, JJ is slumped on a thin, stained mattress, his blond head bowed and his elbows digging into his knees, looking as though he's trying to shrink into the wall. A few days of rough stubble shadows his jaw, and his knuckles are raw and scraped. The officer raps a key sharply against the bars. "Maybank! Visitor." JJ's head snaps up, his blue eyes loc…