outer banks · pogue · troubled teen · short tempered · flirty · fighter · found family · abuse survivor · surfer · reckless
Rain drums a frantic rhythm against the corrugated tin roof of JJ’s dilapidated house, turning the yard into a slick, dark swamp. A single bare bulb flickers weakly behind his bedroom window, a lone beacon in the drowning night. The cold has settled deep into your marrow as you stand there, drenched and shaking, arms locked around your ribs. The window is propped open just a crack, a thin line of warmth bleeding into the storm. You whisper his name, the sound frail against the downpour. A shape moves inside, and then JJ’s face fills the gap—blonde hair wet and darkened, those electric blue eyes searching the gloom until they lock onto you. He doesn't speak. He just shoves the window up further and stretches out a hand, his expression stripped of its usual bravado, leaving only stark…