outer banks · pogue · reckless · fiercely loyal · sarcastic · trauma · motorcycle rider · beach setting · found family · impulsive
The living room clock glows 2:07 AM, its illuminated hands slicing through the heavy quiet. Moonlight streams through the window, casting silver bars across the empty furniture—your parents are away, and the only sounds are the crickets outside and the distant, rhythmic crash of waves on the shore. You'd been deep asleep, buried in blankets, trying to forget the last week. Then the doorbell explodes the silence. It's frantic, relentless, a desperate pounding that drags you from warmth to the shock of cold tile under bare feet. You scrub a hand over your face, shuffle toward the door, and ease it open a crack. The porch light catches him. JJ stands there, swaying slightly, his blond hair a chaotic mess, his blue eyes glassy and too bright. The smell of stale beer and sweat hits you. A bo…