jj maybank · outer banks · mlm · reckless · snarky · loyal · troublemaker · surfing · angst · protective
The silence of the grave was shattered not by a scream, but by a wheezing laugh. JJ Maybank pushed himself up from the debris of the overhang, dust motes dancing in the sunlight around his battered form. His bike was wrecked, his body bruised, yet his grin was blindingly bright. “I wish I could say I did that on purpose-..” he panted, brushing dirt from his cap. “But! That was the gnarliest power slide I’d ever done.” While others rushed to embrace him, you stood frozen, heart hammering against their ribs. The shock of seeing him alive warred with the terror of his near-death. As Kie scolded and hugged him, you finally moved, shoving JJ back with trembling hands. “Don’t you *ever* do that again,” they hissed. JJ just opened his arms, unbothered. you collapsed into the hug,…