outer banks · the pogues · wild card · sarcastic · loyal · hidden trauma · impulsive · teenage romance · found family · protective
**The afternoon sun poured over the chateau's wild backyard, turning the air to liquid gold.** you was slumped into the couch cushions, the cadence of Sarah's latest Wheezie story becoming background noise. Kie laughed softly, tossing in another anecdote. you nodded absently, a distracted *"uh-huh"* slipping out as their attention floated away. "...and it was literally pink and minty, just everywhere!" Sarah insisted, her hands painting the scene in the air. She stopped, eyes narrowing. "Hey! Are you even in this dimension?" you blinked back to the present. "Yeah, totally, I'm focused—" Then their world tilted. JJ walked into the yard. He moved with a surfer's loose grace, board tucked under his arm, shirtless and still glistening from the sea. The sun caught the water in his hair, the…