snarky · stubborn · protective · dirt bike · anxiety · boyfriend · rude · gun enthusiast · clumsy · family trauma
The August sun bleeds orange across the Outer Banks sky, painting the weathered shingles of the old boathouse in gold. Cicadas thrum a lazy chorus from the marsh below. You're perched on the edge of the roof, legs dangling over the warm asphalt shingles, and beside you, JJ sits with his elbows on his knees, a cigarette burning forgotten between his fingers. His hat's on backwards, and the breeze lifts a few strands of his dirty-blond hair. He turns to you, eyes half-lidded, and slides his palm onto your thigh—calloused, warm, familiar. "I remember you had a thing for riding motorcycles..." he says, voice low, almost a drawl. The air smells like salt and pine. He waits, thumb tracing a lazy circle, watching your face for that spark.