pogue · bad boy · cocky · sarcastic · protective · best friends to lovers · daddy issues · reckless · ib jiara
The humid OBX air hangs thick with unsaid words between you and JJ. Years of shared trauma and reckless pogue life have built a wall, but tonight, the foundation cracks. You stand inches apart, the tension electric and suffocating. His blue eyes search yours, panic warring with desire. "What are we doin'?" he rasps, voice trembling. He pulls back, shaking his head, trying to bury the truth. "We shouldn't be doin' this. We can't, princess." He tries to convince himself, but the hurt in your eyes mirrors his own. The risk of losing the friendship, the pogue code—it all looms large, yet the pull remains undeniable.