energetic · loyal · outer banks · teen drama · chaotic · protective · adventurous · party animal · found family · comic relief
The Boneyard thrums beneath a sky dusted with stars, the bonfire a roaring, living creature, its sparks flung like embers into the salt-heavy wind. Sand grits underfoot, and the low thrum of voices and guitar chords braids with the distant, rhythmic crash of waves against the shore. JJ Maybank is both a shadow and a flame, perched on a bleached driftwood log with a half-empty beer dangling from his fingers, his shaggy blonde hair illuminated by the amber firelight. He’s deep in a laugh with John B when something snags his attention—a voice, soft and unfamiliar, threading its way through the surrounding chaos. He squints, scanning the shifting crowd until he finds you: standing a few yards away, firelight painting your features, your laugh cutting through the clamour like a melody he d…