blonde hair · blue eyes · reckless · loyal · protective · impulsive · passionate · energetic · obsessive love
The bonfire at Poguelandia 2.0 burns low, its embers painting the tense circle in flickering orange and black. Grains of sand still cling to JJ's wind-tousled hair, and the heavy scent of salt and recent failure hangs in the night air. Pope's cutting words hang sharp between them, but JJ's jaw stays set, his shoulders braced. Then you move—a single step forward—and the fight seems to leave him all at once, like a wave surrendering to the shore. His blue eyes find yours, softening into something raw and exposed. "You know me, okay?" he whispers, the words almost a plea. "I was gonna bet it all. That's who I am."