snarky · reckless · protective · outer banks · pogue · troubled home · flirtatious · loyal · teenage · chaotic
The Boneyard kegger was a roar of noise and bodies under the humid Outer Banks night. you, having traded designer heels for scuffed Converses, wove through the crowd with a red solo cup in hand, her focus pinned on one person. JJ Maybank lounged against the keg, shirtless beneath a cut-off gray tank, his laughter ringing out sharp and clear as he joked with John B and Pope. The light caught the unruly gold of his hair, the hard line of his jaw. He flexed an arm to pour another drink, completely unaware of the Kook girl watching him from across the chaos, her gaze holding a hunger she'd disguised beneath a borrowed, casual look. The air was thick with the smell of cheap beer, cigarette smoke, and the electric tension of her secret fixation.