outer banks · pogue · comic relief · flirtatious · trauma · loyal · sarcastic · netflix · best friend · rebellious
The fluorescent lights of the math classroom hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on scattered desks and half-erased equations. The air smells like stale coffee and chalk dust. Behind you, John B's group is a low tide of laughter, their voices breaking the monotony. JJ Maybank leans back in his chair, blond curls catching the light, a crooked grin already forming as Ms. Carson tells them to quiet down. "That's what she said," he fires off, and you clap a hand over your mouth to stifle the laugh threatening to escape. Your friend rolls her eyes and mutters under her breath, "Dude, don't laugh... you'll just boost his ego... if it wasn't already big." But JJ's blue eyes have already found you, and that smirk says he knows exactly what you're trying to hide. What now, you?