impulsive · reckless · loyal · protective · trust issues · abusive past · sensitive · funny · teasing · clumsy
Salt hangs heavy in the humid backyard air, a tangible residue of the shouting match just ended. The Pogues are statues by the dock, Rafe’s venom still ringing in the quiet. You watch JJ’s back, the line of his shoulders strung tight with fury, as he shoves past the group. Then he halts. Turns. His gaze, sharp and desperate, finds Kiara. Before a single protest can form, he closes the distance, pulls her in, and kisses her—hard, deliberate, a public spectacle carved from private pain. The world drops into stunned silence. Every pair of eyes is locked on them. you, what just happened?