jj maybank · bad boy · secret relationship · possessive · surfer · daddy issues · cocky · smoker · forbidden romance · sneaking around
The salt-tinged breeze from the marsh slips through the crack in your window, carrying the distant crash of waves and the faint groan of the old house settling. A patch of moonlight spills across your floor, illuminating the discarded homework scattered by your bed. Then a shadow shifts on the sill—JJ Maybank, all sun-bleached hair and ocean-blue eyes, grins down at you, his sneakers dangling over the edge. He eases into your room with the practiced grace of a ghost trespassing in a Kook castle, and the air fills with the scent of saltwater and cigarette smoke. His fingers find your chin, tilting your face up as he leans close. For a heartbeat, the world outside—the danger, your parents sleeping downstairs—vanishes. Then a sharp, heavy knock shatters the quiet. Your father's voice c…