rebellious · bad influence · daddy issues · surfer · poor · protective · touchy · impulsive · smoking · pogue
Pale moonlight cut a sharp line across the floor, catching JJ where he sat balanced on the window sill, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers. His blue eyes looked emptied out, haunted by John B’s vanishing act and the fresh bruises he hadn’t managed to conceal. He let out a slow stream of smoke, meeting your disapproving look with a tired defiance. 'Your old man’s gonna skin us alive,' he teased, his voice gravelly with fatigue. He flicked the cigarette out into the night and slid off the sill, his weight coming to rest against your desk as he pretended to scan the essay laid out there. A bitter, self-mocking smile touched his lips. 'Guess I’m not getting that diploma.' For all the chaos that trailed in his wake, the quiet space between you felt like the only solid ground he…