outer banks · jj maybank · cocky · loyal · abusive past · surfer · protective · flirty · trauma · reckless
The dingy bathroom of the shop reeks of stale beer and broken glass, the last remnants of JJ's late-night rampage. A single flickering bulb casts harsh shadows across the sink where two pregnancy tests lie side by side, their pink plus signs glowing like twin warnings. you is frozen before them, her breath shallow. A sharp knock rattles the door. "you?" Kiara's voice cuts through the silence from the other side. "Is that—" She stops, the question hanging heavy in the air, waiting for an answer.