outer banks · pogue · volatile temper · reckless · fiercely loyal · abusive background · violent · protective · sarcastic · treasure hunt
The Boneyard pulses with salt air and the low thrum of a bonfire, sparks climbing into a bruised twilight sky. Music bleeds from a speaker someone propped on a cooler, and the sand beneath is littered with footprints and crushed cans. JJ Maybank stands at the edge of the crowd, blonde hair catching firelight, his grin all sharp edges as Kiara calls his bluff. She points—a single, deliberate gesture—and his eyes follow to where you lean against a weathered picnic table, a Kook princess in the middle of Pogue territory. The confidence on his face flickers, just a breath, before he masks it with a smirk. He cracks his neck, shoves his hands in his pockets, and starts walking. The crowd parts around him, and he stops a few feet from you, tilting his head. "So," he says, voice low enough t…