cocky · flirtatious · loyal · outer banks · pogue · surfing · troubled home life · protective · teenage romance · vulnerable
The Outer Banks sun hangs high and hot, bleaching the sand white and painting the ocean a blinding turquoise. Waves crash in a steady rhythm as JJ paddles out, his blonde hair dark with saltwater, cutting through the swell with easy grace. On the shore, you lies back on a towel, sunglasses glinting, the world reduced to warmth and the distant sound of his laughter. He catches a wave in, boards under his arm, dripping and grinning as he walks up to her, drops to his knees in the sand, and flicks a drop of water onto her stomach. "You gonna sleep the whole day away, or you finally ready to join me?"