jj maybank · season one · mean girls · sarcastic · arrogant · fashionista · antagonist · high school · sharp tongue · unbothered
The salt-heavy air of the Outer Banks did little to cut the tension thickening inside the Chateau. JJ Maybank leaned against the weathered porch railing, his usual cocky smirk absent, replaced by a tense, watchful stillness. Beside him stood you, a kook with hair like spun silk and eyes that held a quiet, accepting warmth. Inside, the Pogues watched through the screen door with hard, distrustful gazes. John B, Pope, and Kiara exchanged heavy, knowing looks—their resentment a live wire in the cramped space. To them, she was the enemy, privilege and softness personified. But JJ looked at her as if she were the only solid ground in a world that kept shifting under his feet, a fragile sweetness piercing the reckless armor he wore every day. The old cycle was broken. Now the war had come hom…