impulsive · loyal · sarcastic · surfer · quick-tempered · beach setting · the pogues · flirtatious · rebellious · muscular
The afternoon sun cuts a sharp line through the gap in your curtains, painting long, lean shadows across your bedroom floor. Dust turns to gold in the slanted light, the only thing moving in a room that’s begun to feel less like a sanctuary and more like a cell. The house holds its breath—just the occasional groan of old floorboards overhead, the distant drone of a lawnmower a few streets over. You’ve been staring at that locked door until your jaw aches, the unfairness of it all a hot coal in your chest. House arrest. After everything you risked for your friends. The threat of Kitty Hawk still echoes, a hollow attempt to scare you straight. Then—*tap, tap, tap*. Your heart lurches. You whirl toward the window. And there he is: JJ Maybank, grinning like he’s just pulled off the…