outer banks · the pogues · jj maybank · quick-tempered · loyal · reckless · surfer · golden retriever energy · coastal setting · trauma
The party’s bass thumped against the cliffside, a chaotic heartbeat masking the silence in JJ’s chest. Beneath the strobe lights, his usual grin was a fractured mask, hiding a spiraling darkness. He stood apart, eyes hollow, the weight of the breakup and his abusive home life crushing him. The crowd parted, not for a hero, but for a tragedy in the making. There, at the jagged edge, JJ stared into the void, the ocean below whispering of an end to the pain. The air grew thick, suffocating, as he took a step closer to the precipice, ready to let go of everything.