Outer Banks x Reader Oneshots

Always ~ JJ x Gender Neutral Reader

TW: ABUSE
(a/n yo yall. so this oneshot is designed so that you can be of any gender to read this. i will use they/them pronouns if i use them at all. i will not use any gender-specific words for the reader.
info about reader: you are abused by your father. your mother left a while ago because he abused her. you're mad at her for not taking you with her. also u and JJ are a couple 😉 anyway enjoy)

You laid in your bed, staring at the ceiling. You usually had trouble sleeping. There was always too much on your mind. There was also the fact that your father had his junkie friends over a lot at night, however that was not the case on this particular night.

You rolled over in your bed, feeling a slight sting in your ribs from when your father had hit you that day. You sighed, knowing you wouldn't fall asleep, and just laid there. You did this quite often, drowning in your thoughts.

Suddenly, there was a light knock on your window. You jumped, startled, before looking to see who it was, even though you knew exactly who it was. JJ.

You walked up to the window and opened it. "Hey, J," you said after you had opened the window. It was dark, so you could barely see the bruises and cuts, though you knew they were there.

"C-can I come in?" JJ asked somewhat shakily. 

"Of course," you replied, moving out of the way so that he could crawl through the window.

"Is your dad gonna catch me?" JJ asked, trying to hide the shake and fear in his voice. 

"No, he's asleep," you replied as he sat down on your bed, hiding his face by looking down. You couldn't really see anyway since it was dark.

"Your dad?" You questioned, knowing the answer anyway. 

JJ nodded. "Yeah," he said, desperate to sound like his father didn't just beat his ass for no reason.

"J, I'm sorry," you said, sitting down next to him. You wrapped your arm around him and he leaned into your side. He took a quick inhale, and you could tell he was crying a little bit. He attempted to subdue it, even though he had come over dozens of times after a beating.

You stood up and JJ looked at you, curious as to what you were doing. You walked over to turn on your light.

"Wait...!" JJ said once he realized what you were doing. 

"J, I need to see how bad it is. I just wanna help," you replied flipping the switch to turn on the light.

The moment you saw his face, you bit your lip. It was really bad. He had at least three bruises, and around five cuts just on his face. He was covered in sweat and had old tears lingering on his cheeks.

"J..." was all you could manage to say. JJ looked down, a couple more tears streaming down his bruises cheeks. You walked over to you bed and hugged him tightly, but not tight enough to hurt his injured body.

"I-it was s-so bad..." JJ said, muffled by your shoulder. 

"I know, baby, I know. I'm here. You're safe now..." you comforted him.

You stayed like this for several minutes before you stood up, and grabbed some bandages and antiseptic wipes. You walked back to him and sat down in front of JJ. You tapped infer his chin with your finger to tell him to look up so you could bandage him.

He knew the drill. This happened quite often. You would comfort him, see how bad it was, comfort him more, bandage him, and then comfort him until you both fell asleep.

You cleaned JJ's wounds and stuck plastic bandages on his face. You knew there would be more on the rest of his torso, so you asked him to take off his shirt- blushing slightly- and he complied.

His chest and abdomen were covered with bruises and small cuts. You went to work, cleaning and bandaging him. He winced every once in a while, but other than that, you were both silent.

Once you were finished bandaging his wounds you handed him his shirt while saying, "done". You put away the medical supplies and then turned the light off. JJ had his shirt on and you sat in front of him.

You put your hand softly on his cheek, trying not to touch the bruises too hard. 

"I'm sorry, J. I'm so sorry," you said, a tear streaking down your face as you hugged him close. He hugged you back.

"Tired?" You asked after a few minutes. 

"Yeah," JJ muttered. 

You laid down, your arm out for him to lay on, and he did so. You pulled him close, your arms wrapped around his body, and he wrapped his arms gently around your lower back, burying his face in your chest.

"Thank you," JJ said, muffled by your chest.

"Always."

el end.