Life on the cut (JJxReader) OuterBanks Fanfic

The Rekindling.

(A/N: New chapterrrrrr Aiden makes me so mad omg. Anyway I hope U like it :3)

The pogues gathered back at John B's house. Sitting under the big branches of the tall old tree in John B's garden. Fairy lights were wrapped lopsidedly around the branch, clinging to the old bark. They'd gathered around a small, flickering fire. Huddling close to it's warmth. Lighting up their faces with wavering golden glows. There was a small red cooler next to John B, and the pogues chugged from it to try and ease their physical ailments, as well as the pain of seeing the old Sarah again.
Pope sighed, stabbing a marshmallow onto a stick, and started roasting it.
John B held his hand out to him, "Mellow me bro."
Pope threw the bag his way, and John B stabbed it with his own stick. 
"They back with the beers yet?" Pope asked over the crackling fire. 
John B looked over his shoulder, to see, "Should be. Dunno what's holding them."

"JJ you see any?" Kie asked from the table, looking through the cupboards. "I only see my burritos up here." That's where she put the burritos she bought for her and Y/N. They were prepared to spend much more time together than they actually ended up doing.
"Nope." He said, sighing.
"Y/N?" Kie asked.
"No... Oh! OH!" She started celebrating, grabbing a case from behind the sofa.
"Jackpot baby!" Kie cheered.
"Toss 'em!" JJ clapped, and Y/N tossed it his way. He caught it heavily and went to take it outside.
"Uh, Y/N. Could I talk to you?" Kie asked her quietly as JJ exited.
"Yeah sure, what's up?" She looked up, conserned.
Kie took a deep breath, "It's Sarah. Do you really think that she'll- like, come around?"
Y/N thought for a moment, then nodded, "Yeah. We went through too much together to throw it away."
Kie nodded slowly, "Yeah... I just- It was so hard to see her acting like that. Pogues are loyal to each other." She grabbed Y/N's hand, "And that wasn't loyalty."
"It's just some old Kookiness bubbling up. Her dad did just blow up in front of her. I was angry at her... but now I'm kinda sad for her. She's stuck with some dickwads while we're back here, under the starts with an amazing family, shotgunning beers. She'll come around."
Kie smiled, she finally began to feel like herself again. All this 'Lost/dead Pogue' bullshit got her worried and anxious. She was all in her head and felt like she was going crazy.... But now- looking around at her friends, she felt properly calm for the first time in a while. They were finally out of danger. For now at least.
"You good K?" Y/N asked, cocking her head.
"Yeah yeah." Kie squeezed her hands, "Just- feeling better these days."
"I'm not gunna lie- you've been off. It's good to see you chilling again." Y/N smiled.
Kie smiled back, "like Sarah. She's off right now, but she'll be back."
"You... wanna burrito?" Y/N asked Kie, eyeing the cupboard Kie was looking through earlier.
"Uh- is that even a question?" Kie chuckled, walking quickly to the cupboard and pulling out two silver-wrapped tacos for the microwave.
"Chuck 'em in K." Y/N said, opening the microwave with a flourish.
She squinted, "She aims..." And threw them in with expertise, "She scores!"
Y/N clapped and shut the door, turning it on with a beep.
"Bu-ri-to. Bu-ri-to." Y/N started chanting.
"Bu-ri-to. Bu-ri-to." Kie began to drum the tables. Y/N joined in, drumming faster and faster as the timer went down.
BEEEEEP.
"Open it up!" Kie hollard. Y/N ripped the door open and tossed one to Kie, pulling the foil off of the top of her burrito, biting into it.
"Hot. Hot. Hot. AhhHAHhahHH." She fanned her mouth and panted.
"Oi! Mothers meeting!" JJ shouted at them from the fire.
"This is all the bonfire we need right now." Kie nodded slowly, linking her arm with Y/N and walking down to the boys.
Y/N smiled, she forgot how close they used to be before.... They rekindled that sisterhood that night.

"-building for years." JJ sighed, waving a marshmallow on a stick around as he lounged next to John B, "Rumble in the jungle."
"I've had more black eyes this month that I ever have before." Y/N grumbled, making the pogues chuckle. She sat down with her legs on JJ's lap. He put his arm around her, dangling a beer next to her face. Y/N nibbled on her burrito, letting JJ have some bites too.
"Oh that wasn't a bite that was like half of it dude." Y/N complained.
"Hah!" JJ laughed with his mouthful.
Kie grabbed two sticks and sat down between Y/N and John B, handing her a stick. Y/N lent forwards stabbed a marshmallow from next to Pope, burning her hand on a flame, "AH- ssss..." She winced, recoiling to her seat.
Pope made a face, "Burrito and marshmallow?"
"Yes."
Pope sighed and chuckled, tossing her a marshmallow.
"Thanks P." Y/N smiled.
"Don't call me P."
"PP?" Y/N grinned, making JJ chuckle.
"Worse."
John B lent towards Kie, "Did you guys really stick up for Sarah?" He asked.
Kie shrugged, and looked towards him, "Of course. She's not a real kook."
"Right." John B grumbled grumpily.
"Yeah tell that to Topper." Pope commented, making John B tense. Y/N stuck her tongue out and gagge. shooting him a salty look of, 'fuck that guy', and John B chuckled.
JJ tried to grab the marshmallow from the stick and ended up burning his fingers, he lent back in shock of the pain, almost knocking Y/N over. "Woa-... nah, nah, nah. You gotta wait for it to coooool." She blew on her own marshmallow, before eating it whole. Then she eyed the burrito...
"Woah woah-"
"Y/N no don't-"
She consumed a mouthful of burrito as well, and looked pleasantly surprised for once second- and disgusted the very next, spitting it out on the fire.
"She did it." Pope sighed.
JJ tutted, "Waste of a marshmallow."
"It's fuel now." Y/N chuckled, happily biting into the burrito again.
John B felt himself drool a bit, and looked over at Kie's. He lent closer and grabbed her wrist, "I just want one bite."
"What are you- Hey no!" Kie shouted in protest. In trying to pull her hand away she threw the burrito to the floor.
"Not having any of mine." JJ said through a mouthful on Y/N's. He had taken a bite when she wasn't looking.
"I thought you were gunna share." John B sighed.
Kie made a face, "I spent my money on that. That's sixteen years in most federal prisons."
John B picked it up from the floor and ate it, then looked up- and thought he saw a shadow move.
"I'm stealing your marshmallows." Kie stated picking up his marshmallow pile that was next to him and eating one.
"I believe that's an- That's not even a fair trade." Pope said, dead serious. 
"It's not. At all." Y/N agreed.
Kie nodded, "Not even close." She waved her stick around. Pope did the same, and they had a little fight.

John B was staring towards his wooden garage in the distance, seeing some movement... He put his hand out to his friends, "Hey hey." and shushed them.
They all shut up, and started to where John B was.
"Someone's here." John B whispered, walking towards the sound slowly.
Kie put her own marshmallow stick down, "You don't think that Topper would-"
"I wouldn't put it past him." JJ said sternly, standing up and following John B.
"I swear down if it's Topper I'm going to return this black eye." Y/N grumbled, following behind the two of them. "Where's your gun." She asked JJ, catching up with him.
Kie didn't tell her off, just looked at JJ for an answer.
JJ saw Kie look, "Oh now she wants the gun. Well no- I don't. Thought Kie would yell at me."
"Oh now you don't have the gun?" Kie sighed.
"No." JJ snapped.
Pope rolled his eyes, "Isn't that your secret weapon?" 
"Really?" Y/N sighed.
JJ began, "Yeah I mea-" 
"Shut up." John B hissed at them. They did, and began slowly walking towards the garage with him.
"Goddamn." JJ huffed quietly, "Now she wants the gun."
"Hey who's out there!?" John B shouted into the darkness.
"You kooks better not try anything!" Kie shouted.
"Who's there..?" Y/N picked up a big stick.

Aiden walked out of the darkness, with hands up. "How y'all doin'?"
"It's this piece of shit." JJ spat.
Y/N rolled her eyes, "Of course, we all know how much you love stalking around in the darkness." 
Aiden waved.
"You gotta be kidding me." John B said through gritted teeth.
"Lovely evening we're having." Aiden walked closer, his hands still up. "Look I- uh. I don't hold a grudge with any of y'all, all right? But this can go hard-" He lowered his hands and picked his jacket up, showing he was weapon-less, "Or this can go easy. You know what I'm here for."
Kie glanced at Pope nervously.
Aiden chuckled at their silence, "All right, you need a demonstration? Okay, you see that swing right there?" He pointed to a swing on one of the big tree's branches, positioned just in front of JJ. "I've got the best bow hunters in the army rangers with me."
"Yeah. Mhm..." JJ sighed cockily, wrapping a hand around one of the swings strings.
Aiden whistled.
As if by magic, an arrow whistled past them, shot with pure power and pinpoint accuracy. Ripping through the string JJ held, sending him falling to the floor.
The pogue's hearts began racing...
"Now... they're out there. They'll stick you as soon as I say so." Aiden walked up to Pope. Y/N glared and went to drag him away, until Aiden whistled again- sending an arrow stabbing into the ground, centimetres from Y/N's foot. 
"Don't need another battlescar from me, do you?" Aiden grinned brushing a finger over her waist where he branded her. It made it burn.
JJ grabbed her shoulder and pulled her close, "Get the fuck-"
He whistled again. Instantly another arrow darted past JJ's nose and into the tree.
"Don't test me." Aiden grinned menacingly. He turned to Pope, "Now, I ain't gunna give you a countdown or any bullshit like that, I'm just gonna whistle."
Everyone's eyes bored into Aiden's back with an intense hatred.
Pope sighed, the defiant look in his eyes weakening... He put his hand in his pocket and brought out the key, fiddling with it. Wrapping his fist around it tightly and holding it up. "No..." Pope whispered softly.
Aiden looked annoyed, "Oh...." 
Pope's fist was shaking, and that defiant look had returned. "This key belongs to my family."
Aiden chuckled, "I'm losing my patience with you Pope."
Y/N and John B looked around anxiously for any sign of an archer.
Aiden pierced his lips- 

and Pope held the key out.

Aiden pulled it from his fingers quickly, smiling. "Did the right thing kid."
Pope bit his lip, and JJ lowered his head, trying to control his temper. Y/N lay a hand on his, shaking.
"Knowing when you don't have a choice is..." Aiden glanced at Y/N, "An underappreciated talent." He waved the key in his face, "You be safe." and patted JJ's chest, "Easy there buddy." Before walking back into the darkness with a brisk whistle.
Pope was panting, heavily.
Kie looked at with with anxiety, and John B bit his lip.
"I..." Pope began, "Am so sick of this shit." And with that he walked away.

The pogues walked back to the house, sadly. Y/N slumped back onto the sofa- she wasn't sure where JJ or Pope were at this time, but she was sure they were probably fine... John B stalked past her and went into his room, slamming the door. Y/N finally felt like they were safe and happy. For one night. They could just have one moment together that was calm and relaxing... but no. No. They had to have someone else threaten to kill them.... She was getting jumpier and jumpier lately. JJ was, she was assuming, with Pope somewhere, and John B was angrily screaming into his pillow. He's dealing with a lot right now...

Y/N grabbed her pillow, and knocked on the spare-rooms door. "Kie? Can I stay in here tonight?"
Kie looked up surprised. "Sleepover. Get in." she chuckled, pulling her thin duvet open.

(A/N: Hope u liked it lol
Until next time X)