Vlad From Vienna - Outer Banks | Reader x John B

𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐈𝐈.

The day after JJ pulled a gun on Topper was very interesting, John B was rude after you helped and took some tanks. That night felt like is was a million degrees outside, so you girls convinced your dad to let Sarah stay at Topper's because they have functioning generators and for you and Wheezie to sleep on the Druthers. In the morning Wheezie went to the bathroom and took forever and you were still asleep. John B came at 5am and dropped off the tanks, he slowly walked in, trying to make minimal movement so he wouldn't disturb you. As he is about to put them away, one of the tanks clangs against the railing, causing you to wake up. You jolt up to now be sitting on the couch. 

"God. You're not Wheezie," 

"Uhh, correct yeah. I'm sorry." 

"What are you doing?" 

"Uh... I'm just dropping off some scuba gear. What are-- what are you doing here?" 

You stare at him with a confused look on your face. "It's our boat. It's also the only place with air conditioning. Did you, um... top up the tanks?" 

"Um, no. No, the power's down so the compressors were off." He clears his throat trying to make it seem like that was the actual reason. 

"So you're sneaking onto our boat at 5:00am, with empty tanks? Do I have that correct? I'll make sure to tell Ward." You smirk knowing that he is probably scared shitless. He nods and shakes a little. 

"Ok cool, I'll just uh... drop these off." 

"Yeah, yeah, the middle of the room is fine." You stare at him just simply confused by his stupidity. 

"Yeah, this is pretty much what he told me to do" 

"Ok bye" 

"Actually, you know, what-- what exactly were you goin got tell your dad?" followed by a nervous laugh. 

"Nothing much. Just that you poached our scuba gear". 

"Okay, fuck. I borrowed it for a few hours. Okay? And then I brought it back intact and unharmed." 

You stare at him, "Minus air.." you tilt your head and raise an eyebrow. 

"Look please don't tell him. Okay? He'll fire me." 

"What are you going to do? Pull a gun on me?" 

"Ok, I didn't know JJ was going to do that?" 

"That's convenient to believe. Maybe you should get better friends." 

"Well maybe your sister should get a better boyfriend." 

"He was just looking out for me, and that's why I helped you. He was still an asshole but him bringing up your dad was too far. So don't worry, I'm not going to tell my dad anything. Your secret's safe with me John B. Okay, you can leave now. I need some sleep." 

John B headed back to his boat grinning. He felt a sense of relief knowing that he wasn't going to loose his job. You buried you head in the pillows, trying to fall make asleep. Wheezie stood by on the stairs, taking in everything that happened. After about a minute, Wheezie came out from the stairs and jumped on top of you. You both walked back into the house for breakfast and saw Sarah talking to a little girl from the window, you rushed outside in confusion. She started climbing a boat, with electric wires surrounded by it. You already know they had been disconnected but you wanted to see how this played out. Your step mom and neighbors started yelling at Sarah telling her to get down and away from the boat. You couldn't help but laugh while everyone else was concerned. 

She dramatically fell and screamed causing everyone to gather closer, while you were laughing hysterically. Everyone looked at you with pure confusion on your face, and that's when Sarah dangled the disconnected wire to show everyone. She then grabbed the elephant and climbed out, giving the toy back to the little girl. You walked over to her and started laughing with her, you then both walked inside so she could braid your hair. You both always did that for each other, you couldn't do it on yourselves, but you always had each other to help you out. You walk back out with Sarah to see Wheezie and Topper talking. "What's up Top?" Sarah calls out. "Hey Sneezy" Sarah says to your little sister. "C'mon Wheeze, we can go make a TikTok." You drag Wheezie away and go make a TikTok by the pool. After then you spend the next few hours swimming and bike riding into town to get ice cream . 

Later that day, around the afternoon, you were bringing some snacks for you, your dad and Rafe. You guys were going to be working on services for the boats and trying to get a permit for the generators to be installed quicker. You came back from the shops and watch as John B walks right past you. "Hey, John B." He doesn't say anything and only picks up his pace to walk away from you. "I'm- I'm sorry, that's it? Not a , 'Hey, how you doing?' or 'Kiss my ass?'" He walks closer towards towards you making you confused. "Your secret's safe with me?". You think back to you and John B's conversations. "What secret are- Oh, that secret". "I just got fired because of you. And I know you can't imagine that, but some people need jobs so that they can eat." He knocks the grocery bag out of your hands causing everything to spill on the floor and walks away. "What the fuck?!" you shout in his direction. He quickly turns around and gets in your face "You are exactly who I thought you were, Y/N Cameron." 

He is long gone off the pier. "Asshole," you mumble under your breathe. You bend down to pick everything up and clean off the unpackaged foods. You head over to your dad and brother and lay out the snacks for them while doing the business prep. When you get home that night you keep thinking about who the possible people could be that would have told your dad, but you couldn't think of anyone. All you knew is that you had stuck your neck out for this guy to help him on the beach, and you swear you wouldn't tell your dad. And all he does is yell at you. Maybe all the pogues are bad like Topper and your brother say...

(1071 words)