~𝒪𝓊𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝒶𝓃𝓀𝓈~
I never knew it could feel so good to be somebody's Star
John b x OC
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"Guys the thing that Limbrey said I don't think she meant to let it slip. She said the key leads to the Cross of Santo Domingo." Pope says it breathless, like the words are too heavy to hold, like he's still catching up to the size of what he just uncovered.
"Wait. Can I see that?" JJ asks. Pope hands him the key, the metal glinting in the sun, and for a second the whole group goes quiet around it, like the thing itself might have an opinion on what we do next.
"Are we supposed to know what that is?" Sarah asks.
"I'm guessing it's some sort of historical artifact of great importance."
"Well according to the interwebs it was a gift from New Spain to the Spanish king," Kie adds.
"New Spain? Is there an Old Spain?"
"Shit talk about over-gifting. Look at that thing." Kie shows us a photo of an illustrated cross. It towers over the drawn figure beside it. "Looks like there's a person standing next to it."
"So it's a giant-ass cross," I mutter, something uneasy already stirring low in my stomach at the sheer scale of it, the same restless feeling I've learned to recognize right before things get complicated.
"It was widely considered at the time to be the most extravagant tribute ever from the provinces. It was lost off the coast of Bermuda in 1829."
"Did you just say Bermuda?" JJ asks slowly.
"Oh no. Not the triangle," John B groans.
"It always leads back to the triangle dude. Like every single time something's weird it's Bermuda."
"What does a key found above your Mee-maw's pharmacy have to do with any of this?" Sarah asks.
"Where do we come in?" Kie asks.
"I don't know. That's a good question," Pope says as we pull up to the nursing home. He opens the door, hesitates, then turns back to us, something careful settling over his face, the kind of look that makes the rest of us go quiet without knowing exactly why.
"Hey actually I think I'm gonna do this one by myself."
"Are you sure?" Kie asks.
"Yeah I can handle it. I don't really need you so..." His eyes stay locked on her a beat too long, and something passes between them that none of us are quite ready to name yet.
"Oh we're just all one big happy family today aren't we?" JJ mutters.
"Hey man pick you up in a bit," John B calls after him.
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JJ and John B stay in the van while Sarah, Kie, and I head into a store for drinks, the three of us falling into step together the way we always do now, easy in a way that still surprises me some days.
