stevie | outer banks | JJxOC

48- It's okay

"Not good?" JJ asked as Stevie came storming towards him, her face sour and red from shouting. He knew the answer, John B's feelings weren't really up for interpretation. He opened his arms for her and she wasted no time in burying her face in his chest, feeling calmed by his strong arms around him.

JJ stroked her head softly watching the door of the Chateau, not meaning to make eye contact with John B when he came out of the house. They both looked at each other blankly. Hating each other but not at the same time, they might argue but John B couldn't ever really hate JJ.

"Really?" John B waved his arms at the two hugging whilst he rolled his eyes, scoffing at the display of affection.

"John," Sarah tried to reason with the fuming boy but he shook his head, eyes still focused on his sister in his best friend's arms. Stevie didn't look at him. He kept her head tucked away. She wasn't gonna allow him to make her feel guilty.

"I can't believe you," he shook his head at the blond.

"John B," he said softly, before furrowing his brows, hearing someone else. He could swear he heard a car door.

"I don't want to hear your excuses-"

"No guys shut up, I can hear someone," he looked off into the distance.

"What?" Stevie looked up at JJ, noticing the concern on his face. She too tried to listen to the noise in the distance. Her heart dropped when she recognised the voice. Looking towards Sarah they said the name at the same time, "Rafe."

Wasting little time, and with help from JJ, Stevie climbed up into the tree after John B and Sarah, each finding their own branch. JJ followed behind Stevie sitting behind her on the branch of the tree, high enough to be out of sight from Rafe and Barry. He cradled her body, holding her in a hug from behind.

They stormed through the house but found nothing. "No, nothing, Rafe," Barry told the boy.

"They were obviously just here based on the most," Rafe pointed out, causing Stevie's heart to drop a little. They were so unbelievably close to him, and after everything, Stevie firmly believed he had it in him to kill her, if not John B.

Rafe's eyes got caught on the memorial they had made for John B. At first, they mocked the P4L phrase before Rafe got more and more irritated, gritting his teeth and heavy breathing. He yelled causing all four in the tree to flinch before shooting at the trunk.

Barry grabbed rafe as he continued to fire shots, trying to get him to stop. He reached for the blonde boy's arms causing his aim to shift and shot fire off from all angles including at the branch that JJ and Stevie were one.

As if he was Spiderman, JJ saw what was going on, and saw that Rafe was close to aiming for their branch. Silently but quickly JJ grabbed her arms and pulled her back, reacting quickly and saving her from being shot. He kissed her temple to calm her down, earning an eye roll from John B

...

After a sleepless and awkward night, the four stopped Pope and Kie from trying up and took the boat to run away. If Rafe knew they were here and were looking for him, soon everyone would know and they'd no longer be safe. They were arguing and Stevie was pissed at him but she needed to protect John B's safety, she needed him to stay.

Stevie didn't like sending Sarah to her father, she hated that man with her whole being and didn't trust him, but she trusted Sarah. Sarah believed she had a chance and Stevie trusted that.

Exhausted from everything, from the arguing, from the travelling, from the tension Stevie found herself leaning more and more onto JJ until eventually she rested her head in his lap, shutting her eyes whilst he stroked her hair. "Do you have to do that right now?" John B sounded catty, she had never heard him be so venomous in his speech.