Life on the cut (JJxReader) OuterBanks Fanfic

The Reveal.

(A/N: 400 total votes! Woahhh ty everyone xxx
I don't have much to say here, other than OMG THE END IS SOON
So here we go-)

Morning broke the sky and cut into the darkness of the night. Kie, Pope, Y/N and JJ slept at John B's that night. Sarah did drop by and said that John B was out fishing with her father. It felt off for John B.

"Oh and we've made some plans for the gold-"
"Shhh!" Y/N sighed, "you never know who's watching..."
"She's right Sarah... you could alert someone." Nodded Kie.
"But we've been talking about it back home." She offered as an excuse.
Pope sighed "You better pray that no one was listening."
"I ain't sharing my gold with anyone." JJ said as he sat down in the porch
The afternoon arrived and dragged on- no John B emerged. JJ went into the house with Kie to make some sandwiches and Pope lay on the porch, sleeping.
Y/N was alone on the hammock- she hadn't been alone in a long time, it was strangely nice.
"Guys I um- I might go for a stroll while we wait around for John B, that ok?" Y/N called to the house.
"Yeah that's good!" Kie gave her a thumbs up, Y/N could only just see her through the doorway.
She smiled and set off by herself...

Y/N wandered around and thought. She thought about what had happened, what was happening, what could happen. No one disrupted her head as it trailed down a mountain of words and ideas. Hopes and dreams. Fears and memories. Regrets.
She had walked for so long she found herself walking beside a garden she recognized.. somewhere she hadn't been in a long time. The house was very colorful- one white wall had flaked off paint and splintering wood.

Y/N saw John B rush into the house. "Hey John B!" She called and ran over to him. He didn't even glance up. He ran full force into the back door of this house. Y/N looked worried and followed him. What was he doing? She caught up to him as he paused in the doorway.
"John B why are you soaking wet?" She asked.
He shook his head and walked in. That's when it clicked- this was Lana's house. This was where it all began.

John B landed heavily as he approached Lana, who was drinking a cup of tea. It smelt good. She caught sight of the two children in the doorway and something in her eyes changed. Like she knew something.
"I need to know." Was all he said.
Lana nodded and beckoned them towards a table. Y/N winced as she sat- the bruising around her waist ached. They sat there patiently and waited for Lana to say something.
"What... what's happened?"
John B gulped, "Ward just tried to kill me. I need to know Lana. Did he kill my dad?" Y/N chocked on air and her mouth gaped. He was shaking and shivering but seemed to care more about answers than his developing hypothermia.
Lana stood up suddenly. "I'll get you some clothes." And disappeared into a room.
Y/N put a hand on John B's as a sign of comfort and he nodded gently.
"John B..." she hugged him and he sighed heavily in her arms, hugging her back.

Lana emerged with some old looking clothes. "These were scooters. Here, take them."
John B obliged and disappeared off into a nearby bathroom to change. Y/N and Lana sat in silence.
"Would you like some tea?" She asked.
"Oh uh- yes please." Smiled Y/N weakly.
Lana slinked off to the kitchen and brought back a cup of tea- it was herbal which didn't surprise Y/N. She sipped it and waited to John B to join them. When he did- he sat down silently in his now dry clothes and fiddled with his cast.
Lana bit her lip and went to the window. She stood there for a moment, collecting tears in her eyes. "The night your father disappeared... I came home early from work. To find scooter talking to ward..."

She thought back to that day.. (A/N: you said this part was too long but I'd rather write the scene than her just saying it to John B so)

"What happened, it's like..." ward blubbed. "I didn't want him to get hurt! I wasn't trying to hurt him!" He sat with his head in his hands, slumped in Scooters office chair. Scooter looked down at him, a hand on his shoulder with his back to the door.
Ward shook his head, "It was a mistake. A stupid accident. It was jus-... he tried to change the deal on me, and I wasn't gonna let him! He flipped out, and it just- I didn't mean to hurt him."
Lana stood watching at the doorway. Surely her husband didn't help Ward kill someone? Right? No... no the way Ward described it made it seem as if he was alone.
"I didn't mean anything to happen to him!" He cried out.
Scooter knelt down, "okay, okay." He said in a soothing tone. "Slow down C. Start at the beginning."
Ward sniffed, "it was this morning. Big John and I were out on the open water. He said he wanted to talk. I figured it was good news!" He chuckled at his idiocy and sighed, "I asked if he found it... I was staring to celebrate and went to hug him when he pushed me away. He said he needed assurances. I said yes, no questions asked but... he said legal assurances? I told him we were partners and we didn't need them.  It was 50/50 obviously we were co-working on this project! But no. He said..." Ward's eyes became misty, "he said it was all of his research and just my equipment. All because he spent some measly 20 years with his nose in a book." He hit the table and Scooter rubbed his back. Ward continued, "he was going to give me... twenty percent. TWENTY. He thought it was reasonable but he was lying. It was a lie! He needed me! We started to argue... he said I was greedy. He didn't find shit for 20 years! But as soon as I came into the picture he did. It was MY money he used. MINE. He pushed me. I pushed him back an- and. It all happened so fast. He hit his head- he seemed fine. I asked him where it was but he refused to tell me. I watched him..." ward reached to the beach of his head, "I watched him touch where his head hit the boat and his hands, were covered in blood. His eyes. I knew he blamed me! He thought I did it on purpose! I tried to stop the blood and radio for help but it just kept coming until he stopped moving and I didn't know what to do with him because there was a dead body on my boat and he was dead because... because I killed him." Ward sobbed again. He lied through his teeth- knowing full well he left his body lying there in his own blood and hesitated when calling for help. Without Big John in the picture the money would be all his.
"Then what did you do?" Scooter asked- his heart racing with fear.
"I cleaned the blood up and threw him into the sea..." he whispered and felt the map he stole from Big John's body in his pocket.
Scooter stared at him with disappointment and anger.
"I would've been in court for years." Ward sighed. "And for what? Here's the thing scooter." Ward walked closer and Scooter began to sweat. "I'm gonna need your help on this. Big John is gone. But the goddamn gold is still there." He took out the map, "and he was close. And now- we're close."

"I-I don't know what happened after that, I ran away." Lana sniffed. "I'm sorry."
"So he stole Big John's map?" Y/N said, trying to hide the anger in her voice.
John B however, was shaking with rage. "He tossed my dad's body into the sea?...."
Lana looked at him with pity, "He sunk your father's boat where no one would ever find it. They looked for the gold everyday for nine months. When Agatha built up there was once place they hadn't looked. Ward sent my husband out into the storm. I begged him not to go to that silly little island, but he said Ward was worried about everything being washed away.  I know he found something out there. He called me- he found your Father's body John B."
John B stood up and stared out the window.
"His compass was with him under a shelter he made.. he wasn't dead when ward dumped him."
John B quivered with anger and sadness and he started to cry. Y/N wasn't sure weather to go to him or not.. He didn't know what to feel. He didn't know what to say. He just knew he hated Ward and wanted him dead.
"His last moments- he spent on helping you, John B." Y/N thought back to the scratchings on the compass.
"I am so sorry John B." Lana whispered. "I should've told you a long time ago."
"Let's go." Y/N said and they briskly walked to the exit.
"You can't say anything he's dangerous!" Lana followed them, her voice becoming more and more urgent, "he's capable of anything. DONT-"
"I don't care Lana." He stormed off.
Y/N nodded "thank you."

They got back to John B's house where JJ was sitting with his legs in the hot tub and Kie had made the winch for the fold out of what looked like a bucket, some string and a pulley. There was a plate of half-eaten sandwiches on the floor.
"My interview is to-" Pope started.
"Oh speak of the devils!" JJ's face brightened. "Dude I set up the entire winch to pull up all the gold with!"
"No he didn't I did." Scoffed kie.
John B didn't stop walking and Y/N followed behind him quickly, they ran into the house.
"John B-"
"Hey." Pope said with confusion.
"That's it?" Kie growled as they ran into the house. She and Pope wandered over to JJ and watched the two of them run off.

Pope sighed, "What's that all about."
"I was gonna ask you the same question." Replied JJ.
John B was searching his kitchen for something, Y/N right behind him, trying to slow him down.
"You all right, man? What- what's up?" Pope came inside and followed John B. Y/N put a hand on Pope's chest and looked at him sadly.
"What are you looking for?" Kie asked, also walking in.
JJ followed, looking concerned, "Bro what's going on?"
John B held the gun JJ picked up all that time ago. "Found it."
"Y/N you gotta stop this" hissed Pope.
Y/N swallowed, "John B there must be another way.."
"John B what do you need the gun for?" JJ ran forwards.
John B ignored him and Y/N pulled the gun from his hands, "John B I can't let you-"
"Just— no!" Pope exclaimed.
"Talk to us!" JJ shouted as John B shoved him backwards. He tried not to cry out as his bruises hit the mattress.

John B leaned into Y/N, "he killed my father. Watched him bleed out."
Y/N faltered and John B snatched the gun from her.
"John B chill!" Kie shouted.
Y/N ran over to JJ, "Jay you okay?" She helped him up.
Pope tried to stop him and blocked his path. "What are you doing no-" he got cut off after John B pushed him too.
"What are you doing?!" Kie yelled again.
Pope clattered and fell into a table so Kie helped him up, "shi- you okay?"
Y/N ran back outside up to John B, Kie behind her. John B pushed Y/N against the house wall and snarled "bike keys. Now."
"John B I can't let you murder someone." She shook her head, eyes wide. Her hand wrapped around the keys.
"Promise me you won't kill him."
John B glared at her and nodded. She slowly handed them over.
By the time everyone got outside the engine was already reving.

Kie screached , "John B what the hell!"
"Don't." Y/N patted him. "Seriously."
"I won't." He replied and drove off.
The Pogues glared at Y/N. As she turned to go inside JJ pushed her back, "what the fuck?!"
"Why do you always enable this shit!" Kie pointed at her.
"Ward knows about the gold!" Y/N shoved JJ back. "He killed Big John and threw him into the ocean. Expect he wasn't dead. Scooter found his body that night of Agatha. He died of starvation. So get your fucking hands off me."
No one replied.
"Get the boat keys." Kie said coldly.
Pope felt worried, "Why?"
"We're going to Ward's boat."

(A/N: •.• Wellp.... that happened.
Hope you liked it! Kinda dramatic wasn't it... hehe. Oh well the more drama the better I say ;)
Until next time!)