[1] Good Trouble - JJ Maybank - Rafe Cameron - (An Outer Banks AU)

Chapter 40

2 AM - AT THE GLISSON HOUSE

Violet woke up, like there was something telling her to wake up from her deep sleep.

She looked over to the other side to see Rafe Cameron peacefully asleep. He looked less angry at the world around him when he was asleep. The only thing that anger did was mask his true sadness that he attempted to drown out with drugs. He looked like the sweet boy she once knew. The one who picked flowers for her from his mother's prized garden, the one who gave her those Valentine's day cards they made in elementary school because his mom wasn't around to receive them anymore.

How did they get here? They were just kids not so long ago.

The aftermath of angry sex with Rafe Cameron while high was something she didn't wanna deal with, so thank god he wasn't awake. The cocaine high didn't last long anyways and she was finally sober after hours of being high.

She rubbed her eyes with the palm of her hands and got up to throw on her clothes before leaving.

THIRTY MINUTES LATER- AT THE THORNTON RESIDENCE

Violet snuck back inside her house, not knowing what or how to feel. She couldn't sleep either, not by herself anyways. She was just staring at the ceiling and softly crying when she heard a knock on her window, which pulled her out of her trance.

It was JJ, at 2:30 AM in the morning.

She opened the window for him to slip inside her room. He looked stressed out and exhausted, his eyes puffy and dark.

"Hey." Violet says, sniffing her nose and trying to fix herself up frantically.

"I know." JJ says, his voice was raspy and he was clearly tired, but he pulled her into his arms immediately.

"I did something stupid." Violet manages to get out through her sobs,

"It's okay, I got you. I got you." JJ says, stroking her hair.

"C-can you stay?" She asks, sniffing her nose.

"Always." JJ says, kissing her forehead. The two then both got into bed, just laying there in each other's arms.