Now or Never || JJ Maybank
"Some people don't arrive all at once.
They slip into your life quietly,
in between moments,
in laughter you didn't expect,
in the kind of silence that somehow feels full.
Harper Ray Emberson was like that.
Not loud.
Not obvious.
But impossible to ignore once you noticed her.
The kind of person who made the world feel softer,
like the edges weren't so sharp anymore.
And maybe that's the problem with people like her,
you don't realise how much they matter until everything starts to change."
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On the Outer Banks, nothing stays simple for long.
Not friendships.
Not choices.
Not the things you tell yourself you can control.
Everything shifts eventually,
pulled under by something stronger than you.
Harper Ray Emberson learned early how to hold herself together.
Careful words.
Careful steps.
A life built on a thin line
and knowing to never crossing it.
JJ Maybank never believed in lines.
He was reckless in the way storms are,
loud, unpredictable,
impossible to ignore once he hits.
The kind of person you don't plan for. The kind of person that changes things.
They weren't supposed to collide.
And if they did,
it wasn't supposed to matter.
But some people don't stay small in your life. Some moments don't fade like they should.
And no matter how hard you try to keep your distance,
something always pulls you back.
Different instincts.
Different worlds.
Same pull.
The kind you don't understand,
until it's already too late.
But they weren't that different, both pogues, same family life, they were the same person in different fonts.
This all started in the third grade. But I'll let the story explain that.
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𖦹 JJ Maybank x Female OC
𖦹 Mystery / Treasure Hunt
𖦹 Slow-ish burn
𖦹 Family
𖦹 Secrets
𖦹 Romance / Thriller
DO NOT STEAL! ᥫ᭡.
author: Haley May ༄.°
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