Us Against the Universe, More Like
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“Tell you what,” he reaches to the side, picks up the bundle containing the crown, and offers it to her, “you let me go, you can have this back. Call it a consolation prize.”
Three quick steps and the gun is pressed to his forehead, one foot pressing hard on his broken leg. The scream that tears from his lips would haunt her if there was any room for more ghosts in her head; as it is, JJ takes up too much space for anyone else.
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Kiara and the Pogues get their revenge. And Queen Kie makes a wish.
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- Part 1 of Us Against the Universe, More Like
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His mouth and nostrils fill with dirt; he’s breathing it all in, choking on it. His skin aches, his chest feels crushed, his abdomen is a pit of fire. And he’s tired. So impossibly tired.
He could give up. Stop clawing at the earth that keeps crumbling down around him. He could say a prayer that every mistake he’s made in his 19 years of life is forgiven, erased. It was what he’d been begging the universe for, wasn’t it? An end to the pain?
He always knew his life was destined for one of two things. A prison cell. Or an early grave.
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JJ wakes up in a grave in Morocco and chooses to live.
(formerly "The Resurrection")
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- Part 2 of Us Against the Universe, More Like
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JJ’s jaw feels paralyzed. His teeth ache from how hard he’s clenching. Harder, harder, and then release. The breath is loud, almost a gasp, as his jaw unlocks and his mouth falls open. His eyes take a little longer though, lashes tickling his cheeks as he tries so hard to open them.
The first flutter is nothing but blurry shapes, his still-too-heavy eyelashes getting in the way; mouth dry, he mumbles something about microscopes, science class, and spiders. And though his eyes burn a little, he peers through them, blinking until the haze above him becomes a shape. A shape into a girl. His girl.
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JJ finally reunites with his family. Angst, joy, and forgiveness ensues.
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- Part 3 of Us Against the Universe, More Like
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We're Gonna Handle It Together (Like We Always Do) by PrincessOfNothingCharming
Fandoms: Outer Banks (TV)
01 Dec 2024
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He turns his head to meet her eyes, ocean blue and chocolate brown. She sees it shimmering beneath the surface, that thing he can’t really name. It’s not just in his eyes. She sees it beneath his skin, in his veins, in the nervous twitch of his fingers. It always comes, sudden and sharp, stealing his breath, hammering his heart against his ribs. And it’s close now, having followed him from Kildare to Morocco to the middle of the fucking ocean.
Kiara doesn’t know at what age it found him, doesn’t know how often it visits. But she thinks maybe it was always there – just another present from Luke Maybank.
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The ship ride back to Kildare takes a bit of a tole on JJ, but Kie makes sure he knows he's not alone.
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- Part 4 of Us Against the Universe, More Like