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board wax and hard facts

jj maybank x reader

okay this is my first time writing and its not very good so go easy on me pls (not my gif)

Summary: you came to your secret place for a morning of surfing and working on your boards. meanwhile further down the beach the pogues have washed up on the beach of their new found poguelandia. JJ can’t sleep so decides to explore.

a/n: this is carrying on from the end of season 2 (so last episode spoilers I guess) also I know nothing about surfing so I've kept mentions brief

enjoy :)

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sleeping on the beach wasn’t something jj maybank was exactly unfamiliar with. however his usual circumstances led to him ending up like this after a bonfire with his friends or when he got too wasted and passed out after a kegger at the boneyard. washing up at a random beach after being literally chased off a ship with his 5 other friends wasn’t exactly the ideal plan they had in mind when trying to steal back their treasure but ‘pougelandia’ had its upsides i guess. the beach was practically their own, the fishing was decent and the waves were sweet.

but it also had its downsides. with no resources and no way of finding out where they were, it left the pogues feeling hungry, stressed and more than anything exhausted, and as exhausting as jj was, sleeping was not something he had managed to accomplish tonight.

it was only the third night in poguelandia but the sandy ground was really making it difficult for jj to sleep soundly and it was beginning to make him restless.

as the sky began to slowly get lighter he gave up all attempts at getting any shut eye and left the rest of the sleeping pogues to go and explore a bit. he had no idea where he was going or what he was looking for but it felt kind of nice having the time to himself to adjust to the new environment, and hopefully he could make himself useful and help out the rest of the gang by discovering something.

after walking for about 20 minutes jj had made his way pretty far down the beach. he could no longer see where the rest of the pogues were resting but he wasn’t worried, he would surely figure out how to get back.

he approached some tall cliffs and made his way around the rockier end of the sand where he made his way into a small cove. it was beautiful to say the least, very private and peaceful especially as the sun was coming up on the oceans horizon. as he examined the scene he gazed his eyes upon a figure with their back to him at the other end of the cove. nice to know they’ve not ended up completely alone. he approached the figure slowly trying to see what kept them so busy. as he got closer he realised it was a girl with gorgeous (y/h/c) hair hanging loosely down her back. she was too busy waxing a surf board to even hear him coming up closer behind her.

‘is that your board?’ he spoke up making you almost jump out of your skin causing you to stumbled forward falling into the board and the stand it was balancing on seconds before. you spun round quickly in the sand to unveil who had physically brought you out of your thoughts to the ground.

‘jesus christ man you scared the shit out of me!’ you exclaimed as your heart began to steady again.

jj stiffled a laugh but came over to you to help you back to your feet.

‘i’m sorry dude, i didn’t mean to frighten you’ he laughed again.

‘no no it’s fine don’t worry, i’ve just never seen anyone else down here before, was kinda expecting to be alone’ you said as you dusted yourself off. he was a lot taller than you were but his smile put you at ease. he was really handsome.

it went silent between the two of you for a short minute before jj cleared his throat and asked you again ‘so is that your board? you surf much?’ it took you a second to understand what he was talking about until he gestured at the board left on the sand behind you.

‘oh um yeah, it’s kind of the only thing i do. i come down here almost every morning before i have to start my day.. do you? like surf, do you surf much?’ you trailed off suddenly feeling self conscious that you were no longer alone in the one place you come to for peace and quiet.

‘do i?’ jj scoffed, ‘only the best surfer in OBX, unofficially’ he winked.

‘in the what?’

jj thought for a second but shook his head ‘it doesn’t matter, all you need to know princess is that you’re in the presence of an expert’ he stated proudly with a lopsided grin as he bowed in front of you.

‘oh is that so?’ you retorted suddenly feeling cocky. surfing was your life and it would take someone outstanding to impress you.

‘oh yeah darling, the best.’ he said with a smirk obviously feeling confident. ‘i mean i would’ve taught you a few moves but i don’t have my board,’ you raised your eyebrows stunned by his ego.

an idea flashed in your mind. ‘well that’s no problem pal, i have some boards i’ve been working on with me. come on’ you gestured for him to follow you further up the beach to the little hut next to the cave in the cliff that you had built at the beginning of the summer.

‘working on?’ he asked now looking confused with the fluffy piece of blonde hair falling from his forehead.

‘uh yeah, i’ve been making my own boards for the past couple years with my uncle. he owns a surf shack back up in town. he was the one who taught me how to surf.’ you explained as you walked towards the little shabby hut.

jj was dumbfounded. a hot girl who not only surfs but makes boards too? he was impressed to say the least. ‘that’s crazy. wow. so you made all these?’ he began examining the few boards you had in the little hut, admiring your craft.

‘um yeah .. i did..’ you trailed off realising that he was the first person to ever see your little handmade workshop. it was nothing extravagant, just a sheltered space you’d found on this peaceful beach where you brought your tools. it wasn’t much but this place was your spot. you’d never even seen anyone on this beach before and it felt like yours. but now here you were with this stranger, showing him your safe space and your unseen work. you couldn’t help but feel overly conscious of your current situation.

‘this is insane. you’re really talented.’ he said smiling back at you still inspecting the boards. ‘you think this one would hold me?’ choosing one of the ones you had just finished on a couple weeks ago.

‘erm, i think it probably could but for your size and build i think..’ you got up and moved to the back of the stacks of boards and pulled one out, ‘i think this one would probably be more suited for you..’ handing him the board.

‘sweet’ he thanked you and followed you out the hut. the sky was now a perfect shade of pink as the orange sun was beginning to settle in the sky.

‘so, you uh, wanna try this thing?’ he said motioning towards the ocean smiling back at you.

‘sure, i mean that’s why i’m down here in the first place’ you said laughing taking off your shorts and t-shirt revealing your red bikini.

jj let out a short breath admiring the view. she’s so hot he thought to himself.

‘you coming big fella?’ you said back to him picking up your board and heading off towards the water. for some reason you felt completely at ease by this strangers presence. perhaps it was because you always were calm and your special spot, but this new found confidence had even yourself intrigued.

jj was suddenly brought out of his thoughts when you spoke up, suddenly realising he didn’t actually have his swim shorts, just the clothes he was wearing. ‘wait! i don’t have any other clothes!’ he shouted after you.

‘well come in your underwear then i don’t know?’ leaving him stunned by your bold comment. he thought for a second before you turned around to see if he was coming or not. you quickly remembered your wash bag from yesterday and planted your board in the sand and tan back to the hut to your things.

‘here, i have my brothers swim shorts, they should probably fit you.’ as you passed him the shorts and he gave you a questioning look.

‘get your mind out of the gutter-‘ you paused wanting to use his name but realising you hadn’t actually got it yet. he clocked your confused face coming to the same realisation.

‘oh! it’s jj’

‘jj,’ you repeated quietly, ‘i’m y/n.’

‘pretty name for a pretty face’ he said with a wink making you blush ever so slightly.

‘so.. some other guys swim shorts?’ he asked raising an eyebrow.

‘my brothers. our powers out so the washing machine is working, i had to pick up my family’s stuff from the laundrette. like i was saying, get your head out the gutter jj.’ you finally finished. ‘so, you coming in then? or you scared i’m gonna show you up?’ you teased.

‘oh, i’m definitely not scared princess. go on in, i’ll meet you out there.’ you did as he said and warmed up in the water relaxing instantly. jj dived in after you just minutes later, splashing next to you causing you to laugh.

‘ready to see some real moves y/n? learn a thing or two?’ he said as he began paddling further in.

‘we’ll see about that jj’ as you followed him into the waves.

you two surfed and laughed until the early afternoon, both showing off your best moves and tricks to each other, both trying to not let on how impressed you both were at each others skills in fear of feeding into one another’s egos too much.

you both decided to head back to shore, feeling exhausted and hungry and a little bit heat stricken. jj collapsed onto the sand making a loud groan as he hit the floor. you sat down next to him opening up your little lunch box you had packed for the day and sharing it with the boy next to you. ‘yes! i’m starving!’ he exclaimed basically devouring almost all the sandwich you had made.

‘it’s a pretty pathetic lunch sorry,’ you said staring at the plain sandwich. ‘but at least one of us came prepared though’ you joked nudging his side. jj however, did not laugh at the poor joke, he sat up straight, reality kicking him right in the balls.

‘oh shit!’ he shouted ‘shit shit shit shit shit’ he scrambled up from his previous place in the sand and quickly gathered his clothes throwing them back on quickly, leaving you feeling slightly disappointed.

‘i’m so sorry y/n i have to go’ he apologised coming back over to you.

‘oh right okay..’ you said slowly as you stood up too.

‘shit,’ he looked at you with hope in his eyes ‘do you know your way around this beach much at all? i was with my friends.. um camping and i need to get back to them but i don’t know where they were shit!’ he seemed really stressed.

‘hey hey jj, calm down, yeah i should be able to help. do you remember where you were camping near at least?’ you said putting your clothes back on.

‘erm well it was on the beach.. and there was like this big rock, like a really big rock!’ he said looking at you as if that was gonna give you a lightbulb moment.

‘okay.. well let’s go find it’ you say gesturing him to guide you in hopefully the right direction at least.

you walked back over the rocky beach that jj came through to get to the cove. ‘i’m sorry about this by the way’ he spoke up looking back over at you reaching out his hand to help you down from the rocks.

you smiled back at him taking his hand ‘it’s okay, i’ve had fun. nothing i expected from today but it’s been fun.’

‘it has.’ he replied.

‘so do you not have a phone? can you not just get their location, try ring them atleast?’ you questioned realising that would make the current situation a lot easier.

‘yeah um, we’ve kinda gone rouge. not really option..’ he stayed close to you as you walked down the beach looking for this ‘big rock’. ‘it can’t be far though, it didn’t take that long to find you’ he said with a smile.

‘full survival mode, sweet. not practical but i respect it.’ although you secretly kind of hoped that you would struggle to find his camp. you liked being around him, it was easy.

‘that’s pogue life for you.’

but before you could even begin to question what a pogue was someone screamed from a distance snapping you both out of your conversation.

‘JJ!’ before you knew it there were little figures running towards you both.

‘hey look there’s the rock! we found them!’ jj said to you smiling causing you to giggle and roll your eyes.

a girl around your height was the first reach you both slowing down as she clocked your presence next to the blonde boy. the rest of the group caught up all looking exhausted and extremely concerned.

‘jj where the hell have you have you been?! who the fuck is this?!’ wow okay rude you thought as you looked to the ground with wide eyes.

‘woah kie chill, she’s cool’ he said attempting to calm her down but instead doing the opposite. she looked at you in disgust before looking back at jj.

‘jj what the fuck man? where have you been?!’

‘we’ve been worried sick!’

‘guys guys just chill okay, i’m fine and i’m sorry! i just lost track of time just give me a minute to explain!’ he retorted back to them all.

‘you left us with no warning for some girl are you serious??’ the girl jj referred to as kie piped up again. whatever was going on was all way too dramatic and clearly too complicated for your liking.

‘j i’m just gonna go, i’ll see you around’ you said softly to the boy before turning around and heading back.

‘j? is she serious?’ you heard someone scoff behind your back, as you presumed it was the curly haired girl. you debated snapping back for the comments and looks you had just received in the past two minutes but just simply rolled your eyes at the childish behaviour. you enjoyed jj’s company but if these were his friends maybe it wasn’t worth it. you simply rolled your eyes and carried on walking.

‘y/n, y/n wait!’ jj chased after you.

‘jj? man?’ one of the boys questioned.

‘i know i know just give me a minute okay and i’ll explain everything!’ he shouted back at them before they all huffed and gave you both a minute.

‘y/n look i’m so sorry about that, i promise you they’re not like that usually it’s just ..’ he stopped looking for the words, ‘it’s just a really complicated situation right now okay, it’s hard to explain i just-‘

‘you don’t have to explain jj’ you cut him off. ‘you don’t know me and i don’t know you. i’ve had fun today and it was nice to have that break from reality but we clearly both have other things to worry about. you look after yourself.’ you said and turned on your heel before he could respond. you felt disappointed but let’s be real, it was too good to true.

jj just stood there not knowing what to say watching you walk away. john b came up behind him putting his hand on his shoulder.

‘i don’t know what you got up to today, i don’t even know if i want to. but bro, we have too much shit going on right now.’ he said to him.

‘i know man.’ jj replied sighing.

‘come on,’ john b pulled them both around heading back to the rest of the pogues. ‘we should but a tag on you bro, or a bell. too many surprises from you’ they both laughed.

‘sorry man, won’t happen again’ jj saluted.

‘yeah well, the others might want a better apology than that. kie’s pissed’

jj looked over his shoulder one last time, you already out of sight. he sighed, ‘yeah i know’

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