May_39898
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- Outer Banks (TV) (21)
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I see a spark in the making by May_39898 for stupidthingsgoodoutcomes
Fandoms: Outer Banks (TV)
25 Dec 2025
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They watch a Christmas movie JJ’s never seen before, the kind with way too much snow, actors who look like they’ve never been cold a day in their lives, and a happy ending you can clock from a million miles away. When it gets late, Big John glances toward the window, where rain has started tapping hard against the glass. JJ follows his gaze and thinks, Hopefully snow later. Not for the magic of it—he’s learned better than that—but so he can pack a handful (probably more) down John B’s shirt and make him squeal like a wounded seagull.
“You staying over?” Big John asks, voice rough but casual, like it’s no bigger a deal than when he asked JJ earlier if he wanted seconds.
Or, in other words, this is my Secret Santa prompt for the beloved Stupidthingsgoodoutcomes, where JJ learns throughout the years that Christmas belongs to the people who care enough to stay; and yes, very goofy, very co-dependent Jaybe energy coming right at you!
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A collection of snippets capturing JJ and John B’s friendship!
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- Part 9 of Home Was Never a Place
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But Without You I'm Incomplete (Oh, I Think It Must Be) True Love by May_39898
Fandoms: Outer Banks (TV)
08 Jul 2025
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“He’s just really sunny. Like, everything feels better when he’s around. But he doesn’t get a lot of… good stuff. Not like we do. And I think he needs someone to love him. I just… I love him. A lot.”
Pope looked thoughtful, then shrugged. “That’s okay. You can like whoever you want. I think it’s nice.”
John B nodded, the tight feeling in his chest easing a little. He didn’t have the right words for what he felt—not yet—but he knew it mattered.
Even in third grade, it mattered.
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An intimate exploration of John B’s attempts to understand and define the profound connection he feels with JJ over the years.
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He still didn’t totally get why he cared so much—why he kept looking for signs JJ was okay. But maybe he did know. Because no one deserved to come home to the kind of shit JJ did.
Not even a guy he barely knew.
So he knocked.
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John B, newly evicted and lonelier than he wants to admit, moves into 2A—right next door to JJ Maybank in 2B, a classmate he barely knows. But thin walls and the angry voice of JJ’s father, Luke, make it harder and harder to pretend he doesn’t hear what’s really going on—and even harder to stay a stranger.
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John B’s always noticed JJ’s firsts—the quiet ones no one else sees. The first time he told the truth without flinching. The first time he reached out, not because he was in pain, but because he wanted to. They’re small things, easy to miss. But to John B, they mean everything. Because each one is JJ letting himself be known. Letting himself be loved.
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Years later, John B writes those first down—the quiet turning points that made them who they are now.
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- Part 11 of Home Was Never a Place
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I saw your face, I saw your light, you ran the race, you fought the fight by angi190
Fandoms: Twenty One Pilots
03 May 2017
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First comes the exploding sound of metal hitting metal that mixes with the screeching wheels on wet asphalt and windows breaking apart. Then, as if played out in slow motion he sees the shock in Josh’s eyes that probably mirrors his own surprise as they make a second long eye contact.
The next moment, his world falls apart.
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19 Jul 2026
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Tyler feels most at home when he is thirty feet above the ground. Josh feels most at home when he is struggling to breathe around a flame in his mouth. That’s a lie. This is all a lie.
This is all a lie.
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16 Jul 2026
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One orange colored sky, two depressed twenty-something-year-olds, and infinite possibilities.
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16 Jul 2026
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4 times Tyler saved Josh from his anxiety ridden mind, and the one time Josh saved Tyler.
created for the TOP Big Bang!
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09 Jul 2026
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How could you leave me?
All that had been running through Tyler’s head for the last week was that same question, over and over and over again. How could you leave me, Josh?
Loosely inspired by Dana Gioia’s poem, Planting a Sequoia
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- Part 46 of Unseen - Fear Will Lose
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08 Jul 2026