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JIARA WEEK 2023 - DAY 7: Lyrics

Headstrong Into the Storm

Jiara Week 2023 Day 7 - Missing Scene 6.9k words Rating: T

Summary: A missing scene from the first week on Poguelandia inspired by living with you in a cave for a month

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I love you. She said it. But what does that mean? Outside of Pogue loyalty. Outside of the kind that kisses your wounds with a fist, that balances on condition. The kind that’s lost to the mainland or fades into the horizon.

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Or, missing moments from 3x10. JJ is still haunted by hometown ghosts. But Kiara is there, as always, to remind him what they are to each other first and foremost.

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JIARA WEEK '23 > DAY 7 lyrics

Later, when she tries to remember it, Kiara realizes it comes back in flashes.

She remembers sitting on that ratty old pullout couch, her ukulele in her lap, holding her breath because she was almost positive JJ was about to say what she’d been waiting for him to say for weeks (and, honestly, probably longer).

Then, all of a sudden, whatever spark was between the two of them became the spark that burned down their childhood, turned into flames that licked up the sugar and left only the salt – a sour, bitter taste in all of their mouths, and nothing to chase it with.

jiara week day 7 - missing moment

Summary: A Kiara focused missing moment from 3x07.

Word Count: 5,327

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“Jage, I’ve been wanting to talk since we got off the island,” she says desperately, like if she just says it enough times maybe he’ll finally hear her. “We need to talk.”

Everything feels so off, and she tightens her grip around the fence as though that’s going to help her hold still when her very foundations are shaking. She’s always thought JJ was her ride or die, that they were the B team, that he was someone who’d have her back no matter what. But it’s like he’s a stranger as he backs away, arms lifting out to the sides, nodding as though she’s done exactly what he figured she would.

“What is wrong with you?” she says quietly, after he snaps some nonsense about her dad and the money clip.

“You’re really acting like you don’t care?” she calls out, louder this time, emotion making her voice crack, her eyes wide and wet. “I mean, seriously, you’re acting like I don’t care? Like, I love you, dude.”

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JIARA WEEK 2023

We Deserved A Longer Talk Between JJ & Kie When Kie Was Explaining To Him What Happened Between Her & Pope In The Season 1 Finale. Here's My Take On It.

Word Count: 1294

"Hey, you be careful...okay?" Kie said as she looked at Pope worriedly. He just stared at her without saying a word. He instead turned to JJ to talk to him totally ignoring her. "Meet me at the dock at three. Don't be late" he then walks out the door and JJ immediately felt the tension in the room.

Kie got up and went after him. "Okay what is your problem?" she said as she rushed down the stairs to go after him. "No problem, Officer. I'm just doing my job" he got in the bike and started it up.

"Look, I'm sorry that I hurt your feelings"

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Outer Banks (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kiara “Kie” Carrera/JJ Maybank, Kiara “Kie” Carrera & JJ Maybank Characters: Kiara “Kie” Carrera, JJ Maybank, Pope Heyward Additional Tags: jiaraweek’s Jiara July 2023, missing moment, Series 1, Jiara Week 23 Summary:

“Jay,” she whispered. She couldn’t keep the slight tremble out of her voice and prayed that he hadn’t heard it. JJ, who had been steadily drumming out a rhythm with his fingers on his chest, stilled his movements and was quiet for a second before he said back, just as quietly “yeah?” She continued to look up at the sky and she knew he was doing the same, neither of them looking at each other in the darkness. “Can I ask you a question?” Kie ventured cautiously. She wasn’t sure if it was a good idea to broach this conversation, but this was a question had been plaguing her mind ever since he had broken down in her arms the night before, and she felt like she at least needed to try and get him to answer it.

Or

After Kie and Pope argue on the boat while theyre looking for John B, JJ tries to help cheer Kie up the best way he knows how. Weed and stargazing.

don't wanna scrape you off the pavement by PennedByLynn

It’s scaring her, how JJ seems to think the only way he can help the Pogues is being the sacrificial bait. It’s always been part of his DNA but lately, it’s like he’s physically unable to stop. And Kiara doesn’t understand it because she would do anything to keep him safe. She kept him from drowning, fought to keep him above the surface whether it was the unknown depths of the Atlantic or the equally troubling waters of his own mind. It was all the same to her - the risk, the reward. She cares enough to keep him safe, to yell at him about the stupid chances he takes. She loves him enough to pull him away from the edge. JJ, though? He’s bold, reckless. He’d set himself on fire to keep the Pogues warm, to keep any of them from even wondering what it was like to be cold. And she’s terrified for the day he burns too bright, when his wax-coated wings fly too close to the sun. -- Or, a look at Kie and JJ’s contrasting - and often conflicting - demonstrations of love in the aftermath of 3x05’s bike crash. Featuring alternating POV’s, a closer look at one of the most stressful Jiara scenes, and the journey home from Wilmington. Jiara Week Day 7: Missing Moment

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He doesn’t need to explain any of this to Kiara. She’s been sneaking out almost as long as he has been, albeit under different circumstances, and she’s got a fire under her ass as she carves a sure-footed path through the thin forest surrounding the camp. JJ’s not as graceful as she is – his boots catch on the roots and rocks that she glides over, struggling to match the pace she’s setting in the ratty old sneakers that her mother hates.

And, honestly, this isn’t new territory for them. He’s been trying to catch up with her for a while. Not just on this hike from Kitty Hawk Hell but, like, in life. Generally speaking.

“Seriously though,” Cleo starts after a few more steps of comfortable silence. “She hasn’t left your side since we got here. She your bodyguard or something? Stalker? Clingy girlfriend?” And like the first few raindrops of an afternoon shower, JJ feels the dread start to pool again. Because of course he’s noticed how Kie only ever wants to go with him to collect supplies after Pope introduced the buddy system rule. Of course he’s noticed her body inching closer and closer to his after every sleepless night. If he thinks about it for more than two seconds, he knows exactly what that sinking feeling in his stomach means, what it meant earlier today for him to completely check out of the conversation at the first sign of any of the other Pogues noticing the things he’s noticed. If John B has started to catch on? Then it can’t just be his imagination. Something is different with Kie. With him and Kie.

Or, four missing scenes throughout the course of season three that show each of the Pogues being the massive Jiara shippers that we all know they are. jiara week day 7: missing scene

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jiara week day 7 - missing moment

Summary: JJ and Kiara are both dealing with the repercussions of what happened on the Coastal Venture. A missing moment from the early days of Poguelandia.

Word Count: 6,154

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“I’m mad at you, you know.” She doesn’t sound mad, but kinda sad instead, and JJ’s stomach churns uncomfortably.

He looks over at her and finds her staring at him. “What did I do?”

Her eyes flick to the barely healing gash on his forehead, and it throbs as though it can feel her pointed gaze.

“Oh. That.”

“Yes. That,” she bites out.

“He was swinging at you, Kie,” he says matter of factly. “I wasn’t about to let you get hurt.” It’s not rocket science. Protecting Kie is just ingrained in his veins, a part of his muscle memory.

Her throat bobs as she swallows thickly. “But you got hurt! You just fell off the side of the boat and–”

When her eyes grow shiny, he feels a tugging sensation in his gut, telling him that maybe she’s not actually mad at him. He shuffles closer, their elbows brushing, and she blinks a few times.

“And what? It was worth it, Kie.” She shakes her head at him, lips pursed into a pout. “I’d do it again.”

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