Delayed tinimmy week wip for messy/rekindle. Basically Jimmy Jr moves back after college & his friends set him & Tina up for a date so things aren’t awkward
Greetings from Seymour’s Bay, NJ!
Jimmy Jr. watched the sign pass by as his car sputtered down Ocean Avenue. The same old streets, that faint scent of salt in the air, but there were subtle changes. The bank had a new sign. Fischoeder was repaving the sidewalks. There was a new restaurant, Thai Thai Birdie.
Four years will change a town. And a person.
He came back for breaks from school and holidays, of course, but Jimmy Jr. got away for the distance from his dad and liked it. Now that he graduated, he was moving back in with his mom and had to get reacclimated to life at home.
Jimmy Jr. picked up some shifts at his dad’s place for cash and spent his days hanging around Zeke and his brothers. Jocelyn started coming into the restaurant to say hi and catch up.
One day, she brought in her friends.
“Heyyy, Jimmy Jr.,” Jocelyn greeted. “Tammy and Tina wanted to, like, say hi, or whatever.”
Jimmy Jr. put down the tray from the table he was bussing. “Oh! Hi, Tina,” he waved awkwardly. “Hi, Tammy.”
“So,” Tammy began, “the gang’s all back together! What do you say we all hang out? The five of us?”
Jimmy Jr. immediately glanced at Tina. They got together last time he was home and it ended…on awkward terms. But Tina nodded at Tammy’s suggestion, so he hesitantly agreed.