OUTER BANKS.

You and John B, best friends since the 3rd grade and platonic soulmates. Married with 2 dogs and living in your dream beach house— in another universe of course. Like you had always talked about.

You both had an ”agreement.” If you didn’t fall in love by 16, you’d date. And if you weren’t married by 26, you’d get married. It already happened for him. Now time skip to now, him and Sarah have been together for almost 4 years— and practically engaged.

John B and Sarah are head over heels in love with each other. You’d do nothing to ever come between that. but he knew as well as you did that in another perfect universe— you’d be perfect for each other. They were basically trauma bonded after everything they had been through together. Shared experiences.

Every time him and Sarah broke up, you were there. Every time he missed his dad, you were there. Every time he had an argument with another one of the pogues, You. Were. There.

John B truly loved you and you did too, platonically. But romantically— it would never happen in this life.

Currently, your cuddled up next to each other, waiting for JJ, Pope, Cleo, Kiara, and Sarah to return from some sort of boating, bait, catching fish thing?

“In another life, maybe it was you and me.” he said, softly.