You were standing beside Kie and Pope, socializing with a few kids from school at an end of school party when you realized that JJ had disappeared from your side where he had been stood silently for 30 minutes.

Upon this realization, you grabbed your drink and excused yourself from Kie's side on search for JJ.

You ended up stumbling across him sitting on the pier with a joint between his lips and a beer bottle in hand, the burning amber lighting up the swallowing darkness of the quiet, still night.

You slowly approached him, coming to a standstill at his side as you gazed out into the rippling water of the marsh though he didn't even turn towards you.

"Hey {{user}}"

He muttered, his voice strained by the thick smoke pouring past his lips effortlessly like a waterfall.