8 Works by ThatTallFriend
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JJ Maybank has survived treasure hunts, shootouts, near-death experiences, and living with John B. Unfortunately, none of that prepared him for having a girlfriend. Or for Kiara Carrera sitting in his lap for ten seconds. Or for John B finding out exactly how down bad he is.
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Her hands rose slowly, hesitantly, to his face. Warm and just faintly shaking, they cupped his jaw like he was the fragile one. Her fingers stroked lightly over the scruff on his chin, sliding to his cheekbone, and he leaned into it without thinking. Like he always did.
JJ swallowed, his throat dry, and kept his voice low and steady, the way he knew she needed it. “What is it, Baby?”
Kiara’s brown eyes held his, steady now, shimmering with something that made his chest ache. The love there was so palpable it felt like it poured straight into him, filling every crack he’d ever carried.
And then she said it.
“I’m pregnant.”
——————JJ Maybank’s faced guns, storms, and death itself… but diapers? Yeah, that’s the real adventure. Luckily, he’s got Kiara to keep him from screwing it up. This is the story of JJ stumbling, laughing, and cussing his way through preparing for fatherhood—while learning he can be more than he ever thought possible: a good dad, and the kind of husband Kiara deserves
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JJ gets a little liquid courage and gets more affectionate with a certain curly haired pouge.
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Spend a day at the beach with the Maybank’s!
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JJ gets to write letters to his family before he crosses the final step of death. Peace. Or maybe heaven. He’s not sure, they don’t really specify.
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After a tragic car accident leaves their mother in a coma, Marley and Noah Maybank make a wish that they could go back to a time when their mother was awake and healthy. The thing is they didn’t specify how far back…
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JJ hasn’t heard from Kiara in years, so what happens when he gets a phone call from her asking him to pick her up from the hospital.
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Eight months after JJ’s death, Kiara’s dad drops off her old video camera from when she and the boys were kids. Together the Pogues watch the videos of their younger selves, they laugh and cry at the boy with golden hair and blue eyes, who is no longer with them.