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it’s their day😝🩷

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This is a sensitive topic

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Happy three years to season 3 Juby! My favorite fic I’ve ever written to this day. This fic is truly where I became a writer, I made so many friends during this era, one of them being my best friend in the whole world @thatsthewaythechrissycrumbles (thank you for always proofreading my chapters and hyping me up).

Please consider reading Paper Rings today, this fic is so special to me and is probably my favorite era of Juby.

One day I’ll rewrite the fic, but for now enjoy the perfection I think it is🫶🏻

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Happy Valentine’s Day to them and only them🫶🏻✨

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Watched the opalite music video today and I’m feeling inspired so I’ll let y’all pic!

I’m gonna do an opalite au based on the video, so.

Who should the opalite au be about?

Juby

Raige

Chudy (first ever)

Voting ended onFeb 8

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The Chain- Chapter Four

December 23rd, 1971

Ruby was laying on the couch in the studio, her notebook held above her as she scribbled down lyrics, humming along to an invisible melody in her head.

JJ, who had been putting away the instruments looked over, a cigarette dangling out of his mouth as he shook his head with a smile, she hadn’t put down that notebook in a month.

He looked around, making sure the coast was clear before going over, stubbing out his cigarette in the ashtray, gently taking the notebook from her hands.

“What’s this?” JJ asked, sitting beside her and moving her legs onto his lap, “I want you to sing this..” Ruby said and looked up at him.

His heart skipped a beat as he looked back at the notebook, reading the lyrics and rubbing his thumb along her calf.

After a moment he nodded and looked over, kissing her forehead, “it’s going on the record” he said and she grinned, leaning forward to kiss him.

He melted into the kiss immediately, throwing the notebook onto the floor, both of them giggling as they fell backwards onto the couch.

Present Time

JJ shook his head and looked away, grabbing his pack of cigarettes from his pocket and lighting one.

“it’s safe to say most of the time making the album we weren’t actually writing..” Ruby said, her lips twitching with the faintest smile before masking it.

December 23rd, 1971

Ruby stood beside JJ in the recording booth, the two of them recording and harmonizing on Crystal, it was just the two of them, lost in their own bubble of music.

It was a stripped down acoustic version, but to them it sounded perfect, but they knew in order for it to perfect they’d need everyone else on the song.

But in this moment none of that mattered, it was just them and the lyrics, singing to each other, it was one of the most intimate moments Ruby had ever felt.

They might’ve been living in a run down hotel and eating ramen everyday, but in the end these moments made it all worth it. They were gonna be big one day.

JJ pulled Ruby in close, resting his forehead against hers, leaning down to press a kiss to her lips.

“It’s all gonna work out.. I promise..” he murmured, caressing her cheek with his thumb, “we’re gonna be stars..” she whispered and leaned up on her tiptoes, kissing him again.

Present Day

JJ looked over at Ruby, his gaze carrying a hint of reluctant longing and pain, as if the memory was bringing up feelings he thought he’d forgotten.

This documentary was gonna be hell.

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Idea I have planned for season 5.

Warning: possible-ish spoilers? I have no clue if some sort of scene like this will happen, I just have an idea for it.

John B and Ruby stood in the study inside the Genrette house, flashlights on and waving dust out of their faces as they searched around.

“What are we even looking for?” John B asked, moving papers around on a desk, “something, anything that proves Groff killed Larissa, she’s the last hope we have to put him behind bars for good” Ruby said, searching a bookshelf.

John B sighed and looked through the papers, it seemed like standard business papers, nothing suspicious there.

Behind him Ruby kept searching the bookshelf, flipping open books and skimming through them before slamming them shut and moving to the next.

“Rubes..” John B said quietly after awhile, “no, we aren’t giving up. There’s something here I can feel it.” Ruby said and started looking through the filing cabinet.

“Ruby, you saw what losing dad the first time did to me..” he said and she stiffened, “this isn’t some psychosis of grief JB. It’s justice.” she said and grabbed a folder.

“what makes you think he even killed her?” John B asked, coming up beside her, “JJ.. he told me all about it, that’s why Groff wanted him dead” Ruby said, grimacing as she said JJ’s name, like it psychically hurt to mention him.

She sighed and closed the filing cabinet, pushing her bangs back as she anxiously ran her hand through her hair, the heaviness she’d felt since that day hasn’t left, if anything it’s only grown stronger, consuming her.

“Rubes?” John B asked, “I’m fine..” Ruby brushed off and went behind the desk, trying to open the drawer and finding it locked.

She grabbed a paper clip off the desk, bending it and shoving it in the log, jiggling it around and slamming the drawer up, grinning as the lock gave away, “gotcha..” she mumbled and pulled the drawer open.

“man he really was a bad influence on you..” John B said, coming over and shining his light in the drawer, Ruby didn’t answer him, she just grabbed the stack of papers and sat down in the chair.

She read through the papers, her eyes widening the more she read, “holy shit..” she breathed out, “what? Ruby what is it?” He asked, grabbing the papers.

Paternity Test findings: Patient; Jackson Genrette, Mother: Larissa Genrette, Father: Luke Maybank.

Dear Mr Groff, here are the paternity test findings you had requested, it appears that you in fact are not the father. My condolences and best wishes,

Dr. Bell.

“Oh my god” John B breathed out, shaking his head in disbelief, “that’s why he killed her.. he was gonna lose the inheritance..” Ruby said, taking a shaky breath.

“Wait wait.. look” he said and pointed something else out, it was Luke’s ancestry records, and he was related to none other than Blackbeard himself.

“This is exactly what we need.. we can end this” Ruby said and grabbed the papers standing up, “wait, we need to make copies and.. as much as I know JJ would hate it, we need to tell Luke..” John B said, gently grabbing her arm.

“You’re right.. he may be a piece of shit but he deserves to know the truth..” Ruby agreed, tucking the papers into her backpack safely, making a mental note to make copies as soon as possible.

They walked out of the study and Ruby paused, walking up to the mantle and grabbing a photo she never realized was there before, it was JJ as a baby.

Her lips twitched a little, she could feel the lump forming in her throat, he looked so much like Dallas and Delilah.

Ruby blinked back tears, pressing a gentle kiss to the frame before also safely tucking it into her backpack, turning to see John B already waiting, a silent understanding passing between the twins.

“Time to get you justice J..”

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The Chain- Chapter Three

November 22nd, 1971

JJ woke up in the back of John B’s van, rubbing his eyes groggily as he took in his surroundings, California was just a desert it seemed.

Ruby woke up next, already grabbing her camera and sticking her head out the window to snap pictures of the different cacti they passed, her eyes wide in awe and wonder.

“It’s beautiful..” Ruby murmured, putting her camera down, “yeah, it is..” JJ said, but his eyes were trained on her and not the view.

She looked over at him and her eyes softened, sliding onto his lap to press a gentle kiss to his lips, “everyone is here..” he murmured against her lips, “I know..” she said with a small sigh and went back to sitting beside him.

“We’ll tell them soon okay? We just need to get through this first” JJ reassured, “what if we don’t?” Ruby asked, “then I guess it’s back to home..? And I’ll work at the shop and you’ll do your crafts.. maybe one day we’ll get a house on the beach..” he said and put his arm around her.

Present Day

“Did you believe JJ about that dream?” Cindy asked, “of course I did, at the time it filled me with even more hope, that regardless of what happened in California, he still saw a future with us together” Ruby said, taking her hair down from its claw clip.

“it wasn’t a far fetched dream, i always had a least three plans in my head at all times, and that happened to be one of them” JJ explained, averting his gaze.

November 22nd, 1971

They arrived to the studio in California, everyone piling out of the van and staring up at the building.

“Holy shit..” John B breathed out, his eyes wide in disbelief, “we’ve made it huh?” Kiara said, her eyes also wide.

“We need to be smart about this. No fooling around this is our chance.” Pope said, smoothing any wrinkles out of his shirt.

“This way. Try to keep up.” Rafe said and went in first, the rest following him inside, “I can’t believe it” Sarah said, taking everything in at once.

After that it was meeting with executives and Rafe convincing them the band was worth it, the whole time Ruby had a white knuckle grip on JJ’s hand.

“Alright here’s what’s happening, they’re interested, but you gotta prove yourselves first” Rafe said, leaning against the wall and lighting a cigarette.

The pogues made their way into the recording booth, eyes wide as they’d never seen anything so fancy before.

JJ pulled everyone into a huddle, “what’s the plan?” Pope asked, “we play that new song Ruby wrote that we’ve been messing around with, Crying In The Night, we start off strong then we move to California Dreamin’, sound good?” JJ said.

“I don’t know the new song..” Sarah said, a bit panicked, “just follow me okay?” Kiara assured, everyone already mentally planning.

“P4L on three?” JJ said, holding his hand out, everyone sticking their hands in, “one, two, three, P4L!!” They all cheered in unison, moving to take their respective positions and grabbing instruments.

Ruby gave her tambourine an experimental shake, looking over at JJ who nodded in reassurance, this was it, they couldn’t blow it.

It was now or never.

Present Day

“How did it feel when you got signed?” Cindy asked, adjusting the cameras, “it was surreal, I don’t think any of us believed it at first” Kiara said.

“After that it was work all the time. We knew we had to make it big, we needed to earn our spot” John B said with a grin.

“That first album was the best work we ever made, we felt like a true family” Pope said.

JJ and Ruby shared a look for the first time since arriving, something unspoken said between them.

Things just got real.