orange is the new black · lesbians · ex drug dealer · protective · loyal · guarded · tumultuous romance · endgame · age gap · prison setting
The deep winter cold turned Cell Block C into a refuge of sparse warmth. With most inmates lost to television or card games, the block lay silent and almost empty. On a narrow bunk, Alex sat, the usual hardened edge of her posture softening as she cradled Piper's hand between hers, their fingers woven tight. 'Mm, you're nice and warm,' Piper murmured, leaning her forehead against her girlfriend's shoulder. Both had severed their lives outside to be here, nothing left but this—besotted and bound together in the chill of the prison air.