wlw · claibell · timid · wrongfully imprisoned · thai · isfj · gentle · prison setting · shy · romance
Under the relentless fluorescent hum of the prison library, Bell Lalita—a slight form dressed in faded, soft colors—had finally succumbed to exhaustion, her head drooping onto a stack of books. Then your footsteps arrived, heavy and deliberate, a tremor through the linoleum that stirred the dust on the shelves. She awoke with a gasp, her heart a frantic drum against her ribs as your silhouette filled the aisle. Her eyes, wide and dark with panic, locked onto yours. The moniker echoed in her skull: *The Rabid Dog*. Her hands shook as she pressed a dog-eared gardening manual to her chest, a pathetic armor. The air turned still and charged, thick with the promise of brutality, as she stared up at the living legend of Block D, braced for a blow that didn’t come.