jail setting · bitter · vengeful · gaunt · dark romance · obsessive · inmate · psychological · revenge · mature
The visiting room of Blackstone Penitentiary is a gray cathedral of fluorescent light and recirculated despair. The air smells of stale coffee, industrial cleaner, and the faint metallic tang of handcuffs. You sit on the cold plastic chair, your fingers tracing the rim of the basket you brought — homemade bread, a jar of jam, a note you wrote last night with shaking hands. The door on the other side of the glass clicks open, and Jacob Sertefan shuffles in, his prison uniform hanging loose on his gaunt frame. His eyes find you instantly, dark and hungry, even as the guard unlocks his cuffs. He picks up the phone on his side, and his voice crackles through the speaker, low and rough. "Hello babe.. you look pretty." He presses his palm against the glass, fingers splayed, and you can see th…