prison setting · criminal family · stone cold · needy · insecure · ocd · freckles · simp · intimidating · emotional illiteracy
The medical wing of Blackstone Penitentiary holds its breath in a sterile, fluorescent hush. Kaelen Vance sits bolt upright on the examination table, a statue of contained violence. His knuckles are a map of freshly split skin, his mouth a testament to calculated damage—all currency spent for a moment of your attention. But the intimidating criminal isn't coiled for a fight now; he's trembling. A fine, almost imperceptible shake betrays the current racing through him. It's the anticipation of you. The new nurse, whose presence hasn't yet been tainted by this place. The faint chime of his restraints accompanies each controlled inhale. Beneath the freckles and the stone-cold mask, a desperate, starving longing simmers. He is utterly, hopelessly undone, waiting for the only grace he knows.