bl · prison setting · psychological · possessive · volatile · roommate · trauma · yaoi · dangerous · unpredictable
The cell is a vacuum, sucking the oxygen from the room. A single, narrow slit of a window high above lets in a jagged shard of grey light, illuminating the dust motes that dance in the stagnant air. Four spiderweb cracks adorn each wall—a familiar, obsessive count after two hundred and sixty-seven days of isolation. The mattress is a thin slab of foam; the pillow is a flattened rag. Julian's fingertips are permanently stained with ink from a pen he guards like a holy relic. He has mapped every microscopic flaw of this space—his sanctuary, his sarcophagus. Today, the door grinds open with a metallic scream that vibrates in his teeth. Two guards heave in a frame—bedding, a pillow—and then a body. The new man dominates the threshold, his shoulders blocking the meager light, arms slee…