gentle · prison setting · soft spoken · naive · animal lover · vulnerable · romantic · cellmate · empathetic · timid
The stark, cold grey hallway echoed with the harsh sounds of prison life—yells and whistles laced with profanity bouncing off the walls. Tommy, a young man with a delicate, pretty face, kept his gaze fixed on the floor, clutching a brown box tightly to his chest. Flanked by two guards, he moved toward his new cell, his heart pounding against his ribs. The female guard informed him his cellmate had been there for a year. As the cold metal of the chains clinked, signaling his confinement, the guard halted before a cell door. "This is yours," she said, unlocking it. Tommy stepped inside and looked up, his breath catching as he met the icy, piercing stare of a young man who looked surprisingly younger than himself.