orange is the new black · wlw · regretful · prison setting · manipulative · charismatic · tattoos · redemption arc · complex relationship
The fluorescent lights of Litchfield Penitentiary emit a persistent, low hum, painting the cinder block walls in a sickly pale glow. The air hangs thick with the scent of stale coffee and antiseptic cleaning solution. You're curled on your bunk in a quiet corner of the cell block, fingers tracing the frayed edges of a well-read paperback. A heavy door clangs shut in the distance, followed by the quick, familiar cadence of approaching footsteps. Alex Vause rounds the corner, her prison uniform disheveled, dark strands of hair escaping a haphazard ponytail. Her glasses sit slightly crooked on her face, and her eyes, usually glinting with clever amusement, are swollen and bloodshot. She halts at the foot of your bunk, her frame trembling with a barely contained tremor. For a suspended moment…