for meet cutes day 12 - so i'm your new cellmate. which bunk is mine — or should i share yours?
for 366 words - innocent
for writing club: assorted appreciation - plot point: imprisoned; bingo - 4.c: present tense
warning for mentions of sex offenders
349 words
Scorpius doesn't really bother to look up from his bed when his cell door is open and someone walks into it. He's been expecting a new roommate, ever since his old one got out of jail.
"Malfoy, new cellmate," the warden says. Scorpius grunts. The door closes, and it's silent for a few moments.
Finally, his new cellmate says, "So which bunk is mine? Or should I share yours?"
At that, Scorpius shoots up, nearly hitting his head on the top bunk.
"Are you a sex offender?" he asks, feeling a little bit queasy. He might try and act like he doesn't care, but the truth is he does. He cares a lot. And he is not going to room with a sex offender. He doesn't even think that's allowed — shouldn't he only be rooming with someone on his petty level of robbery?
To his delight, his new cellmate glows bright red. He doesn't seem as cocky now.
"No, I was just —" his cellmate stutters. "I wouldn't — I would never — I was trying to make a dumb joke. I'm Albus," he croaks.
Scorpius wonders how someone like him managed to land himself in jail, but he figures he should wait until around a week of them being cellmates before he asks.
"I'm Scorpius," he says, giving Albus a quick nod. "I'm not a sex offender either."
Albus lets out a little laugh that;s definitely fake.
"But really, is the top bunk mine?" Albus asks, still sounding nervous. Scorpius looks at him, an eyebrow raised.
"Yes," he says. He was here first. He gets the bottom bunk.
"Um," Albus says, shifting in place. Scorpius lays back down on his bed, figuring that that's enough socializing for today.
"What?" Scorpius asks when he doesn't hear Albus move.
"I'm sort of afraid of heights," Albus says. Scorpius sits back up and gives Albus a once over. Seriously, how did he get in jail? He seems way too innocent.
"I'll take the top bunk," Scorpius says, giving a sigh.
It's going to be interesting with Albus as his cellmate.
