daisy

It didn't come as much of a surprise to her that waking up in Seth's arms would've been the best feeling she had ever felt. For the first time in a while, her dreams were filled with nothing but good things, fluffy clouds and dancing puppies, and she didn't doubt it was all to do with her handsome cellmate.

One of his hands were on her head and the other around her back, squeezing her tightly every so often, as she laid with her face on his chest and her legs tangled with his. A small part of her wanted to save some dignity and pull away from him as to not give the impression that she was the sort of person to fall asleep with random men she hardly knew.

However, the larger part of her didn't want to move an inch while she basked in his manly scent and muscled torso with his steady heartbeat singing her into another deep sleep. All of a sudden, his heartbeat fastened, causing her to open her eyes in shock. Daisy buried further into him to fall back asleep but it was impossible when his irregular heartbeat sped up even more.

She poked his chest, maybe a little harder than she should've done because his eyes flew open. Wincing, he let go of her head and rubbed the area with a scowl directed at her, but then closed his eyes again and lifted her up so he could nuzzle into her neck. "What was that for?" His voice was muffled against her neck, the vibrations making a shiver run down her spine.

"You're heart was beating faster. I-it was disturbing my sleep time. Shh shh." She said drowsily, now half asleep. After hearing no response, she peeked an eye open and because his face was tucked in her neck, she only saw that the skin on his neck was red. Daisy lightly blew on the area, assuming he was just feeling hot.

When the bell rung, her whole body jolted from the noise, feeling unprepared for it every time. Frowning, she poked Seth's t-shirt clad chest again and grumbled, "your fault," blaming him for her lack of sleep.

"Aren't you just a ball of sunshine in the morning." He said with heavy sarcasm, letting her go and rolling out of bed.

As soon as he lifted the covers away from her, Daisy's comfortable warm bubble popped from being exposed to the chilly air. With only a few slightly warm radiators in the hallway, her teeth began to clatter. She shuddered at the thought of how much colder it would be outside the prison.

After accidentally bumping her head on the top bunk, she slowly made her way out and stood beside Seth to roll her sleeves.

"Morning, little angel."

She felt a firm kiss placed on the crown of her head as she distractedly mumbled a "good morning," back.

Feeling herself being gently pushed onto the chair, she stared up at Seth with question. He didn't answer and instead knelt down on the hard floor and began to roll her pant legs up with concentration on his face.

Startled, she squeaked, "w-what are you doing?!"

He stopped and raised an eyebrow at her but then continued what he was doing. "What do you thin- Ah! F*ck sake." He suddenly yelled angrily as the pant leg unfolded again.

Daisy stayed silent, not knowing how to feel with, arguably, the scariest prisoner in the building kneeling in front of her. The fact that he made an extra effort to make sure they wouldn't fall down warmed her heart to the point that she had to subtly rub her chest in an attempt to calm her racing heart.

When he finished and the doors of the cell had opened, he stood up and coughed, rubbing the back of his neck. "Wouldn't want you to trip." He said gruffly.

Knowing that any words out of her mouth would be unintelligible with her brain turned to mush, she just nodded quickly and let out a happy sigh when he turned around.

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After they ate breakfast, the pair went to the common room where Daisy read to Seth some more. He didn't seem all that interested in the book but she didn't really mind as she curled into his chest, his body warmth feeling like her very own heater.

"Angel." Seth said when she finished another chapter.

"Hmm?"

"I'm going to go shower so I'll leave you with Nate, ok?" He told her in his deep voice.

Frowning at the page in front of her, she chewed her lip. Daisy really didn't want to be apart from him. She had grown quite attached to the criminal and a small part of her was worried about the power he held over her already in such a short time.

Seth's thumb released her pink lip from between her teeth, before rubbing over the swollen area. "Have you showered since being here?"

Shaking her head, she admitted, "I've been t-too scared to."

The arm on her waist tightened while his lips were pressed in a firm line. "Hm, good. I'll take you now."

Immediately, she jumped away from him but due to his arm constricting her, she only moved about an inch. "N-now?!" Sleeping with him last night was far enough, she definitely wasn't ready to shower with a guy.

He narrowed his eyes at the distance she created with his jaw clenched. "Yes. Problem?"

She quickly nodded her head, looking at him fearfully.

"I'll just keep guard of the entrance. I'm not going to shower with you." He said, rolling his eyes and then smirked, "though, I'm sure you're dying to."

Blushing, she hid her face in her hands while he laughed at her expense. He pulled her hands away and held one, intertwining their fingers. They walked to another part of the prison that Daisy hadn't been to but instead of looking around curiously, like she wanted to, she kept her head down and wrapped her other arm around his so she was hugging it to her chest.

As soon as she saw a man dressed with only a towel protecting his dignity, she gasped and pressed her face into Seth's tree trunk of an arm. She breathed heavily in his masculine scent to distract her from the pungent smell of body odour.

Seth didn't stop walking, despite her hanging onto him like she was holding on to dear life, but squeezed her small hand in reassurance, which calmed her down slightly. She didn't look up but heard him whisper to someone, "get everyone out of there now."

If she didn't know who her cellmate was, she would've been terrified of the threatening tone in his voice. For a brief moment, she wondered whether it was a good idea to be so close to the person everyone was afraid of and she was reminded of the time that Owen told her Seth was the devil.

However, all her negative thoughts faded away when she felt his rough thumb softly rub the back of her hand.

The smell got worse as they walked closer to the showers. Daisy heard people hurrying past them and occasionally bump into her, causing her to strengthen her death grip on Seth, ignoring the sting of pain from her cuts, so she wouldn't be carried away in the crowed.

"Ok angel. You can look now." He told her when they stopped walking.

She did as he said and blinked several times to get rid of the blurriness from squeezing her eyes too tight. Although, her body stayed tense and her hands didn't loosen as she took in the dirty tile covered walls and wet floors. The actual showers themselves didn't look too disgusting but they were only separated by short walls that could easily be looked over by anyone taller than herself. There were three dispensers connected to the wall that were labelled with soap, shampoo and conditioner. A curtain offered some privacy but she doubted there was anything stopping some creep from ripping it open while she showered. However, the entire room was empty due to Seth's command but turning around, she saw that there wasn't a lock to door of the room so anybody could walk in.

"You're shaking." She felt him press a light kiss on the crown of her head, making her cringe internally as she knew her hair was greasy and probably smelled really bad.

Feeling her blue eyes turning glossy, Daisy asked with a cracked voice, "what if someone c-comes in?"

"They won't come in. I f*cking promise you, alright. I'll stand guard while you shower so there's nothing to worry about." He was cupping her jaw and staring into her eyes with conviction so apprehensively, she nodded, knowing she would have to shower eventually anyway.

After Seth gently pried her away from him, he went to a towel rack and passed her a clean white towel, which she clung onto just to keep her hands from shaking. Telling her to stay where she was, he walked out to get her clothes but luckily, came back a few quick minutes later so she didn't panic too much. He then told her to get in the shower so slowly, she did, closing the curtain tightly behind her but then stuck her head out to see if he was looking.

Seeing that he was standing with his back facing her and his arms crossed, she cautiously peeled her grey sweatshirt and pants away, before her undergarments followed. While shivering, Daisy rolled them into a ball and held them out for Seth to look after.

"The-the door is c-closed, right?" She asked to make sure, trying to ignore that she was currently naked and chatting with a boy just a feet away.

"Yes. Don't worry."

Letting out a breathe of relief, she turned on the water but screamed loudly as freezing cold water hit her body.

"What happened?!" Seth shouted, sounding panicked.

Seeing the plastic curtain move a little, she quickly replied, "nothing, nothing. Don't come in. The water was just cold." After adjusting the water to the perfect temperature, she was surprised at how relaxing it was on her skin, especially now that she could wash away the layer of grim on her body and the grease in her hair.

But, with Seth shuffling his feet loudly and coughing every so often, it made her anxious and too nervous to actually move her hands from covering herself. "D-don't listen, please." She said shakily.

"What difference would it make?" He chuckled over the sound of the shower.

The blush didn't leave her face as she felt extremely embarrassed with the entire situation. Feeling stupid, she just repeated, "please!"

He didn't respond so she hoped he was covering his ears. But all of a sudden, she heard a really deep voice sing, "take the shackles off my feet so I can dance. I just want to praise you." She giggled, relaxing her stiff posture as he continued with his terribly awful singing.

Seth sang throughout her entire shower, which she really appreciated, but made it a quick one just to end his singing earlier. It was obvious he only knew the two lines because he repeated them over and over again before mumbling the rest of the song as if his incoherent mumbles were the correct words. When Shackles finally finished, his rendition of Twinkle Twinkle was even worse.

But nevertheless, Daisy was could hardly stop laughing and when she did stop, the grin from ear to ear on her face would honestly scare anybody who saw. By the time she turned the shower off, her cheeks were sore but it was a good feeling. She didn't remember ever smiling as much as she did, which was surprising considering the situation.

"You can stop now." She giggled, drying her hair with a towel as well as she could and then wrapping herself in it after.

"See. All relaxed now and nothing went wrong. That is why you should always listen to Seth." He said matter of factly, holding out a ball of clothing through the curtain. "Put the towel on the floor and then get dressed."

She did as he had told her because the shower floor was wet, so assuming she wouldn't use the same towel again, Daisy put it under her feet, making it easier to get into the clothes without slipping or getting them wet. Apparently, there was a prison officer in the next room who handed out clothes to prisoners so fortunately, Seth managed to get hers.

Although, she was mainly surprised when she put her pants on a found that they had shrunk. Daisy stepped out with a worried expression on her face as she looked down at her bare feet, that were unfortunately getting dirty again.

"Seth?" She said, pulling on his top.

"Yes, kitten?" Seth turned around and made a face at her feet, before lifted her up and sitting her down on the bench with her feet on his lap.

"Did I grow?" She asked with hope and watched as he used a clean towel to wipe her feet.

The corners of his lips quirked up. "Not at all." He replied while putting some grey socks on her cold feet, making her wiggle her toes afterwards. "I had someone get you some shorter pants."

Daisy stared at him with her mouth gaping and scrambled to wrap her arms around his neck. "Thank you." She whispered, her voice sincere with gratitude.

"I thought you would've appreciated not walking like a newborn deer struggling to walk." He said when they separated and kissed her forehead.

"Why are you nice to me?" She asked, truly shocked.

"You don't deserve to be in here," he simply said.

And then it was Seth's turn to shower, which made her nervous to be standing out in the open with no protection. He'd be close by but it wasn't like he could actively be her protecter while soaping his armpits.

Though as expected, Seth had a solution and made her to keep her hand on the wall next to the shower curtain so he'd know if she'd move anywhere or if she was taken. It didn't take long before he finished showering and, without warning, walked out with only a towel loosely hung around his waist so Daisy immediately looked away with her eyes shut.

When he told her she could look, he was in the midst of putting on his top and her eyes locked in on his torso where a number of tattoos covered his skin and unfortunately, there were plenty of scars that obscured them or were covered by them. She wanted to cry at the thought of someone hurting him and also grew quite angry, much to her surprise.

To her dismay, the bell rung so she couldn't ask him questions about either, though he knew she wanted to. They returned back to their confined cell, which Daisy was fine with after Seth presented her with a book he had taken from the common room, one that she had read before but nevertheless was fun to read.

They continued with their routine of her reading aloud to him, only this time, Seth told her he was going to work out in the little area they had by the bunk bed as he normally did before she arrived. It didn't surprise her he'd have to work hard for his impressive muscles but it still drew her attention away from the book a few times, causing her to stumble across one or two of the words and him to smirk knowingly at her.

After a couple of chapters, Daisy grew bored and decided to ask him questions to get to know him. She laid down on top of the covers and stared up, something she often did at home while contemplating her entire existence.

She managed to find out facts like he didn't have a favourite colour and didn't have time to watch many films but couldn't get him to tell her whether he liked Nate or Levi more. She should've been bored by his lack of responses but she wasn't. She was rather content in just listening to him speak.

"What are your parent's like?" She asked, curiously.

The sound of his heavy breathing stopped, indicating that he had stopped doing push ups, and then after a long pause, he said with a flat and emotionless voice, "I think I've answered enough questions." More softly, he added, "what're your parents like, angel?"

Feeling her eyes sting a little as a warning of fresh tears coming, she gulped and said, "th-they're great."

"Are they the reason you're here?" He asked softly.

Turning her head, she saw his blurred figure come closer and lay down next to her, placing a head on his chest and running his fingers through her dark brown hair. "How'd you know?" She asked with a pout.

"I know everything."

"I-it wasn't even my fault! My sister framed me for stealing a purse and my parents said I had to go for the sake of the family's reputation b-but I went because they said they'd visit. They haven't sent a letter and haven't even they called." She told him brokenly into chest, soaking it with her tears as she recalled the empty promises said to convince her to admit to the crimes she didn't do. "I expected A-Anna's boyfriend, Lincoln, to visit but he hasn't either. He was the o-only one that was ever nice to me."

Seth shushed her soothingly to calm her down when her breathing became difficult from her heavy sobs but felt something inside her break as she finally admitted to herself that her family never cared about her. She hated them for manipulating her and knew she should never have trusted them.

"Y'now what I think?" He asked and didn't wait for an answer as he said, "you have the biggest and the purest heart I know and you deserve all the love the whole world has combined and more. If your family can't give you that, they don't deserve you."

She closed her eyes as he peppered kisses on her head, making her feel more loved in the cold, dirty prison than she had ever felt with her family.

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Thank you for reading!

Not really an exciting chapter but hopefully it was cute. If not, here's a picture of how I picture Daisy looking when she gets angry that people have hurt Seth. Adorable. >.<



@_catladyforlife_ suggested the song Shackles by Mary Mary because it would go perfect with the book and it does. Just imagine Seth singing it... really really badly.

@CaptainSir made these really cool covers for me. So, yeah. I love them.





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Much love <3

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