AU: Ian is an inmate doing time for solicitation and Mickey is a new prison guard.
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"Ey Gallagher." Landon called out. Ian slowly opened his eyes. God, everyday he was was counting the days until he could sleep on a mattress thicker than an inch. Ian groaned and sat up. "We got some punk ass new guards." Landon said as he pulled his jumpsuit on. Landon was Ian's roomie, he was alright in Ian's eyes, but he was in the joint for arson. Ian didn't really care, all he wanted to do was serve time with no distractions.
Ian pulled his jumpsuit on and slowly caressed the picture of his family that hung on his side of the wall. A loud buzzer rang and both men stood by their beds, waiting. "COUNT." Officer Lee yelled as he entered their room. "Thank you gentlemen." He said as he counted two and walked out of the room. Landon slouched back onto his excuse of a bed and yawned. "Late night, could hear you moaning in your sleep again." Ian teased with a smirk. "Yeah, dreaming bout my wife again." He said and smirked. "Gross." Ian said as he made his way out their room. "Two more weeks asshole!" Landon yelled. Yes, Ian was getting out in about two weeks. The judge told him it was because of good behavior, lucky him. His pimp was the whole reason he was in this joint anyway. Let his ginger ass take the fall, which got him two years, the prick.
He slowly made his way down to the cafeteria for his breakfast. Ian was loner, he didn't talk to anyone except Landon and Kate the nurse in the infirmary. He was assigned to Kate for his "job". He helped her with some patients even though he didn't have any experience. Kate was a bitch to everyone in the prison, except Ian. She had a soft spot for the criminal. Ian grabbed his tray and sat in the back, then began eating. After a couple of weeks refusing to eat, he gave in, it wasn't good but also wasn't bad. He ate his meal and dumped it and made his way to "work".
"Milcovich!" The warden yelled and Mickey sat up. After months of wanting a different future, he landed this job as a correctional officer. From thug to officer, was a start. "First day jitters?" The warden asked and Mickey shook his head. "No sir, well I mean, sorta." He said and the warden laughed. "It's alright son, when I was in your position, I was scared as well. " He said and patted Mickeys shoulder. "I'm glad to have you, try not to mess it up kid." He said and Mickey nodded as a response. "Will do sir." He said and the warden nodded.
First day jitters was never good for Mickey. He didn't like to be around people, how ironic, he works in a prison. He liked to be alone, he only had his sister and she landed herself a job as a flight attendant, so she was gone all the time. He stared at the picture of his sister and mom in his locker, smiling. "Milcovich, Daniels, and Marsh you three are with me." Another officer yelled and Mickeys thoughts went away. He grabbed a piece of gum and stuffed it in his pocket. Gum could calm him, or anything minty.
"Alrighty men, so everyday we do count, three times." The officer said as they made their way into the cell blocks. "8:30, 5:00 and 6:30, they should all be in their cell by 6, dinner ends at 5:45 so if they are late, stike em." He stated. "It's almost time for the second count so Milcovich." He called out and Mickey came forward. "You'll be with Lee in cell block C, take this, Lee will show you what to do." He informed and Mickey walked off.
"Alright inmate, how bout you take the rest of the day off." Kate said as she slided a binder back into a drawer. "What?" Ian asked as he wiped the beds looking back at the clock, it was only 4:00, he usually got off at 4:50 just in time for count. "You heard me ginger, I'm taking off pretty early, Ed planned something special." She said while raising her eyebrows. Ian smiled and tossed his gloves in the trash. "I heard McKinley was getting out, didn't you two, talk." She said with a smirk. "Nothing like that, helped him with his letter to get out of this shit hole." Ian replied. He sat down in the rolling chair and smiled. Kate scoffed and shook her head, "Uh huh." She took her keys out and locked her desks. "Alright Gallagher, get out, maybe you'll have time to see McKinley." She teased. Ian got up and began walking out the door, "Have a good night Officer Wendell." He waved with a smile. "Later inmate."
Ian was walking back to his cell when he saw a crowd of guys looking out the window. He looked out and saw McKinley waving at the guys. Ian smiled as all the men waved and cheered. Truth was, McKinley didn't belong in there, every inmate new that. He was the nicest person ever, thrown in for nothing, just a wrong time crime. It seemed that McKinley spotted Ian, he waved in his direction and smiled as he entered the van. Ian waved back and he could hear a guard. "Alright that's enough gentlemen, keep it moving, none of you want stikes, right?" The guard called out and the inmates scattered. Ian saw the guard, he was new. After everyone left Ian stood by the window. "Inmate, lets go." The guard called out. Ian turned around and green eyes met blue. Mickey froze a bit at the sight of Ian. "Woah." He mumbled and Ian made a confused face. "Huh?" He asked and Mickey got flustered. "Oh, I said keep it moving." Mickey responded. "Sorry Officer?" He looked down at his name tag, "Milcovich." He said and Mickey nodded. "Your new, haven't seen you before." Ian said as they both stood in the hallway. "First day." Mickey admitted and Ian smiled. "Can I have some?" Ian asked and Mickey made a puzzled face. Ian laughed, "Gum, your chewing away like a horse." He teased and Mickey looked around cautiously. Ian caught on and stepped closer, "Its alright, nobody ever listens." He said and Mickey laughed. "If I could, I would." Mickey admitted and Ian nodded. "Right, no special privileges." He said and Mickey nodded. "Would make it seem like I liked you." Mickey replied with a small blush and both men looked at each other. Ian smiled and stared at him, "Don't you?" He asked and Mickey tensed. Ian smiled and Mickey stared, he cleared his throat and walked away. "Nice." Mickey whispered while walking away. Ian grinned to himself and made his way back to his cell. He made a small stop at the commissary to check if they had any more candy bars, luckily they did.
"Ian, guess what." Landon said as he jumped up from his bed. Ian entered the room and raises his eyebrows as a response. Landon dug under his bed and pulled out a paper. He slowly turned and began to dance. "Look who's getting out, uh uh uhh." He said while dancing. Ian threw his candy on the bed and grabbed the paper and laughed, "That's great Land, free man, tired of your moaning." Ian teased and hugged the other man. "Oh please, when your a free man, your gonna miss my moaning." He teased and Ian giggled as he threw his beanie at Landon. "You wish." He said and they both laughed. "COUNT!" A guard yelled. "Fuck, man." Landon murmured, "Can't enjoy anything in this shithole." He said and stood in his spot. "Another reasons to not come back." Ian said as he stood in his spot as well. Officer Lee walked in and clicked the button twice. "Thanks gentlemen." He said and moved on to the next room. Landon threw himself back on the bed and Ian began to unzip his jumpsuit. Before Ian could get the whole thing off the same guard yelled, "COUNT." Landon groaned and sat back up. "Jesus how hard is it to fucking count?" He cursed and Ian giggled. He barley had his suit off, it was halfway down and his arms showed his muscles. He heard footsteps so he stood in his spot, he looked up to see Officer Mickey. Mickey counted Landon and turned to see Gallagher. He froze for a second and they made eye contact, Ian gave a small smile. Mickey pushed the button and turned, "Thank you gentlemen." He said and walked out the room. Landon groaned and laid back down, not noticing the eye contact Ian and Mickey made. Ian sat on his bed and grabbed his pillow, when he moved his pillow something fell out. He looked at Landon, who was reading over his paper. Ian bent down and picked up the small object. He smiled to himself, blushed, there it was, the piece of gum. Somebody liked him.
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Don't know if y'all want part 2, I'm considering lol, so if you like this and want a continuation, let me know💕
