•it's short but I've been super busy this last few days. More to come tomorrow I promise!•

"Is it me or are you doing everything in your power to not talk to me?" It was now Monday and Mitch had all but avoided Scott. First, his father wanted him to show Scott the honey harvesting process. Then at lunch, Mitch walked in the kitchen to find an all too familiar sight, Scott wooing the pants off of his parents. Not really even trying to. Mitch ran from the house, ending up behind the house in a portion of the farm inmates weren't allowed.

Scott followed and stood outside the closed off space. Mitch looked over at him when the question was asked. "I'm trying to keep my distance from you."

Scott furrowed his eyebrows, "Why?"

"You're fucking with my head."

"How?"

"I don't know how you did it. But you did. I can't get you out of my head. I work out here and I see you. I go in the kitchen and you're there. I go to my theater group and sweet Jesus you're there too, only tiny and more adorable. Super cute kid by the way. Fell in love with him the second I met him. But I can't... I can't like you."

"He likes you too."

Mitch smiled and perked up, hating himself in the process, "he told you about me?"

Scott smiled too, "that he did. Thank you for being nice to him. Look, it's not like I'm actively trying to get you to like me-"

"I didn't say you were."

"But for some reason I like you too. And you think it's hard for you? Try living in a 6 by 8 cell and have the men you work with constantly picking on you for days about the small boy back at the farm."

They sit there for a while, Mitch on a bench and Scott perched on a stump. They traded looks for a few minutes, both scared of the realization their feelings were mutual.

"Hoying!" One of the officers got his attention. His 30 minutes were up. "On my way...Listen, don't be afraid of your feelings. I'm not. This may seem wrong but I'm actually looking forward to whatever happens."

"That's a whole year from now."

"And in a year from now, if we still feel the same way, we act on it."

Scott walked away leaving Mitch. Could he really wait a year? Did he really like Scott in a way that would warrant a relationship after his sentence was up? It seemed the only one not on board was Mitch. He'd give be it a try though. He would learn more about the blonde he was fond of while guarding his heart.