Don't Need Them - John Laurens x Reader {DISCONTINUED}

- 55 -

~ one week later ~

Alexander's POV

Despite not yet having the trial, the police still kept me, Laf, and Herc in jail. Herc was in the cell next to me, but neither of us really knew where Laf was. If I was correct though, he was somewhere farther down the hall.

I rarely ever saw them, and I knew that would be the case for a long while. The only way that wouldn't be the case was if we somehow didn't get punished for our actions. The chances of that were impossibly low, but maybe, just maybe, we had a shot.

Seeing as trying to talk to Herc was far from easy, I was left to my thoughts more often than not. Sit around, think, sleep, repeat. Every day was the exact same.

At least until today.

I was pulled out of my thoughts by the cell door being unlocked, some guy I didn't know being escorted in by two officers. "You got a cellmate now, Hamilton. Play nice."

They left after relocking the cell without another word, the stranger walking over to the other bed before sitting down.

The man had short, dark brown hair, and what had to have been the most piercing light blue eyes I'd ever seen. He didn't look much older than me either. Although he was a stranger, a small part of me felt like I'd seen him somewhere.

I minded my own business, as it seemed he was. At least until I noticed him studying me.

I raised an eyebrow. "Do you mind?"

The man chuckled, leaning back and folding his arms. "Alexander Hamilton, right? High-status government official?"

"Yeah, and?" I responded.

"With everything you had goin' on, you never perceived me to be the crime-committing type." His tone was taunting, and I was starting to wonder whether having a cellmate would actually be better than being alone.

"If you knew more about what happened, you might understand," I shrugged. "Who the hell're you, anyway?"

"So inquisitive, aren't you?" was his response. He chuckled more. "Quite surprised you haven't seen me before."

It took a few seconds, but suddenly, it hit me. "You're Adrian Woods, aren't you? Arrested and charged with attempted sexual assault on your ex and breaking into her house. You've also escaped prison before."

"So you do know. Glad we're on the same page," Adrian nodded. "She was so vulnerable: Catalina. She really thought she had finally gotten away from me, that she was safe.."

He looked back at me after a few moments. "So, what got you here, Hamilton?"

"Break-in and kidnapping charges. And technically aggravated assault.." I answered after a few seconds, looking at my lap.

Adrian whistled. "And I thought I was bad. Rumor has it your partners are here too somewhere. That true?"

"How do you know that?" I questioned.

"Partner-in-crime on the outside, Hamilton. Until the cops find a way to arrest him, I'm as good as gold," Adrian answered smugly.

"Who's your partner-in-crime?" I asked.

"Is it possible for you to not ask a question every two minutes?" Adrian rolled his eyes before chuckling to himself. "If you must know: Myers Jameson. Easily one of the most clever guys you'll ever meet."

"I have a feeling you guys have some sorta brains and brawn thing goin' on for you," I commented, leaning back. Sure, this guy was an *sshole, but I was starting to doubt that we wouldn't get along. I had a certain feeling.

"Not to say I'm only all anger and brawn, but yeah, Myers is more so the brains of our plans. He knows how to kick *ss though when need be, and I'm not too bad at plotting." At least the officers couldn't hear us.

Adrian suddenly had some kinda thoughtful look in his eye after a short time. Could it be described as 'thoughtful' with who he was and what he'd done? No idea. But that's what it seemed like. "Y'know, I did what I did for love; Catalina seemed to have forgotten I loved her. Shame nobody else could see that."

"That's- We did that too!" I answered, looking back over to him. "All this time, we were just trying to show (Y/N) and John we loved them; they wouldn't listen. But sometimes, you still gotta get even with them, right?"

Adrian nodded, starting to smirk after a moment. "Y'know, Hamilton, I think you and I will get along just fine."

if your name is catalina just change the other name but... if yknow, then yknow...

i'll cya next time ;)

~ Galaxy