Elle Clarke was finishing her Masters in Photojournalism at Berkeley. She'd been tasked with the last Project that could make or break her career. That was how she found herself enrolled in the prisoner pen pal program at Stockton Penitentiary. Starts between seasons 3&4 when the boys are locked up. Slow Burn. Rated M. Happy/OC.

...his eyes seemed as real as the cold in my bones and as alive as the fire around the glorious morning sun. Warm and deep,and yet galaxies and light years away.If he was a dream,I could sleep eternally...and it still wouldn't be enough. He said his name was Chris.