lazygeisha:

opald:

This is an interesting headcanon request! I can’t imagine them spending that much time in prison but I’ll try.

• Ae would be in prison because he almost beat someone to death for hurting Nong Yim. He almost got put in jail for this in the series (but because Pete was assaulted) so it’s not that much of a stretch.
• Pete would be in prison because Trump framed him for a financial crime and then fled the country.
• The reason I don’t see Pete being there long is because he’s too delicate. It would break his spirit to be in such a violent hyper masculine place for a long period of time. I also think that his Mother would pay to have him released considering the fact that they’re very wealthy and Thailand has a corruption problem.
• By the time Pete arrives, Ae has been there for six months and he’s used to it already. When he first gets there people thinks it’ll be easy to mess with him because he’s short, but they get clued in pretty quick when he breaks someone’s arm for trying to touch him in the showers.
• Pete gets assigned to be Ae’s cell mate and he’s terrified. Not just because it’s prison but because the guards make jokes about how Ae’s going to ‘tear him apart’ and other crude things that Pete doesn’t understand.
• When Ae sees Pete for the first time, his hackles immediately rise. A mistake, is the first thing he thinks. There’s no way someone as fragile as this man could have done anything to deserve to be in here. Pete just makes his assessment worse when he flinches and shakes at the sound of the gate being closed.
• The first night, Pete cries. It happens to everyone but Ae still lies there, tense, as he listens to Pete cry into his sheets. It sounds like the cries of a child, not a man. It makes him want to comfort him. He can’t stand it so he bangs the bed and asks Pete if he can stop.
• Pete’s crying just gets louder at the sound, and it makes Ae feel worse. Pete says he’s sorry, but he’ll try. His cries get quieter because he covers his mouth, but they’re just as intense.
• Ae gets down and climbs into bed with Pete. That stops Pete’s tears but only because he’s so scared of what Ae is going to do. But all he does is stroke Pete’s hair, the way he used to do to Nong Yim. It’s so gentle, it surprises Pete into rolling over so he’s facing Ae. This close, Ae can see just how pretty Pete really is, even with his eyes full of tears. Someone else will definitely try to take him once they’re released in the morning, and for some reason the thought makes Ae furious.
• Pete says, “Thank you. I’m sorry for being annoying,” because he is thankful. This is the first kindness anyone has shown him since he got there. Ae can’t stop himself from pinching Pete’s cheeks because of how cute his voice is. He tells Pete, “If you’re sorry then stop crying and go to sleep now.”
• When they’re released in the morning for breakfast, Ae keeps a close eye on Pete. He walks too slow and gets yelled at and Ae has to stop himself from fighting the guard. He’s even slower getting breakfast and gets shoved out of line by other inmates. Ae leads Pete by the waist to sit at the lone table he usually sits at when he sees him standing there like he doesn’t know what to do. He knows what it looks like to the others, and he’s fine with it. If they think Pete belongs to him then no one will bother him. He ignores the fact that he actually wants Pete to belong to him, because he’s not that kind of man.
• Ae gets twice as much food because he eats so much so he gives it to Pete, and then a little more. The food is complete crap and someone as thin as Pete can’t afford to lose anymore weight.
• Without thinking about, Pete falls under Ae’s protection. He’s never protected anybody in there because no one has ever deserved it. Most of the men in there are disgusting, but Pete is so innocent and pure, Ae wants to keep him that way.
• One night when they’re sleeping, Ae asks Pete why he’s in there. Pete hesitates before saying, ‘My ex-boyfriend framed me for money laundering.” It’s not the crime he’s scared to say, but the boyfriend part. Ae feels a mixture of emotions. His sees red at the fact that Pete was framed but also at the fact that he had a boyfriend.
• Pete asks, “Does Ae hate me? Now that you know?” Ae’s confused so Pete clarifies and says, “I’m gay.” Ae says he could never hate Pete. He just hates his boyfriend for doing that to him. What he doesn’t say is, he hates the fact that Pete’s ex-boyfriend has been inside him, but all Ae can do is hold him.
• Ae spoons Pete every night. Pete’s blankets are thin compared to what he’s used to at home, and Ae’s warm bulk is comforting. Ae wants to keep Pete warm, but it’s also because he doesn’t feel like Pete is safe if Ae’s not holding him.
• Pete ends up getting released after two months when his Mother is able to gather enough money from all of her accounts to get him out. It’s a quiet thing, because it’s all under the table. 
• Pete is curled up in Ae’s arms when someone comes to get him in the middle of the night and just drags him out. Ae almost fights the guards because he wants to know where Pete is being taken but no one will tell him anything.
• Pete doesn’t understand what’s going on either and just keeps crying, which makes Ae even more panicked.
• Pete only realizes what’s going on when he’s taken to holding and they give him the clothes he came in. Within an hour, he’s in his Mother’s arms being driven back home.
• Pete feels lost back in the real world, after two months of basically living in a bottle. It doesn’t feel right, to not have a schedule or a routine. He can just sleep for hours at home and no one will come to drag him out of bed. He can shower for an hour in complete privacy. He can even eat as much as wants. But the biggest thing he has to get used to is being without Ae. He sleeps for 14 hours the first night he’s back in his own bed but after that it’s hard, because he doesn’t have Ae’s warmth at his back.
• Pete’s reluctant to talk about anything that happened while he was in there because he doesn’t want to make his Mother upset, but she’s the one who wants to know everything. It’s actually worse to her that Pete won’t talk because it just makes her assume the worst. Pete finally tells her everything when she starts quietly crying while they’re having one of many silent breakfasts.
• He tells her about everything, skimming over the ugly parts, but most of his stories are about Ae. About how he was kind to him and became his protector while he was there. He doesn’t think he would still be the same Pete, if Ae wasn’t there to keep him safe. By the time he’s finished, Pete is the one whose crying because he hasn’t talked about Ae to anyone. Sharing it with his Mother makes it feel more real.
• After hearing about how Ae protected her son, Pete’s Mother decides to repay the favour. A life for a life seems like a fair trade, so without telling Pete, she pays off officials to have Ae released early. The only reason she doesn’t tell Pete is because she doesn’t want to put pressure on Ae. If he wants to see Pete again, then he will. If he just wants to live his life then that’s fine too.
• Ae goes to meet Pete within the week. Pete’s started attending some classes part-time at the University to get used to studying again, before planning to go as a full-time student the next semester. He’s walking to his car when he sees Ae and he thinks he’s hallucinating. But despite how many times he blinks and pinches himself, Ae is standing right there. It’s the first time Pete’s seen him in normal clothes, and he looks so handsome Pete can barely look at him.
• All Ae has to say is, “Pete-” before Pete throws himself into his arms. He never thought he’d see Ae again so he holds on to him like he could disappear at any moment. Ae holds him back tighter than that, and it feels exactly the same as it did all those nights where Ae held him.
• When they finally pull away, Ae says, “You look good. Just how I expected you’d look out here, a proper Koon-Chai.” Pete quickly says, “Ae looks good too.” before blushing bright red. Ae’s just wearing a T-shirt and jeans, but he’s still the most handsome man in Pete’s eyes.

WOW. Just.. wow.