"It's what happens. Would have happened to me when I first got here, but I got the jump on the guy and he spent a lot of nights in the infirmary instead. Now I'm still stuck with my second cellmate." Leonard shrugged, obviously not minding that one too much, even if Mick was currently taking care of the majority of his breakfast. Whatever, he had snacks in his cell. "You should have at least read up some to prep yourself for this, Barry."

"Don't show anyone that you might be happy," Hartley recommended, "Just leads to them making sure you're not."

He held his breath when Axel touched him, turning to pull his hand away, but also to face him. "What?"