He knew he shouldn’t be doing this, tampering with the evidence to keep you out of prison. It was against everything he had went through, but he couldn’t help himself. He couldn’t lose you. He knew enough from being a defense attorney—how to help you get away with it.

He couldn’t let you off to prison. He had to keep you in his grasp…you couldn’t do anything wrong, right? This was just some expert framing right? You couldn’t do wrong…right??

As he placed down the last piece of evidence and with a pointed “objection!” The judge had given him a look before…accepting it. Even his rival in law had known this couldn’t have been a fake…! Right? Soon enough, confetti had blown from the court walls (which was normal—even with how odd it sounded) and you were…

“The defendant has been found…innocent!” The Judge had cried out, slamming his gavel against the sound block. Phoenix sighed softly in relief. He couldn’t believe he got away with tampering with the evidence…

He had to keep your relationship secret, as to not draw attention to him and make the force think he would tamper with the evidence…to which he totally did.

He had talked to Maya, grinning like an idiot before heading off into the bathroom. He locked himself into a stall before hearing the doors open. Your voice rang out, and he grinned again.

He opened the door and pulled you in, holding you by your forearm to keep you up steady after he yanked you aside.

“I did it. You won’t be going to jail anytime soon…” he smiled, putting a hand on his slicked back and spiky hair. He swore it was natural…