revenge, baby

jai slid into the seat across from reid in the cafè, he’d heard about his little night with ollivander’s girl and how much it’d affected the asshole. in turn he knew reid was angry with octavia because of her inability to keep her mouth shut once she’d found out, it pleased him to no end how they seemed to involve themselves with people who angered them. “i don’t believe we’ve been introduced yet, i’m jai, and you’re reid right? heard you’re not happy with tavia, that’s something we have in common.”

“ YES, it matters! ” she yelled, taking a step toward him. she needed to know exactly what - who she had to protect. had he always been so difficult or was this just a recent, unfortunate development? of course he’d found a way to dispute the setup. he hadn’t been daddy’s number one player for no reason. “ you - ” she started, ready to defend her brother before the blood drained out of her face at the mention of lyss. he had absolutely no right even knowing lyss existed - let alone that she was in a coma. she felt like she was switching between hot and cold more rapidly than she could keep up with. she was angry and terrified all at the same time. and to bring dana into this? she had no idea what she was getting herself into. one second tavia found herself on the opposite side of the bench and the next, her hands were against his throat as she pushed him against the ground, looking into his eyes. “ go home jai, ” she said, more emotion than she wanted slipping through her angry veneer. was breaking her heart the first time not enough? now he had to infiltrate every piece of her life and tear it apart, too? “ before you end up in jail again. ”

she had had her mouth open, ready to respond but as his words dawned on her, she decided against it. he was right; not only did it pay his rent, but on more than one occasion it had also payed her share of it. and when it came to the issue of rent, she was far better off not biting the hand that fed her. “alright, mum, i’ll sit,” she pouted, though she did as she was told, taking a seat on their somewhat tattered sofa. “you think i’d tell you if i did? just so i can have you tell me you sold them … fucking cocaine or something three weeks back? you’ll just have to get used to being kept in the dark, love.”

this could not be happening. as if her week wasn’t bad enough already, he had to show up. it was like he was deliberately trying to make things even worse - which she wouldn’t put past him. they had been the perfect match when it came to revenge schemes, so she could only imagine what he had up his sleeve when it came to getting her back. her arms crossed. “ you know what’s not what i meant. why are you here, jai? ” she asked, though she already knew the answer. what other reason would he have to be at oxford than to enact his stupid revenge? “ and how the fuck did you get out so fast? last i checked you were sentenced m u c h longer than two years. ”

“funny. last time i checked, mate, i wasn’t the one peddling drugs,” she replied, stepping away from the panel to take her coat off. god, was it hot in there. between the actual temperature of their flat and the fact that she was still very much intoxicated, it felt like she was in a sauna. “hey, it’s fine, i can sort it out, i’m not that drunk,” she insisted, a statement that was quickly disproven as she tried her hand at it again, making herself subject to a small electric shock in the process. “ouch, fuck, i swear to god it’s never normally this difficult to turn it off.”

it had been another one of those nights where kaia disappeared from the flat at around seven in the evening (probably to hang with hugo), only to return back home in the early hours of the morning - several shades sulkier when she left. normally she’d make an effort to sneak back in between three and four (just to make sure neither of her flatmates saw her), but for whatever reason, the thought of leaving hadn’t struck her until way past five. which would have been fine, had she not been the only person to ever have flatmates who insisted on getting out of bed at five to do yoga. “what on earth are you doing?” she sighed, raising a brow at the other before attempting to drunkenly turn the dial on the thermostat back to a liveable temperature. “and more importantly, why the fuck is it so hot in here? and please don’t tell me that not being able to breathe is somehow part of it.”

@fvckjai

i hope this letter finds you well, though i’m sure it does. i know the reunion will be upon you by the time you receive this and i know you’ll have an incredible time.

i’ve been thinking about you even more than usual, i think it has something to do with it being so long since i got to see your face in person, since i held your hand and heard your sweet voice tell me about your day, i long for the day when they release me and i no longer have to part from your side.

how are octavia and ollivander? you’ll have to fill me in on ollivander’s children with the princess, are they well? your godchild, ophelia? you told me she is similar to you more so than them, i hope that is the same, to be so much like her parents would be a true affliction i would wish on no young girl.

they don’t allow me newspapers or access to the news in case it shows someone i used to know, specifically the greene’s, they don’t think your news can be harmful apparently, it’s a bit thick headed but there’s nothing i can do about it.

they tell me i’m eligible for parole in four years, i abide by all their rules and am the best worker they have on all jobs they set me on. my contact officer says if i continue the way i am going it might be three. i dream of the day i am released into your arms my sweet treasure. i no longer care about enacting revenge on octavia and ollivander, oh it would be so sweet, but they brought me to the best gift i could ever imagine. they brought me to you.

i await your next letter with bated breath.

with all my love always,

bambi had saw jai from across the street before she began to make her way over to him. when he greeted her harshly her smile dropped from her face. “i uh… i just… wanted to say hi.” 

of course, he’d angrily snapped at poor bambi before he’d actually seen who it was, just his luck. he couldn’t deal with a setback of having to regain the kind girls trust so he reserved his anger for later and instead slipped into his charming facade. “sorry doll, bad day. awful of me to take it out on such a pretty face.”

          WAS SHE HALLUCINATING? tavia had approached the male in silence, trying to figure out if this was actually happening. two years - it had only been two years but he’d been sentenced much longer. how was he out? and on her campus? “ how are you here? ” she asked, unable to keep the disbelief out of her voice.

a lazy grin spread across jai’s face as he leant back on his elbows, her reaction of shock and disbelief was worth all of the shit he’d put himself through getting set up in oxford. “well i caught a plane from jfk to heathrow, and then bought a car and drove to the flat i rent..." 

( avan jogia, he/him, 25 ) — have you seen jai jacobs, the law student around oxford yet? i hear they can be reckless and violent, but those who know them insist that they are protective and intelligent. rumour has it that he was released from prison early so he can enact revenge on his ex & her brother. is it true? only time will tell. (its trash back w more trash)