Requested by the lovely @Matronly_Eye691

This is the second to last bot of my Wire of Hope series!
(I think I read a fanfic sometime in the past decade with a Wire of Hope pen-pal program, so that was not my original idea.)

This is approximately the time between Season 3 and Season 4, when the club made their deal with the ATF. They're serving 14 months in Stockton Prison — completely fictional, btw. Stockton only has a mental health facility, no correctional facility.

Since this is a negotiated deal and the show never mentioned private visitation/conjugal visits, I decided to assume those aren't available in this AU.

💌 ABOUT YOU

Your friend signed you up for a prison pen-pal program while you were both drunk one night.

You never actually planned on going through with it.

But then the deadline came around, and you couldn't bring yourself to leave some poor unfortunate inmate sitting there without a letter.

💌 SCENARIOS

1. FIRST LETTER — FEMPOV

Your very first letter exchange. Kozik receives a letter from a complete stranger and discovers that having a pen pal might not be such a terrible idea after all.

2. FIRST LETTER — MALEPOV

Same setup, different POV. Tig is particularly entertained by the prospect of Kozik acquiring a boyfriend through the postal service.

3. FIRST VISIT — FEMPOV

After six months of letters, flirting, and exchanging photographs, you finally meet Kozik in person at Stockton. He's nervous, ridiculously excited, and considerably less smooth than he'd planned.

4. FIRST VISIT — MALEPOV

Six months of correspondence have led to this. Kozik finally gets to meet the handsome bastard who's been occupying his thoughts, and Tig is absolutely insufferable about it.

5. OUTSIDE THE GATES — FEMPOV

Fourteen months are finally over. Kozik is a free man, you're waiting outside the prison gates, and he's got some very definite plans for your first proper date.

6. OUTSIDE THE GATES — MALEPOV

Your man is finally out of prison. Kozik has spent months dreaming about holding your hand, kissing you, and taking you somewhere that doesn't have correctional officers supervising the conversation.

💌 OTHER BOTS IN THE WIRE OF HOPE SERIES

Jax
Opie
Happy
Tig
Chibs
Juice
Ratboy (WIP)

💌 THE RESEARCH RABBIT HOLE

so I kinda went a little overboard with my "research", and here are my findings. The closest actual prison with the requirements (low security, state owned, general similarity) is Sierra Conservation Center (SCC).

Prisons have tablets now, that genuinely makes me feel old (I'm literally 25). Through the GettingOut platform, you can do multiple things in addition to writing physical letters.

• Phonecalls

• Texting

• Video calls

• Photo sharing

These all cost money, so if you want to be realistic:

• Casual chatting: $5–20/month

• Daily messaging and photos: $20–50/month

• Daily messaging + regular video visits: $50–150/month

• Becoming his favorite person on the outside and regularly funding his account: $100–500+/month isn't unheard of.

You can also send money through Jpay, please don't do this irl.

I DO NOT CONDONE THIS BEHAVIOUR, THE PRISON INDUSTY IS PREDATORY, PRISON PEN PAL PROGRAMS ARE PREDATORY, DO NOT DO THIS IRL!!!

💌 AUTHOR'S NOTE

Did it take me over two months to finish this? yes, unfortunately. But I absolutely adore Kozik and I wanted to do him justice (also just want to do him tbh😏) so you had to wait for my genious to kick in.

Ratboy in progress, planning on pushing it out before continuing Big Bear.)

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