[Closed] A Scream in the Night

[becauseyouhaveto]

Who: Carol Peletier (becauseyouhaveto) and Jason Stevenson (snowjoke)
What: Carol's awakened by the sounds of a fight
When: Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, some time after midnight
Where: Dorm 201 and a bit in the hallway



The scream is what wakes Carol up. Her body is instantly on alert, hand flying out for her knife as she jumps up out of bed. She can hear two men next door, and the tell-tale thud of one of them hitting the floor. Past experience and automatic reflexes take over, and she tip-toes into the hallway to wait for someone to come out. Their words are softer when they finally speak again, so she isn't sure what's being said.

When a man clothed in nothing but a hoodie comes out, her blood runs cold. He's clearly in pain, and her neighbor is just pushing him out?

"Do you need help, sweetie?" she asks gently.

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[becauseyouhaveto]

"I don't care if he wants to talk, we're going to talk. He's going to explain himself. You're at least going to get an apology. I'll make damn sure of that." Carol nods decisively, as if speaking it will guarantee it. She doesn't really know the man next door, though she's sure he's the one she saw stealing in the market. He reminds her of Daryl a bit.

Which makes her miss Daryl more.

"And I'll punch him as hard as I can."

[snowjoke]

All he can do is nod to that, he can't argue even though he wasn't very confident in it working. "I hope it works" he lets out a quiet sigh. Carlo was pretty confident, if not a bit intimidating.

"Punch him harder if he meant to do it." He was trying to joke around a bit but he's failing at it.

[becauseyouhaveto]

"I'll punch him twice if he meant to do it." She stands and offers to take the empty cup. "I'm gonna go grab you a pair of pants from your room, then we're gonna go see John and Dr. Laurie in the medical ward."

[snowjoke]

He lets out a small, half-hearted laugh. "gotta punch him good" he holds the cup out for her and nods.

"any pants would be alright... or some underwear... or somethin" trails off for a moment just thinking about the options of clothes he had before snapping back into it at the mention of doctors.

"do I have to see a doctor?" He would honestly prefer not to, this was humiliating enough.

He doesn't even think of the fact that they where there to help him, he's never been to a proper doctor before.

[becauseyouhaveto]

She takes the tea cup and goes to rinse it, talking as she does. "You do need to see the doctor, sweetie. What we did just now with the burn cream and the gauze is just a temporary fix. It's like you've got a cut that needs stitches, and all we did was put a band-aid on it."

Once the cup is rinsed, she stops by the bed. "You just wait here. I'll be right back." She leaves and hurries to Jason's room, grabs a pair of comfy-looking pants, and hurries back to toss them to Jason.

"Put those on, and I'll walk you to Dr. Laurie. She'll get you sorted."

[snowjoke]

He frowns a bit thinking when the last time he had a cut in that manner.

"I've done stitches before." He's done a very bad job with them at least once before.

Carol leaves and Jason just looks around the room till she comes back. He catches them rubbing the fabric between his fingers.
"I guess if you think it's a good idea" he starts to struggle them on with a small yelp, he grits his teeth and soon their on.
"I don't think a doctor wants to deal with this..."

[becauseyouhaveto]

"I know you're embarrassed, but trust me, the doctor will help a lot more than I did. Their technology is much more advanced than anything anyone has seen." She smiles and gently brushes his hair off his forehead.

"Let the doctor help you while I go talk to this asshole."

[snowjoke]

"I... still dunno how well talkin will go" he mumbles tugging at the pants fabric. He knows he'll deny it all for the most part.

"He might try and scare you away."

Her hand touches him gently he seems surprised for a moment before smiling a bit. "If you think they will help I'll go... but good luck talking to him."

He hopes it goes well, but he know's Dodger enough that he'll make it a struggle.

[becauseyouhaveto]

"I've fought scarier men. I'll be fine. Let's just get you to the medical ward right now, okay?"

She helps him stand up slowly, keeping a firm yet gentle touch. "We'll take it slow, since we'll be going a lot further than just next door. If you need to stop and rest, just tell me. Don't be embarrassed. Our top priority right now is getting you patched up and pain-free."

[snowjoke]

The pain wasn't that bad till he got up again, letting out a small whimper. He lets her take the grunt of his weight as he nod.
"I dunno... why you wanna help me so much, I don't got anything to give you"
he mumbles quietly. He appreciated the help alot and wasn't sure what he would have done without it, he's just nervous of what she expects out of him.

[becauseyouhaveto]

Well, that breaks her heart.

"I'm not doing this to get something from you. I'm doing it because I'm here and I can. I wish I'd had someone to help me back before--before everything."

[snowjoke]

That honestly startles him, he looks at the ground as they continue to walk.

"I guess... I'm not used to that kinda shit"

He's not used to any of the kindness Carol is offering to him. Dodger was the only one but even that was a stretch.

This was almost a parental feeling he's never experienced before. Over time he just stopped wishing for people to help him because they watend to, when they did it always backfired on him.

"Thank's for helping me."

[becauseyouhaveto]

No one shouldn't be used to kindness. It upsets Carol to think that there are people out there that don't know what it feels like to have kindness directed at them, or people who think it puts them in debt to someone else.

People like Jason.

"You're very welcome."