[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.

Comments

[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."