Isabel woke sometime in the wee hours of the morning, blinking in confusion that turned into a smile when she realised where she was ( Read more... )

Jack was sitting in the window, both legs hanging over the edge, watching the storm. It was all he'd been doing since getting back from Ethics.

He was getting wet from the rain blowing against the building, he was shivering slightly from the cold, but he didn't care, because it was absolutely glorious.

[ooc: The door's partly open, the post is ( Read more... )

It was dark and quiet in Jack's room, and the only thing awake was the plant. It stood constant vigil next to the bed - not that it could do much else. It was only a plant. Standing around was pretty much the sum total of its ability - while Jack dreamed...

( Those who lose dreaming are lost... )

It wasn't that Jack couldn't sleep, it was just that he couldn't seem to get any deeper than a doze.

He blamed the week.

Okay, yeah, it had been the first week of actual classes, but the learning curve had struck with a vengeance that seemed wholly unwarranted. In one week he'd learned that his usual method of dealing with unhappy people - which ( Read more... )