Writing on the Paper (Oz ficlet, G)
Title: Written on a Piece of Paper
Fandom: Buffyverse
paranormal25 prompt: #14, Automatic Writing ( table)
Pairings: none
Rating: G
Word Count: 392
Summary: Oz, study groups, and a strange girl named Tara.
Notes: This is before Willow and Tara meet, around the time that Veruca makes her first appearance.
He was supposed to be studying. After all, that's what study groups were meant for. Oz, however, had his mind on things not associated with Western Civilization. His eyes had been staring at the same date for some time now, though they occasionally glanced over at the girl sitting caddy-corner of him.
She had been writing nonstop all throughout the hour, yet she was reading at the same time. Oz had watched Willow study more often than naught and knew that it was possible to write and read at the same time, still...the speed that this girl was writing was alarming. Not to mention spastic. She was almost writing frantically, like there was something she had to get down fast or she'd forget.
"Tara," one of the others whispered. The girl looked up, gray eyes darting around the group before landing on the guy that had spoke. "Do you know how many slides the Power Point for Professor Cunningham's class has to be?"
"At least t-twenty-five," Tara stammered.
Silence reigned once more. The writing continued, until, suddenly, Tara glanced down at her hand in horror. It was apparent she hadn't been aware of what she was doing. Oz frowned slightly as Tara's hand stilled. Blinking rapidly down at the paper, Tara took a moment to suck in a sharp breath. She looked up at Oz, eyes wide, before forcing her gaze away. Then, she began packing up her things.
Without a word, she rushed away, leaving the building quickly. The other's hardly noticed her abrupt exit. Oz shook his head and looked down at the table Tara had been sitting at. Curious, Oz reached over and picked up the paper Tara had left.
His body stiffened, the only sign that he had been shocked by what he saw. Over and over again on the paper was the world werewolf and an arrow facing in the direction Oz had been sitting.
"Huh," Oz said to himself, carefully folding the paper up and slipping it into his bag.
Months later, when he was leaving Sunnydale for the second time in a year, running from the thing inside of him, he found the paper on the floorboard in his van. His memory triggered, he remembered the shy, stuttering girl of his study group. The same girl that he had nearly killed a few days prior.
Fandom: Buffyverse
paranormal25 prompt: #14, Automatic Writing ( table)
Pairings: none
Rating: G
Word Count: 392
Summary: Oz, study groups, and a strange girl named Tara.
Notes: This is before Willow and Tara meet, around the time that Veruca makes her first appearance.
He was supposed to be studying. After all, that's what study groups were meant for. Oz, however, had his mind on things not associated with Western Civilization. His eyes had been staring at the same date for some time now, though they occasionally glanced over at the girl sitting caddy-corner of him.
She had been writing nonstop all throughout the hour, yet she was reading at the same time. Oz had watched Willow study more often than naught and knew that it was possible to write and read at the same time, still...the speed that this girl was writing was alarming. Not to mention spastic. She was almost writing frantically, like there was something she had to get down fast or she'd forget.
"Tara," one of the others whispered. The girl looked up, gray eyes darting around the group before landing on the guy that had spoke. "Do you know how many slides the Power Point for Professor Cunningham's class has to be?"
"At least t-twenty-five," Tara stammered.
Silence reigned once more. The writing continued, until, suddenly, Tara glanced down at her hand in horror. It was apparent she hadn't been aware of what she was doing. Oz frowned slightly as Tara's hand stilled. Blinking rapidly down at the paper, Tara took a moment to suck in a sharp breath. She looked up at Oz, eyes wide, before forcing her gaze away. Then, she began packing up her things.
Without a word, she rushed away, leaving the building quickly. The other's hardly noticed her abrupt exit. Oz shook his head and looked down at the table Tara had been sitting at. Curious, Oz reached over and picked up the paper Tara had left.
His body stiffened, the only sign that he had been shocked by what he saw. Over and over again on the paper was the world werewolf and an arrow facing in the direction Oz had been sitting.
"Huh," Oz said to himself, carefully folding the paper up and slipping it into his bag.
Months later, when he was leaving Sunnydale for the second time in a year, running from the thing inside of him, he found the paper on the floorboard in his van. His memory triggered, he remembered the shy, stuttering girl of his study group. The same girl that he had nearly killed a few days prior.