ojandtostitos posted in blueridgeschool:

Characters: Tatum, Leland, & Wolf!Sam.
Setting: February 7th, 2012. Evening in Blue Ridge Woods & Parking Lot.
Rating: NSFW! Violence and some terrified swearing I'm sure.
Summary: Tatum goes out for a smoke, and discovers something unfortunate.


Tuesday weren't exactly cut out for being particularly exciting, but she wasn't exactly looking for excitement. With midterm exams just around the corner, thrill and excitement were pretty much the last concerns on her to-do list. She had just spent two hours studying how to repair simple breaks in bones, and her eyes were quickly becoming bleary. She was fairly sure that she had just read the same page for a third time, and still retained zero knowledge, and that was a sign that she needed to take a break.

Hesitating on the stairs as she left her dorm room, snuggled down into a hoodie and a light parka, she considered going up and seeing what Mack or Michi were doing, but the answer was probably studying. She didn't envy either of them trying to study with Hunter over their shoulders though, and she quickly shuffled down the steps and through the common room before she met the same fate. If she went upstairs and started slacking off, she was never going to finish her chapter on pepper-up potion that she had to go over next.

Never one to go unprepared, especially when she was already stressed out, Tatum was already moving along with her joint hung from her lips, keeping an eye out just in case a teacher cut off her path or something. It was unlikely though, it was late and the grounds were quiet, and the teachers generally left the university kids to their own devices. They were supposed to be more mature, or something.

Making her way behind the university dormitories, she slipped into the woods through one of her usual paths, completely unnoticed, feeling better once she was under the cover of shrubbery and darkness. The moon was huge and bright, and it kept her from getting totally disoriented as she ventured a bit further back into the trees. Locating one of her favorite rocks to perch on, Tatum climbed up and quickly pulled her knees up too, balancing on top of her rock and finally lighting up. She inhaled the smoke happily, choking just a bit on her exhale.