Room 513, Thursday evening

[willbethenight]

Bruce enjoyed Christmas. Not because it was happy fun times with family. Don't be foolish. He enjoyed it because it gave an easy, built in excuse for why he might disappear for a week to, say, get some survivalist training in over in the Sahara. Or something. People saw him packing up and leaving a few days before Christmas and they just didn't ask

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[dabblinginbitch]

Ramona had newly-dyed pink hair, a newly-hardened disposition, and a newly-made decision.

So when she wandered back inside after taking a smoke break on the roof and passed Bruce's room, she had to stop. "Taking off for Christmas, or something more permanent?"

[willbethenight]

"Just for Christmas, maybe a few days after," Bruce said. "But just a few days. I don't want to miss the kind of party Fandom throws for New Years."

[dabblinginbitch]

"Mm. It's that good, huh? I wasn't sure if I was sticking around for New Year's," she mused, smiling a little. "I turn eighteen on January first, and a new age and a new year seemed all too symbolic a new start to pass up."

[willbethenight]

"Well, if you were going to take off, that does have a certain poetry to it," Bruce said. "I'd still advise sticking around for the party, though."