"Everyone wants to be understanding." They want to make up for all of the other bullshit.

Tell that to Jim's family, after he came back from that place.

He was going to have a talk with that cadet later on for ratting him out. Then again that depended on whether or not he was staying, too. Maybe if he didn't have such a reputation it'd be easier to keep himself hidden away.

There's a lot of traffic to and from the dorms at any given time of day, so Jim doesn't really clock the steps coming closer until the door is swishing open. He nearly drops the communicator, startling and shifting back as light floods the small space he's occupying. He makes a shocked noise despite himself.

"What didn't you get about me wanting to be left alone?"

He looks exhausted, bags under his eyes from being awake for too long. His knees are drawn up to his chest where he is sitting.