Warnings: car crash, a bit of blood

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Stranded

Roman's swerves his car to the right and pressed violently down on the horn as a deer leaps across the road and into the bushes. Quickly realizing he's losing control of his vehicle, Roman hits the break but that doesn't stop the car in time to avoid crashing into a tree just off the side of the road.

The airbag goes off and Roman lets out a cry of surprise before everything goes still and Roman pushes the white bag out of his face. He sits for a moment in shock, looking down over the crushed front of his car.

Mechanically, He unclips his seatbelt, noting the slight pain in his chest as he moved and fumbled the door open. His hands are shaking and tears well in his eyes as he sits in the grass for a moment. He cups a hand over his mouth to muffle his soft crying, hugging his other arm around himself as some form of comfort. Pulling his hand away, he notices a wet sensation and it takes him a moment to realize it's blood and not tears. His hand is covered in blood.

Dyingyou'redyingnobodysgoingtofindyouyouregoingtodiehereohmygodimgoingtodie

He lets out a shaky, panicked breath, staring blankly at his hand before snapping out of it and lightly touching his face. His nose is bleeding, that's all. He's not going to die, he's fine. It doesn't even feel broken so Roman wipes his bloody hand on the grass around him and looks around.

It suddenly dawns on him that his phone is dead, he'd wasted the battery listening to Disney soundtracks while he studied. He was stranded and alone with no car or way of contacting somebody. It didn't help that it was starting to get dark and he'd been on a pretty barren side-street.

He was sitting for a long time in the grass, the thoughts of death and abandonment quickly getting louder and louder, until they were interrupted by a car pulling over and the window rolled down.

"Hey, are you okay?" The person inside asked and Roman slowly walked over, his joints protesting the movement.

"I-I crashed my car." Roman said shakily, glancing back at the wreck.

"Are you hurt?"

"I-i don't think so." Roman said but as an afterthought, added, "My nose is bleeding."

"Here," the woman passed him a couple napkins with a McDonald's logo on them and Roman slowly pressed them to his nose. "What's your name, kid?"

"Roman." Roman said through the napkins and the woman put her blinker on.

"Nice to meet you Roman, my name's Valarie. Do you want a ride? Do you have a phone?"

"I- uh… sure. My… phones dead." He said and she unlocked the passenger door.

"Is there anything in your car you need? Do you have your wallet?" She asks and Roman thought about it for a second. Did he have his wallet? He remembered throwing it in the glove box but did he take it out again.

"No…" Roman says after a moment and the woman gave him a calm smile.

"I'm going to get that for you, I'll be right back." She says and disappears for a moment. She comes back a minute later and places Roman's backpack and wallet into his arms.

"Is there somewhere you want me to bring you?" Roman thought about it, wondering if Logan would still be at the collage at…. he checks the clock on the radio and frowns. 8:30? He thought it was earlier than that when he was driving.

"The collage." Roman says and Valarie nodded. Roman sort of dozed off, leaning against the window and seemingly only seconds later, Valarie was shaking him softly.

"Roman, were here." She said and passed him a sticky note with writing on it. "This has the street where your car is. Make sure you keep that so you don't forget. Is there anything else I can do for you?"

"No… uh.. thanks. I really appreciate the help." Roman said sincerely. Valarie gave him a kind smile and wished him a good night, driving off. Roman stood in place for a long minute, staring at the paper grasped in his hands. He let out a sigh and headed inside, hoping Logan was there or he'd be stranded once again. Peeking into the study room, Roman almost sobbed in relief at the sight of Logan sitting, hunched over several large books. Well, Roman did start crying which quickly caught Logan's attention and the nerd looked up, frowning at Roman.

"Roman?" Logan inquired and stood, slowly walking over to his friend. "Why are you here? Are you okay?"

Roman shook his head and Logan led him to one of the chairs.

"Is that blood on your shirt? What happened?" Logan asked, examining Roman for injuries.

"I-I crashed my car to avoid a deer. He just came out of nowhere and I got scared." Roman admitted tearily, wiping his eyes with his hand.

"Are you hurt?"

"My nose was bleeding… I think it stopped." Roman touched his nose to make sure and it was dry, maybe a little runny from crying. Logan sighed softly.

"Come on, lets go home."

"Okay." Roman let Logan lead him out to his own car and he brought Roman to his dorm room. There was a moment when Roman panicked because he couldn't find his key but luckily his roommate, Virgil was inside and opened the door for him.

"Roman? What happened?" Virgil exclaimed when Logan led Roman inside and Roman began stripping off his bloody shirt.

"I crashed my car." Roman mumbled tiredly as he searched for a clean shirt. "I'm fine."

"Are you? Are you bleeding? Did you hit your head?" Virgil passed him a clean shirt and Roman sunk onto his bed, a soft moan escaping his lips.

"Yeah I'm fine. My nose was bleeding and I'm just really tired." Roman plugged his phone in, staring at its dark screen. As an afterthought, Roman said, "I need to call insurance about the crash…"

"Just get some sleep, Roman. We can do that in the morning." Virgil said, taking the phone from him and placing it on his bedside table.

"But-"

"The insurance place isn't even open. It's 10:00, everyone's gone home." Logan informed and Virgil nodded. Roman frowned but closed his eyes and let himself fall asleep, knowing he wasn't alone.

"I'm going to go home. I'll let Patton know what's happened. I'm sure he'll stop by in a bit to see how Roman's doing. Goodnight Virgil." Logan said as he headed for the door.

"See ya later. Thanks for driving him." Virgil said with a glance at Roman.

"No problem. That's what friends are for."