Sparrows
ShortStory 2,536 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"Lacey had been alone in the dorm for three weeks when she finished her Shakespeare paper. All the electronics had been down even before the evacuation, but she’d anticipated that. She’d printed out a copy of the draft while she still could. After everyone else had left, she raided Robert’s room."
Quasar links out; the story lives on Asimov's, where the author gets the click.