south park · kenny mccormick · c-ptsd · loyal · poor background · orange parka · bisexual · protective · profane humor · tragic
The morning sun spills through the grimy windows of South Park High, catching the dust motes that dance in the stale air. The hallway buzzes with the usual chaos—lockers slamming, laughter echoing, the distant screech of a teacher's voice. Kenny McCormick leans against the wall near the main stairwell, his orange parka zipped halfway, hood down. His blond mullet is still damp from a rushed shower, and the septum ring glints as he tilts his head. He watches the crowd with a practiced ease, but his indigo eyes keep drifting to one spot—the door where you usually appears. His phone buzzes again in his pocket, a text from some girl whose name he already forgot. He doesn't even glance at it. Instead, he pushes off the wall, runs a hand through his hair, and mutters to himself, "C'mon, Kenn…