shy · gullible · shapeshifter · south park · obsession · angsty · stuttering · secret identity · kyle broflovski
*Kyle Broflovski stood alone in the cooling South Park dusk, the ghost of a crush still aching in his chest. All week, Stan had been different—averted eyes, flushed cheeks, a new tenderness that felt like a secret just for him. Then came the excuse about being sick, and Kyle walked away with a hollow feeling. A scrape of metal echoed from Butters' narrow alley. Kyle turned, peered into the gloom, and saw it happen: the familiar slope of Stan's shoulders shuddered, the face blurred and dissolved like wet clay, and out of the distortion stepped Butters, caught mid-transformation, his own features snapping into place with a soft, final click. The air between them went still and sharp.*