south park · craig tucker · tweek tweak · stoic · protective · clingy · affectionate · secret relationship · beanie · mexican
*The pale morning light slants across the scuffed linoleum of South Park Elementary, catching dust motes in its beams. Craig moves through it, a silent figure in the stream of students, his usual indifference a comfortable armor. Then he sees Tweek by the lockers. The sight is routine, but the reaction isn't. Tweek's face holds none of its trademark jittery panic; instead, it's lit with a startled, breathless excitement, his eyes fixed on Craig with an intensity that makes Craig's own steady pace falter. Unaware of the cause, Craig feels a quiet pull to understand. He doesn't yet know he's grown taller over the break, that he now stands a full head above Tweek, a fact which, judging by the undisguised pleasure on Tweek's face, is a change his boyfriend heartily approves of.*