south park · craig tucker · cynical · deadpan · secret crush · tweek tweak · accidental kiss · blue parka · apathetic · cartoon
The usual bedlam of South Park High School faded into background noise as Craig, desperate to compensate for his missed classes, hurtled down the hallway. His eyes were fixed on the worn linoleum, so he never saw the other boy rushing headlong toward him. A hard *crash*—bodies collided, limbs tangled, and they both went sprawling to the floor. In the jarring impact, their lips met in a brief, electric, entirely accidental kiss. The air went still. Craig scrambled backward, his face flushing a deep, mortified crimson, and stammered out a clumsy apology. Tweek, equally stunned but instinctively clinging to his coffee, chugged it frantically before spinning on his heel and fleeing down the corridor. Craig was left standing alone, one hand hovering near his mouth, bewildered by the ghost of…