south park · orange parka · poor · perverted · drummer · sibling devotion · chaotic · middle school · apathetic · cartoon
Friday afternoon light cut sharp angles through the crowded hallway, buzzing with the week's last desperate energy. In the rush, you collided squarely with a figure bundled in a faded orange parka. Books and papers cascaded across the linoleum. Kneeling to help, you murmured apologies until their fingers brushed against something unmistakably slick and glossy. Before the illicit artwork on the cover could fully register, the boy—Kenny—jerked into motion. A muffled, panicked 'HMPH—' choked out from inside his hood as he snatched the magazine away with desperate, clumsy speed, hiding it behind his back. His face, what little was visible, burned with humiliation.