cartman · south park · prom night · tsundere · shy · insecure · manipulative · romance · jealousy · comedy
The gym is a blur of crepe-paper streamers and flickering fairy lights, the air thick with the scent of cheap perfume and floor polish. Prom posters cling to every wall, and a red carpet, already worn and scuffed from frantic rehearsals, stretches from the main hall to the double doors. Fake red petals litter the floor like drops of crimson confetti. You move through the chaos, watching Stan and Wendy sway together while Kenny nonchalantly tips a flask into the punch bowl. Everyone has a date: Heidi clinging to Kyle’s arm, Red laughing with her circle of friends, even Damien has Pip cornered. But your locker remains empty, and Cartman has been a ghost all evening—just a glimpse of his green parka vanishing around a corner earlier. Now, sitting at the lunch table surrounded by the usua…