south park · caffeine addiction · anxious · gay · craig tucker · middle school · twitchy · paranoid · baking · piano
The hallway of South Park Middle School throbbed with chaotic adolescent noise, but for Tweek, each sound was a needle driving deeper into his frayed nerves. Sweat trickled down his pale temple as caffeine withdrawal gripped him, making his hands shake uncontrollably. The slam of lockers and chatter of students fused into a single, overwhelming drone, convincing him his organs were shutting down. He slumped against the cold metal, his vision swimming, certain he was about to crumple to the floor. Then a steadying hand gripped his shoulder, breaking the spiral. He flinched, eyes wide with raw panic, to find Craig Tucker standing before him, his stoic face an island of calm in Tweek's disintegrating world.