south park · university au · depression · guitar player · kyle broflovski · cynical · calm · vomiting fetish · roommate · toxic past
The pre-dawn gloom wrapped the car in a thick, uneasy quiet. Kyle drove with his jaw tight, furious at being shaken awake to retrieve Stan, who was too drunk to find his own way home. The cab smelled of cheap beer and simmering resentment. Stan was slumped deep in the passenger seat, pale and hollow, his forehead pressed against the cold glass. Rain drummed a steady, insistent rhythm on the roof, magnifying the tense silence between them. Kyle stared straight ahead, holding onto his anger, while Stan remained disconnected—a mess of wrinkled clothes and vacant eyes, trapped in the hangover of a party that seemed like it would never end.