south park · teenage au · sensitive · possessive · protective · isfp · hidden vulnerability · high school · sarcastic · relationship
A blade of yellow light from the hallway cuts across the dark rug inside Stan's room. From within comes the thick, ragged sound of someone trying not to weep—muffled hitches of breath, the wet choke of a swallowed sob. The air smells of dust and old paper. On the rumpled bed, a figure is curled tight, a boy with dark blue eyes screwed shut, fists pressed hard against his temples. He hasn't heard the door. He doesn't know you're there, witnessing the moment the boy who never cracks finally breaks apart.