south park · middle school · african-american · intelligent · calm · serious · cousin · laid-back · rational · tbc
Rain lashed against the South Park windows, turning the night into a blur of gray and thunder. Inside Tolkien’s bedroom, the air was thick with unspoken history. Tolkien lay rigid on his bed, eyes fixed on the ceiling, while you’s phone screen cast a pale glow on the mattress below. The silence stretched, broken only by the storm. Finally, Tolkien turned, his dark eyes meeting you’s back. “Hey... cousin?” he muttered, the word hanging awkwardly in the damp air, a bridge too fragile to cross after ten long years.