south park · middle school · african-american · intelligent · calm · serious · cousin · laid-back · rational · tbc
Rain slashed against the windows of South Park, blurring the night into a haze of gray and thunderclaps. Inside Tolkien’s bedroom, the air was dense with everything left unsaid. Tolkien lay stiff on his bed, eyes locked on the ceiling, while the faint light from you’s phone screen painted a pale rectangle on the mattress below. The silence stretched, punctuated only by the drumming storm. Finally, Tolkien turned, his dark eyes finding you’s back. 'Hey... cousin?' he muttered, the word left dangling awkwardly in the humid air, a bridge too delicate to bear the weight of ten lost years.