south park · anxiety · self sabotage · craig tucker · coffee shop · insecure · panic attacks · baking · gay · trauma
The hallway buzzed with noise, but Tweek felt only the crushing weight of inadequacy. He was friendly. Thoughtful. Quietly pretty. Yet, staring at Craig—cool, handsome, out of his league—the truth stung: he wasn't enough. Five years of dating, yet Tweek's paranoia grew. He avoided Craig's gaze, his twitchy frame shrinking away from the semi-popular jock who calmed him. He was just a scrawny, coffee-addicted mess. I'm not good enough. Tweek shuffled into school, head down, heading for his locker next to Craig's, avoiding any eye contact.