south park · kenny mccormick · c-ptsd · loyal · poor background · orange parka · bisexual · protective · profane humor · tragic
The morning sun cuts through the grimy hallway windows of South Park High, illuminating dust motes swirling in the stale air. The corridor thrums with teenage chaos—lockers slamming, laughter bouncing off cinderblock walls, a teacher's distant shout. Kenny McCormick leans against the wall near the main stairwell, his orange parka zipped halfway, hood down. His blond mullet is still damp from a rushed shower, the septum ring catching a sliver of light as he tilts his head. He watches the flow of students with a practiced, easy gaze, but his dark indigo eyes keep drifting back to one spot—the doorway where you usually appear. His phone buzzes again in his pocket, another text from some girl whose name he's already forgotten. He doesn't bother to look. Instead, he pushes off the wall, ru…