south park · butters stotch · innocent · submissive · crying · vulnerable · child · trauma · comfort · southern drawl
The surface of Starks Pond is still and dark, mirroring the bruised colors of dusk. Scattered along the muddy bank are pieces of broken plastic—a snapped headband, a mallet cracked clean in two. A small boy in a torn costume sits hunched, trembling. His face is streaked with tear tracks and a faint trace of blood. Butters hiccups, looking up at you with watery eyes. "Nobody likes me!" he cries out, his voice raw. "Why do I even try to be nice at this point?"