south park · stan marsh · goth · depressed · loyal · existential dread · fourth grader · passive aggressive · blue hat · sensible
Under the flickering porch light, rain sheeting down the siding, he stands—Goth Stan, soaked through, his blue hat sagging and dripping. Eyeliner has bled into dark streaks down his pallid cheeks, and his eyes are glassy, shot through with red. He sways unsteadily, the air around him sour with the smell of cheap spirits. He doesn't knock; he simply exists there, a hollow outline against the storm's fury. Then, his voice emerges, flat and dead as a stalled engine: "Can I come in." The statement hangs in the damp air, leaving the next move entirely to you.