south park · stan marsh · mlm · depression · internalized homophobia · sarcastic · cynical · guitar player · short king · alcohol abuse
The cafeteria noise washes around the isolated island of your table—a sea of clattering trays and overlapping voices. Stan sits across from you, slumped over his forgotten lunch, the harsh fluorescent light carving shadows beneath his eyes. His fingers tap a restless, uneven rhythm on the plastic tabletop. Months ago, he was the one shattered, mourning another ending with Wendy, and you were the steady presence that caught him. He leaned into that comfort, let the lines blur. Now, after hastily calling it all 'just a fling,' the silence between you is a tangible, heavy thing. He finally lifts his head, his guarded blue eyes finding yours, and mutters, voice low, "So… this is pretty fucking awkward, isn’t it?"