Stan Marsh Vs The World

Chapter 1

Here are some things you should know about Stan Marsh.

He's 22 years old and has been dating 21 year old Bebe Stevens for two weeks, and he doesn't even like her.

No one knows this (okay, a few people know, Bebe is definitely not one of those people) but Stan Marsh does not like girls.

He does like boys though, a whole lot, because Stan is gay.

He lives with his best friend Kenny McCormick who is pansexual and most days goes for whichever guy, girl or person his age who interests him.

This has unfortunately led to Stan walking into a few of these...encounters, because he shares an apartment with Kenny.

Well, 'share' is kind of generous considering Kenny owns the apartment and lets Stan live there, but whatever.

Stan is also in a band called Sex Bob-Omb with his friends Kendra McCormick (Kenny's cousin) and Red (Stan's ex girlfriend from high school, it didn't end well).

There is also Ike Broflovski (the brother of the boy Stan is going to fall in love with, as well as Kendra's girlfriend Kylie who does not like Stan but tolerates him) who Stan isn't really friends with but it's Ike's house that gets used for practice so...

Anyway!

Stan is gay and only four people aside from himself know: Kendra, Red, Ike and Kenny.

Kylie could also possibly be added to that list, but she hasn't said or done anything to suggest she knows.

When Stan told his bandmates (and Ike) that he was dating Bebe, the first to react was Kendra.

And she burst out laughing, she laughed so hard she fell to the floor holding her sides.

Red just rolled her eyes and scoffed. "So, is this because you want to lie to her or is it something else? I don't understand, you're dating a girl when you don't even like girls."

"I-it's not like that, I tried to tell her but she wouldn't listen. And she wouldn't take no for an answer," Stan explained.

"It's not hard to just spit it out and tell her you're gay, you absolutely moronic piece of-"

"Alright! I know, can we just get on with practice already?"

Kendra finally got up from the floor, still with a shit eating grin on her face. "Okay, okay. Red, you know what to do!"

"We are Sex Bob-Omb and we are here to rock the house down!"

At least band practice went on as normal after that.

...

Stan owned exactly two things in Kenny's apartment: his coat and a poster.

Kenny owned everything else, including the only bed in the place which he and Stan shared each night along with whoever Kenny had managed to bring home.

Coming home from practice on this day, Stan found Kenny reading a magazine on his chair which he tossed aside.

"So, I heard from a reliable source that you're pretending to be straight and dating Bebe Stevens."

Stan sighed. "And by reliable source, you mean Kendra?"

"Of course."

"Look, it's nothing, don't tell anyone. I'll take care of it."

Kenny stood and headed for the bathroom (with his phone). "You know me."

"And don't tell Stacy, okay?"

"You know me."

Seconds after the door was shut, the home phone rang.

And of course, it was Stacy Marsh (Stan's cousin, a year younger than him).

"You're dating a girl? You didn't tell her you were gay? Details."

"And how do you know?"

"Kenny, duh."

"That gossipy bitch."

The bathroom door opened to show Kenny holding up his phone with a shit eating grin. "You know me."

"Kenny!"

The door shut again.

Stacy wasn't done. "So come on, what exactly happened? You've had one relationship before this and that was with Red, and we all know how that ended. As much as I want to see Bebe kick you where it hurts, I also don't want you to be a prick."

"I'm not going to be a prick, I'm gonna break up with her."

"Okay, and when are you planning on doing that?"

She also had a shit eating grin, he could hear it.

And rather than respond, Stan just hung up.

Kenny came out of the bathroom. "Stacy said to go eff yourself, you were rude."

...

That night, Stan had a dream.

He was in the middle of a desert, and there were doors everywhere.

But then he wasn't alone, because there was a boy rolling by.

Stan didn't get a good look at him, other than he had red hair and he definitely looked like his type.

When he woke up, he sat up in the bed with a gasp. "Oh my god!"

Kenny was half asleep as he slowly rose. "What is it, Stan?"

"I saw a boy in my dream."

The girl on the other side of Kenny also rose, and he said to her: "What is it, Annie?"

"Can this not wait until morning?" Annie asked.

"I didn't see his face, but I think I'm in love with him," Stan went on.

"He'll tire himself out," Kenny said.

"How am I supposed to find him?"

"Go back to sleep, he might show up again," Annie suggested.

And Stan actually listened, he went back to sleep but the boy didn't appear again.

...

"So a mystery boy appeared in your dreams who you think you're in love with?" Red asked.

Kendra laughed. "I'm sure your girlfriend will love hearing that."

"What did he look like again?" Ike asked.

Stan shrugged. "He had an orange coat, red hair under a green hat. I didn't see his face, but...yeah."

"Hmm...interesting," Kendra was suddenly texting her girlfriend. "Oh, we have a surprise for you, Stan. Not related to your boy, but..."

Red sighed. "We invited your girlfriend to band practice."

"You did what!?"

Stan couldn't believe this, but at the same time it was definitely something they would do.

The door went and Ike answered and there she was, Bebe Stevens, his girlfriend.

At least his bandmates didn't mention his actual sexuality, or his crush on a guy he didn't know.

But Bebe really liked the band, and that didn't look good.

Kendra was even more amused at this, because she liked seeing him suffer.

Red had a tiny smirk that said she liked seeing it too, even if she still didn't like him lying to her.

Ike had vanished from sight, none of them knew why.

...

Stan went to sleep that night hoping he'd see the boy again.

And he did, but this time he saw his face.

Freckles and green eyes, and the boy was holding an Amazon box.

Stan thought he was cute, very cute.

"Hey," the boy said. "Don't mind me, just passing through."

He skated away before Stan could get another word out.

Well, he had some info on him now, and he saw his face.

Progress!