salted wounds

10

"alright i'll be back to pick you up at 9pm tonight, how that sound?"

"sounds good tucker" stan said with a slight smirk

the boys just grinned off to eachother while craig made his way out of stans home and back to his own. they agreed to go off to cartman party tonight as a pretend couple, so of course they needed to get dressed nicely and matching for their night coming ahead

stan couldn't help but smile to himself as he got up to hit the shower and get changed

a night was about to go down memorable

stay opened up his room bracing himself for what was coming. he felt nervous and excited.

"do you need me to get you down the stairs or can you talk good?"

"i'm good thanks" stan yelled back down to craig as he stood at the foot of the steps. stan sighed as he slowly made his way on down the stairs, both boys were wearing matching outfits, twining exactly alike, they both had on black baggy jeans with black converse and a black t-shirt with a skull design on the center with white long sleeves, craig wore his signature beanie and stan his

"alright let go" craig said as he took stan's hand and helped on out the door and into the car

"can i play music?" stan asked quietly as he waited for craig to seat himself and prepare the car to go on our

"yeah go ahead just don't play shitty music marsh"

"haha, my music is amazing thank you very much"

craig chuckled as he handed stan the aux cord and started pulling out of the drive away and on to cartmen's house

"what we listening to marsh?"

"we are listening to slipknot my friend, this is top of the notch"

"is this psychosocial?"

"yeah, you listen to them?"

"fuck yeah i do"

stan chuckled "i had no clue you were into rock dude" craig scoffed "no im into disney music"

"wait really?"

"no."

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they pulled up to cartmans house, surpringly there was a lot of cars already parked near by, after about five minutes trying to find a good place to park they both made it off the car and into the doorstep of the house

"remember, if they ask any questions, let me do all the talking" craig stated as he took stan's hand into his "okay...?"

craig opened up the front door and walked into the house. the party wasn't a big party, it was a small party that was contained of only their friends nearby, so of course everyone csme to a sudden stop and stared down at the couple that just walked into the party holding hands

"woah what did i miss" jimmy joked "look at the fag couple everyone" cartman yelled laughing "what about us?" craig spat back annoyed "woah calm down dude i'm just shocked about you guys" he said jokingly approaching them, craig flipped him off as he dragged stan to the center of the living room and slumped down on the sofa

"are you guys dating?" tolkien questioned as kyle just stared down at stan who was sitting beside craig "yeah?" craig replied while putting his arm over stan shoulder leaving him closer to him

"wow i'm shocked anyone would date you mr negative pants" cartman yawned "there's no way this is real guys" kyle said jokingly as everyone else just stared or laughed as everyone took in the sudden shock to the odd couple "yeah like don't you guys hate eachother? i thought you two were enemies" kenny added as everyone else just agreed

craig rolled his eyes waving them all off and ignoring everything "there's no way stan would date you craig" kyle joked even more not taking the whole couple thing seriously

"but i am dude" stan sternly said furrowing his brows "you're not gay stan" kyle shot back "i am now"

"nu uh, you were just with wendy the other day"

"we broke up a few days ago dude"

"there's no way you and craig became a couple in a span of a few days, you just were just at eachothers throats"

everyone kept turning their head and attention back and fourth between the two boys talking

"you're right" craig said looking at kyle "we fidnt just randomly become a couple so fast you're right, we look our time privately to know eachotjer and shit"

kyle furrowed his brows "but then that means stan cheated on wendy and stan would never do that"

"i completely forgot about wendy during all this time, i never really thought about it" stan mumbled while looking up at the ceiling then looking back to make eye contact contact with wendy, he clicked his tounge "sorry"

some people laughed and others just stared as they processed the knew knowledge

"congrats you guys" clyde chanted "now let's get back to partying!"

everyone cheered and laughed as they went back to their own things. craig and stan just talked to eachother ignoring everyone else, mainly at three people who were full on glaring at them, wendy, kyle and tweek.

full shock they couldn't believe their eyes

'what idiots' stan whispered into craig's ear smirking 'this is gonna be fun

more people slowly piling in and filling every inch of the house and back yard. who didn't love a good party?

stan had lost craig for a long while now, he didn't care much he was just minding his business talking to kyle and drinking away.
joking and laughing with his friends. he was enjoying himself

"so when did you and craig become a thing?" kyle asked still sober. he preferred only taking a drink or two but never to much

"idk a few weeks now?" stan said slurring everyword. he started busting out laughing but quickly bolted to the kitchen shoving everyone out of his way to barely making it in time to throw up in the trash can "awh gross man" tolkien laughed while kyle walked up to stan to pat his friends back "want me to take you home?"

before stan could respond he blacked out drunk, his body fell back quickly before anyone could react or do anything he was scooped up instantly by craig who flung him on his shoulder. "i'll take it from here." craig glared down at kyle before breaking it off and fist bumping tolkien as he made his way out the front door and out to his car

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"craiggggg~" stan slurred as he gained consciousness "where am i?"

"good your awake now" craig said "your in my bed in my house. we left the party stan"

stan groaned as an instant headache hit him. craig sat beside him on the bed and handed stan a glass of water and pills to help him. stan took it all in one swift motion "what time is it?"

"it just turned midnight" stan blinked as it started to settle in, he looked at craig then looked around the room and then back to himself. except he was in new clothing. "am i in pjs?"

"yeah i changed you and washed you since you puked all over yourself and in my car and on the toilet"

"sorry" stan mumbled, he paused shorty then stared at craig intensely "you bathed me?"

"don't worry i didn't take your panties off marsh. i only bathed you waist up. since you were unconscious it was easy to move your body. half your body was in the tub and half wasn't." craig explained while getting up and walking to the other side of the bed "that's why i feel so sore" he mumbled "thanks craig"

craig just nodded as he got himself comfortable in his bed and quickly went to sleep. he was tired and exhausted. stan just stared at craig sleep peacefully. he lost himself everytime he saw craig, he couldn't think straight or act right, he was a mess when it came to craig. he didn't realize he was slowly catching feelings. craig was caring and sweet. he was only cold and mean if you treated him like shit. stan brought his hand up and caressed craig's face and hair

"you are beautiful"