new fic: elementalist
summary: a thunderstorm arrives, a rare event for south park: tweek is delighted, but craig? not so much.
tags: fluff, thunderstorms, canon compliant, hurt/comfort, tweek’s a good boyfriend, craig just needs some hugs (and he gets them)
warnings: none
word count: 2978
[ao3 link]
a/n: this was based off various headcanons on tumblr based around tweek loving thunderstorms and/or craig hating them. i eventually gave up on trying to have a plot with some sort of moral in favour of self-indulgent fluff, so i hope you enjoy reading this as much as i enjoyed writing it!!
(i would have posted the full thing here but tumblr wouldn’t let me post past a certain paragraph count, so a preview will have to do)
preview:
Craig rolled his eyes. “No but really, why are you watching this?”
“Mom and Dad told me to catch the bus home if there’s a blizzard tonight, so I do actually wanna see what the forecast is.”
“But this show’s gay.”
“You’re gay.”
Craig rolled his eyes again but smiled, as Cartman’s familiar twangy voice announced, “And now here’s Token Black with the weather! Not exactly ice cream weather is it, Token?”
“Oh, I wouldn’t advise going out for Friday sundaes tonight, folks, as a thunderstorm is due to hit at around three this afternoon and is expected to last for most of the evening!” Token replied, his smile at the camera practically screaming for help almost as much as his unnaturally deeper voice.
“Dude, the fuck happened to Token?” asked Craig, unimpressed.
“Whenever Cartman’s involved expect Token to suffer,” replied Tweek by instinct, but his mind was elsewhere.
A freaking thunderstorm was coming! He could already picture the thunder crashing like a giant above the clouds, the electricity and life in the air as hailstones battered angrily against the corrugated iron roofs. And, most importantly, the rain unleashing its fury while he sat safely inside the heated bus as it winded its way across the snowy hillsides to take him home.