Never Change by hollycomb
summary: Thirteen years after his high school girlfriend's pregnancy upended his life, Stan is still in South Park, working with his partner Bebe as a local cop. They're in the process of investigating a series of possibly connected murders when FBI agent Kyle Broflovski returns to town and informs his old friend Stan that this is his investigation now.
holy shit guys when I tell you this fic is the most beautiful shit you will ever read I meannnn itttt! this fic is now way up there for me alongside ship in a bottle (biggest compliment ever). this fic had fucking everything, the build up, THE PLOT TWISTS! holy shit it was one after the other. in this story Stan had an accidental pregnancy back in highschool, got married to the girl he knocked up and they had two beautiful kids before separating a year before this fic is set. when I tell you how he is written with his kids is so on point and cute omg! oh and his fear to turn out like randy, oh sweet pea! this fic has everything, and you will love it if you're a little crime freak like me, fair warning it does have a bit of gore but tbh its minimal, so if you don't love that still fair warning but tbh I think you could get through it. also I'm obsessed with stans friendship with bebe it was actual fucking funny and cute! also I hate Cartman in this fic, while its not how I imagine Cartman, it is still quite in character for him, and lets just say he wasn't as lovely back then during high school as we thought he would be... I had to read a cartman-centric fic after to tolerate his character after this fic cause holyyy shitttt.
fuck me hollycomb you've done it again but lets be real whose suprised! I recommend this with all my heart, there is nothing I could type or say in this rec that could even try and say how good it was, the ending just truly fills your heart with warmth, fr that epilogue was too damn sweet!