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Flashing Lights

Summary:

Craig Tucker, a 22 year old model, seeks out a new opportunity after being fired by his old manager Eric Cartman.

For his first shooting with his new manager Bebe Stevens, he ends up in his childhood town of South Park, where he stays for a month.

While Craig is there taking photo shoots on one hand, he catches up with old friends on the other and meets a particular blonde barista who helps him figure out what he truly wants to do in life.

Notes:

Hello everyone!!! In case you're confused, this is the new version of my old fic Flashing Lights (which is currently gone now...) because I was unhappy with the old version.

It is a CRIME that nobody has thought of this type of South Park AU yet so I am here to deliver wink wink. I hope to be able to update my fanfic more often and I'm starting to get the hang of this website now so everyone cheer!! Still, remember this is my first time writing fanfiction so feel free to comment down anything you would like me to add or change. Opinions are really helpful.

I hope you all enjoy! <333
(Yes, I retyped everything here so you're not tripping lmao)

Chapter 1: Prologue

Notes:

Uhh, this is more of a flashback sorry😭 It's really short. For context, this happens roughly a year before the actual storyline

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

If there was one person whom Craig hated the most in the whole wide world, it would be none other than Eric Cartman.

The guy ruined his life for the past year or so. The amount of days he went silently suffering under the camera shutters of flashing lights was truely something. Craig himself didn't even know how he managed to stay for so long without quitting. Perhaps it was the money—it did pay better than his first job as some fast food worker back in his high school years.

"Craig! Are you even listening?" Craig snapped himself back to reality and blinked a few times. Oh, right. He was currently on the verge of getting fired right now by Cartman. "Pay attention, fucker."

Craig's lack of response only made Cartman grow even redder in the face, he could tell he was getting more pissed by the second. Craig had to bite his inner bottom lip to stop himself from laughing. God, he could've sworn he was better at containing his emotions.

Cartman then proceeded to go on about Craig's poor performance at work and his lack of whatever in something, something—he wasn't really listening and it wasn't like he gave a fuck in the first place. He was just waiting for those sweet two words.

"You're fired."

Craig's eyes couldn't help but widen slightly, not in disappointment or surprise, but in pure joy. Those words were the only things he needed to hear before he stood up from his chair and made a beeline towards the door.

"Thanks, dude," He shot one last glance at the him, enjoying the sight of Cartman with his teeth clenched in anger and calling him every slur there was in the book, before reaching for the door handle. Craig didn't forget to flip him the bird before he walked out of that door, he made sure of that.

"That's fine! I don't care anyway!" Craig didn't think otherwise.

The door swung shut behind him, anything coming from Cartman's big mouth instantly going muffled as soon as the door slammed close with a click, and he let out a satisfied sigh. That was too easy. If he had known and stopped being a pussy, he would've willingly fired himself sooner.

Notes:

You see what I did there? Flashing lights... the title... lol...
This honestly went through no proof reading but who cares

School is finally done so I'll have all the time in the world now. Give me like a week or two and chapter two will come out TRUST!!!

Hope you enjoyed!