Title: A Lifetime of Style
Disclaimer: I do not "own" South Park or any of its characters. The lucky bastards Trey Parker and Matt Stone do, however. I only own this plot idea.
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Chapter 17: Family
One year after Stan and Kyle visit an adoption agency, fill out copious amounts of paperwork, and subject themselves to rigorous interviews, the agency finally calls. When they go in, the case manager tells them about a pair of two-year-old twin boys, Robert and Ryan, who had been at the agency for about three months. Their parents were killed by a drunk driver. Stan shudders at the idea of two toddlers being orphaned in an instant, and Kyle asks the case worker what's next in the adoption process. A couple months later, the boys are officially placed with Stan and Kyle.
The first week is the most tumultuous of their lives. Handling two terrible toddlers roaming around the house is a bigger workload than any book draft or political client. The twins spend the first three days crying all night for mommy and daddy. Stan and Kyle each carry a boy around the house until they cry themselves to sleep. Once they put the boys to bed, Stan and Kyle hug and cry, wondering if this whole adoption thing was such a good idea.
It isn't until the first week from hell is over that things start to improve. The bedtime crying stops, although Kyle and Stan still cry nightly out of empathy for their new sons. A few days later, when there's finally a night without tears, they tell the boys it's bedtime. The twins make their way to their beds. Robert goes to the bookshelf and hands Kyle a book.
"Stow-ee?" the boy asks Kyle, pronouncing "story" as any toddler would. Kyle grabs it and carries Robert downstairs, followed by Stan who carries Ryan. They sit on the couch, and Kyle reads The Cat in the Hat. Ryan falls asleep in Stan's lap just before Kyle finishes. They take the boys upstairs and place them in their beds, waiting for them to fall asleep.
Once the twins are asleep and Stan and Kyle are in bed, they share a few tender kisses and cuddle, stating that they wouldn't trade this for anything else.
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