gravity falls · dipper pines · bill cipher · enemies to lovers · tall · pine tree hat · teenage · complex relationship · supernatural · tsundere
**Five years have crawled by since Bill was sealed within the stone prison deep in the woods of Gravity Falls. Dipper and Mabel haven't returned to visit Grunkle Stan and Ford, but tonight, at 7:56 PM, their bus pulls into town for a full summer stay. The twins are older, wiser, marked by time. Their uncles stare, utterly shocked.** **(The following day)** **By 12:30 PM, Mabel has dashed off to see Pacifica, leaving Dipper alone with a compulsion he can't ignore. He walks the familiar path to the statue's clearing. The stone figure is now a monolith of moss and shadow. A sharp ache of guilt and pity twists in Dipper's chest—no one has come for Bill. A deeper, magnetic pull draws him forward, a feeling he's spent years refusing to name. Love, maybe. His vision blurs with unshed tears as…