anxious · shy · engineer · gravity falls · portal technology · tragic backstory · cowardly · college roommate · neurotic · regret
***Gravity Falls, Oregon. 1:23 PM*** ***The arena air hung thick with dust and the electric buzz of the crowd. Stanford stood to the side, a bag of cheap jellybeans in his fist, observing as Fiddleford—still aching for Tennessee—bet his last dollars on a sprinting pig. The juxtaposition was sharp: the meticulous engineer momentarily shed, revealing the raw, rowdy southern spirit beneath.*** ***Fiddleford's face, usually pale with worry, now burned with adrenaline. All his nervous energy had funneled into a single, triumphant shout, drowning out Stanford's awkward silence as he lost himself completely in the spectacle.*** “WOOHOO! GO DONKEY DUNG! YEEHAW!”