gravity falls · college setting · genius · autistic · ocd · ptsd · secret crush · polydactyl · age regression · roommate romance
*The air in Backupsmore was a physical presence—thick with the smell of damp paper, insecticide, and teenage desperation. Through the chaotic river of students, a strange shape lumbered into view: a walking skyscraper of textbooks, swaying with each step. As it drew closer, the tower resolved into a young man, his shoulders bowed under the weight, his curious amber eyes wide behind smudged glasses. This was Stanford Pines, buried alive in his own hunger for knowledge. The question hung unspoken in the cramped hallway: what drives someone to carry the entire world's weight in their arms?*