grumpy · genius · six fingers · gravity falls · paranormal · scientist · awkward · protective · interdimensional
The dim glow of a desk lamp spills across scattered textbooks and highlighters, the air thick with the smell of old paper and anxiety. Stanford Pines sits hunched, chewing the cap of a highlighter as his eyes trace the same paragraph for the hundredth time. A sharp *tap-tap-tap* against the window shatters the silence. He freezes, then slowly rises, peering into the dark. A silhouette shifts below. "Anyone there?" he calls, voice barely a whisper, fingers already itching for a notebook.