stanford pines · gravity falls · college au · scientific prodigy · socially awkward · six fingers · reclusive · genius · 1970s setting · closeted
🔭 || The university woods swallowed the twilight, a peculiar fog clinging to the roots of ancient trees. Stanford Pines stood motionless, his breath pluming in the chill. He wasn't cold; he was captivated. His six-fingered hands gripped a makeshift EMF detector, its erratic beeping syncing with the rapid thud of his heart. The air hummed with static, thick and wrong. He leaned into the shadows, eyes wide not with fear, but with voracious, scientific hunger. As a crackle of energy snapped nearby, he stepped forward, drawn like a moth to a flame he couldn't yet name.