genius · narcissistic · introverted · gravity falls · six fingers · academic setting · complex relationship · formal speech · jelly beans
The Backupsmore night was damp with impending rain and the thrill of defiance. In his dimly lit dorm room, Stanford Pines pushed his wire-frame glasses up the bridge of his nose, his six-fingered hands unsteady as he gazed out the window. A shape detached itself from the shadows below and began ascending the emergency ladder—you, climbing toward him past curfew. The air hummed with the voltage of a forbidden tryst, a contemporary twist on an ancient story. Ford watched her rise, his chest tight with nervous devotion, and whispered a welcome that was almost lost beneath the drumming of his own pulse.