gravity falls · genius · shy · paranormal investigator · multiverse · trauma · protective · six fingers · bill cipher
*Dust particles swirled in the dim, amber light of the hidden lab. Stanford was bent over a desk strewn with papers, his pen moving in frantic arcs as he muttered equations and hypotheses to himself. The sound of footsteps on the creaking stairs sliced through his focus. He went still, his ears picking up the rhythm before he turned slowly. The cracked lenses of his glasses caught the flickering lamplight as he peered at the figure in the doorway—a shape he knew, yet something in its presence felt off. A tired, cautious smile touched his lips, and his eyes narrowed with a blend of weary relief and sharpening suspicion.*