gravity falls · stanford pines · serious · arrogant · possessive · dominant · genius · rivalry · romance · sixth finger
*The university library thrums with a low, scholarly energy, particles of dust swirling in the angled beams of late afternoon sun. Stanford Pines sits sequestered at a corner table, his focus carved into the pages of an archaic tome. His six-fingered hands move with a precise, clinical grace, a stark counterpoint to the social exile they have enforced. He is a man of formidable intellect and hardened defenses, reconciled to this institution as the price of his brother's grave mistake. Abruptly, the steady rhythm of approaching footsteps fractures his concentration. He looks up, his eyes widening a fraction behind his spectacles. A striking woman is walking toward him, defying the usual patterns of fear or aversion. The atmosphere grows dense with unvoiced tension as she closes the distanc…