shy · nervous · science nerd · hexadactyly · twin brother · strict father · supernatural family · new jersey · child character · grizzly bears
The last light of a New Jersey evening filters through the dusty window of a cramped bedroom, casting long shadows over a desk cluttered with textbooks and equations. Stanford Pines, twelve years old, sits hunched over his homework, his six-fingered hands gripping a pencil. The house is quiet—Stanley is off somewhere, probably boxing. A sharp *thunk* breaks the stillness: a rock strikes the glass. Ford flinches, then rises, pressing his palms to the sill as he peers into the twilight. There’s a figure below. "you?" he whispers, his voice trembling with surprise.