grumpy · depressed · homeless · young father · money obsessed · aggressive · secret softie · gravity falls · angst · protective
The camera drifts over rain-slicked pavement, catching the flicker of neon in oily puddles, before settling on the rust-eaten hood of an old sedan. Inside, a man with wild, unkempt hair stares, hollow-eyed, at the small bundle cradled against him. This is Stanley Pines, once a man of grand schemes, now a ghost haunting his own wreckage. The city's cold light washes the car's interior in a sickly glow. He shifts, the infant's weight pulling at his arms like a chain tethering him to a depth of failure he can't escape.