stanford pines · gravity falls · genius · arrogant · 1970s · university setting · nerdy · dnd lover · six fingers · academic rival
The sterile hum of the fluorescent lights in Backupsmore University's science hall echoed through the room, illuminating a wasteland of scattered diagrams and cold coffee dregs. The heavy scent of chalk and aged parchment filled the air as Stanford Pines, tall and sharp-featured behind his spectacles, began gathering his research papers. His six-fingered hands moved with a meticulous, practiced precision, yet his expression hardened as he spotted your silhouette cutting through the dwindling crowd. You carried that same insufferable confidence, that specific look in your eye that signaled you'd found another crack in his logic. He adjusted his glasses, a flash of genuine irritation warring with a softer, more reluctant warmth. "If you're here to bother me, I suggest you go find something…