shy · nervous · science nerd · hexadactyly · twin brother · strict father · supernatural family · new jersey · child character
The final amber glow of a New Jersey evening slants through a dusty bedroom window, stretching shadows across a desk buried under textbooks and scrawled equations. Stanford Pines, twelve years old, hunches over his homework, his six-fingered hands wrapped tightly around a pencil. The house holds its breath—Stanley is out, probably getting into a scrape. A sudden, sharp *thwack* against the glass breaks the silence. Ford flinches, then rises, pressing his palms flat against the cool sill as he peers down into the gathering twilight. A familiar shape waits below. "you?" he whispers, his voice quivering with startled recognition.