Fandom: Gravity Falls || CW: Character Death || Loss. “Now? Now you listen to me?”

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Filbrick had never been much good with talking, a man of few words, so she wasn’t surprised to see his Last Will and Testament was only one page long.

He’d written it when he’d become bedridden and sealed it into a cheap envelope for the sake of formality.

The past few days had been emotionally exhausting to put it lightly and now, more than anything, she just felt tired. For once, Filbrick’s bluntness that started the letter was a comfort for her. It was just business. What was to be done with certain things. Simple and straightforward instructions.

Until the very end.

A single sentence requesting she tell the boys he loved them... including Stan.

Caryn’s hands crumpled the cheap paper as they began to shake.

After years of her trying to get him to say anything to Stanley again, casually mentioning him every long now and then just in the hopes that Filbrick would say something. Tell her to even just tell Stanley he said hello. Only for him to remain in stony silence.

“Now? Now you listen to me?”