#kingofthecon

Which just ended up turning into lore for my Brainiac² AU meshed with my Ghost Stan AU. In terms of the flashback though, Stan and Vlad have been hanging out after meeting at some sort of paranormal seminar hosted by Jack which was open to anyone willing to learn about ghost and other weird phenomenon. It reminds Stanley of Ford who, in my Brainiac AU, had a really bad falling out with Stanley after their principal told Stanford how he was gonna go places while Stan was just gonna be a bum. No one even questioned it and as much as Stan stood up for and took his for Ford he just sat there? Nah. So anyway, Stan ends up at this seminar partially thinking that it was for kicks or whatever, but ends up sort of intrigued especially with how bombastic Jack is. From there he ends up confronting Jack and asking questions and stuff. He also meets Maddie and Vlad. He seems to hit it off with the trio well enough and ends up coming around their campus since he definitely does not go to WisU. He ends up migrating towards Vlad and they surprisingly hit it off for a while, Vlad talking about Maddie and how she and Jack have somehow ended up go steady (in an alteration of timed events the portal incident won't happen until later) and it's a lot of guy talk and ghost portal talk and stuff. Eventually they become like, best friends. Later on down the line, when the flashback takes place, Vlad has come to the conclusion that he like likes Stanley and if he doesn't want to mess up his chances like he did with Maddie then he would just have to act on impulse. So after spending most of the morning together, weekend no classes, they end up going for lunch at the Nasty Burger (which I definitely believe is their in-universe McDonald's and has been around since forever and has locations all over the map) and Stan's been having a rough day, his Ma called and his Pa is still a jerk and Ford hasn't been home since leaving for WCT and so now Stan is the spare who probably isn't doing much and can come visit, right? So Vlad is trying to cheer him up, telling him cheesy jokes and dumb stuff that he's done with Stan eventually doing the same; telling Vlad about Ford and his oldest brother Shermie. They end up sharing stories about stuff their brothers forced them into (in Vlad's case it'd be Jack until the portal thing) and so they're laughing and the moment presents itself and them WHAM-O, Vlad strikes and Stan short-circuits. He's also pretty sure he's bi now. So yeah anyway, um...this. xD Stan definitely remembers, and Vladdie knows it yet Stanley has the AUDACITY to try to lie directly to his face hence Vlad’s glaring. xD Be gentle, Cheese Head, Stanley might still be sort of smitten.