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Hello everyone! I am super excited to (finally) present you with my newest piece: and in case I don't see ya! Summary:

Life for Stan Pines is going pretty good all things considered. This summer in particular has been one of the best he's had in a long time.

...it's suspicious.

And the more Stan looks, the more he sees, and all is definitely not what it seems.

The show finally ends.

Chapter Summary:

Why is he stressing so much over this, anyway? Stan's a man decades out of his prime. Problems are dealt with by lying about them or running from them. The only achievement he has under his belt is running a tourist trap for thirty years. What does he expect himself to do? Save Gravity Falls from an unknowable and all-powerful entity manipulating reality? You would need a hero for that, and Stan Pines is no hero.

Stan follows a lead. He doesn’t get very far.

Summary:

The lingering scent of something burning wafts into his nose. Smoking remnants of a ruined man rising from the grave. Stan has gained everything from the loss of Stanley Pines. Exploring the open ocean and tracking down anomalies with his brother is a fantasy birthed into reality, and half the time he pinches himself just to be sure he isn't trapped in some perfect dream bubble. Maybe that’s exactly the problem. Maybe it’s too good to be true. Maybe one day he’ll wake up not knowing his name from Soos’, and he'll disappoint them all over again.

Stan and Ford have breakfast afloat their new home.

Summary:

And right now, the only thing he wants is to get the kids out of Gravity Falls where summer runs on and on like a perpetual motion machine. Once he does, the rest of the pieces will just have to fall into place, even if he has to jam them in himself. How hard could it really be? …he just had to jinx it, didn't he?

Stan takes the kids on an impromptu road trip. They hit quite a few road blocks, maybe even literally.

Summary:

A special agent from the Department of Cover Ups Nothing is sent to investigate a sleazy salesman who's boomed in popularity after picking up a peculiar new act. History may not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme with "Ciphertology". AKA, why for the sake of the world Stanley Pines and Bill Cipher should never become partners.

Summary:

He's come and gone through this doorway hundreds of times before, but he can tell that something has shifted this time around. Once he crosses over the boundary, he'll have to face what he's been subconsciously avoiding all along. Including himself. Especially himself. Surrendering, Stan abandons every hope he has and goes under the summit of the door.

Stan learns that even he's not what he seems.

Summary:

"Hey, I had no clue that the bloodthirsty baby of Moby Dick and a chupacabra was runnin' around over there—" Her haunting pleas from earlier once again chime through his ears. Stan's lagging brain cells finally fire up and connect the dots for him. "…did you know?" Mabel falters, suddenly very interested in a yellow moth that's fluttering over her head instead of looking him in the eye. "Me? Pshh!" She flaps her hand wildly as if she could wave away the question if she bats hard enough. "I don't know what you're talking about!"

Everyone has a breaking point.