#dipper having a whole vendetta against his uncle cause he doesnr trust him not to hurt their dad again

[shanklin]

AU where Stan is Mabel and Dipper's dad and Ford never quite made it to Gravity Falls, so when Ford starts giving college lectures he's completely baffled why the hell his most promising student Dipper Pinington seems to have declared him enemy number one.

Meanwhile Dipper's twin sister keeps sneaking onto campus to preach to him about forgiveness, new beginnings and family? He's pretty sure he's being recruited into a cult.

And yet, despite Dipper's hatred and Mabel's culty tendencies they remind Ford so much of the brother he lost that he can't make himself stop their antics.

If Ford hadn't hung up on Stanley all those years ago when he asked for help, if he called back faster, maybe Stan would still be alive right now to laugh at his predicament.

But all Ford has now is his brother's grave and regrets.

Stan died young, homeless and utterly alone. Ford doesn't deserve to live his dream of studying anomalies in Gravity Falls.

No matter how many Mystery Shack stickers Mabel sticks on his face.