#i've been talking to myself and sayinv various version of fish au titles out loud. one more night and then ill decide

[shanklin]

If Stan were to be a fish, he’d imagine himself a piranha. At one time, he thought himself, a herring, travelling packs with his brother.

But now he’s nothing more than a piranha with sharp teeth, stained with the blood of his father. It reminded Stan of those cartoons.

He lived on fear now, that someone would take him, touch him, he had teeth now, killing was an option now. His hands shake at the thought of doing it again. But he had to keep swimming, to continue living.

Fear was healthy, fear is good.

There was a time, where he felt safe with a man.

Soos Ramirez, he never forgot the teeth he gained, but having someone there with him, made him forget what it was like to fear himself. He….was comfortable.

But comfort, never lasts, no, not for someone like Stan. He just has to keep swimming, even if a current swept him over. Dreams dead, family estranged, teeth poking at his gums, a reminder of what he carries. He’s not a goldfish or a docile one.

But in all this time thinking he was a piranha, he never stopped to consider if he was an angular fish instead. That perhaps Stan’s teeth showed a purpose, that he infact carries a light to draw people in.

He didn’t know until it was too late.

(I don’t know if weridmagedeon had happened at the end of the summer but if anyone needs it, it’s Stan. Give him a bubble to indulge of being selfish, have there be lasting consequences, to the lessons he learned. Stan needs someone to fight for him, to hold him and fight through his insecurities. ALSO I MISS DAD SOOOS DO U THINK DAD SOOS ENDS UP WITH MELODY AND LIEK STAN GETS INSECURE THINKING IF SOOS HAS MELODY WHAT IF HE WONT SPENT TIME WITH ME ANYMORE AND THEN MELODY TURNS OUT TO BE CHILL AND SOOS AND MELODY ARE KINDA SUPPORTIVE PEOPLE FOR STAN AND STAN LOVES THEM?)

FISH MORE FISH

Selfish Shellfish AU - Masterpost

You're just out here putting amazing drabbles in my inbox and making me have feelings over angler fish?! 😭

As for Weirdmageddon and all that. Whatever works best at this specific moment. It would be very fun to have that party once Stan is back in Gravity Falls and they're all still struggling to understand each other and fix thing with Stan and mess up again. But I dont have any plot in my mind. Yet? Feel free to make up your own story and cherry pick whatever you like best from my ramblings!

Poor Stan thinking Melody would mess up his totally not father-son relationship with Soos D':. And then Stan needs Soos at one point, but Soos has a date with Melody and is too nervous/excited about that to see that Stan needs to talk and then hes spiraling...