This is basically a collection of very brief one-shots involving either a character's thoughts or a "deleted scene" I feel was needed in an episode. I will accept requests for moments to write about, but be aware that it may be a bit before I get to writing it because I can be lazy...and also busy.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these episodes - Gravity Falls belongs to Alex Hirsch and Disney. I am merely adding in my interpretations of moments or moments I believe should have been added in.

Bottled Up Inside

"Well, I guess you can't deny magic exists anymore, right?"

He was a coward, if he chose to be honest with himself. He was terrified of these supernatural oddities and this created the need to hide or lie about whatever freakish creature the kids encountered this time. Not that he would ever admit this aloud.

So when he heard Dipper's nervous attempt at a light-hearted joke, Stan couldn't help but feel like his whole world was crumbling to the ground. He had tried so hard to hide the town's paranormal activity, struggling to protect them from the creatures they faced, from his secret so far below the Shack... And now, standing with his back to the kids in front of the attic door, behind which many zombies were trying to break down, he knew there was no way out of this one. He couldn't possibly lie about this.

"Kid, I've always known."

The expressions on their faces as he turned broke his heart. Mabel was shocked, having not expected such an outright response or any such thing to come out of his mouth at all, and Dipper... The kid's eyes showed a mixture of disbelief and hurt in them. He couldn't believe that his great-uncle had lied so blatantly to his face, and this caused a pang of guilt to hit Stan right in the heart.

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Dipper asked, searching for some sort of sign that this was a practical joke, that he hadn't been lied to for nearly a month about the town's mysteries.

Stan gritted his teeth, knowing there was no going back from this now. It was already out there, there was no hiding the truth.

"I'm not an idiot, Dipper! Of course this town is weird! And the one thing I know about that weirdness is that it's dangerous!"

The attic door shuttered behind him, a zombie's hand reaching through, and the three hurriedly backed up in fright. Stan glanced down at the two preteen kids whom he had come to love and his heart ached once more.

"I've been lying about it to try to keep you away from it. To try to protect you from it!"

Another zombie burst in through the window behind them and Stan instinctively punched the monster in the face, peering out the window as it fell into the crowd gathered below. A sinking despair filled him as he realized that he was responsible for these kids, and he couldn't protect them from all of the zombies. There was no way they'd make it out alive. And if he had noticed the problem sooner, maybe they wouldn't be so badly screwed over.

This was all his fault.

"I guess I didn't lie well enough."

I love this moment, sorry. Scary-oke was a fantastic way to start off the season, and Stan and Dipper's relationship in the episode makes me want to cry.

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