#A terror in Stan's heart as he realized *he* was gonna be the main influence in their lives until someone else took over

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Who are dipper's parents in this au?

They're parents! And arguably, not the best ones ever - they've been mostly out of the picture since the twin's magic showed up, which is when they were sent to Stan.

They don't have any names in canon, so I've never come up with any for them either!

#I still would like to get to a 'Dipper sees his parents for like the fourth time in 9 years' fic #But that will happen after Confessing It ends #answers #Magical puberty is like ten times more arson-y than regular puberty #But it's still a shitty excuse for ditching your kids with your one reliable (?) magical relative #There's probably some meat on the bones on Stan's experience of this too #Going from 'oh hey. Children in my home. Guess I better show 'em the ropes' #To 'Hey summer's almost over when are you picking em up' while also going 'aw man I'll miss these kids' #To 'what do you *mean* you aren't picking them up' #To flashbacks to Stan and Ford's OWN shitty childhood #To probably standing in the doorway checking in on these kids as they slept #Taking in the enormity of the task #Holy crap these are two whole human children in his 'care' such as it is what the hell does he do with that #A terror in Stan's heart as he realized *he* was gonna be the main influence in their lives until someone else took over #(Spoiler: Nobody else took over) #And staying up all night trying to figure out how to spin an extended stay in Oregon as a 'fun idea right???' #Telling himself 'C'mon Stan the parents just panicked it's not like either of the twins have really dangerous magic' #'You get 'em settled into their stuff and it'll all be sorted out in a few months' #Bless you Stan you were not at ALL prepared for this #But you did way way *way* better than anyone - including Ford - expected #Demon marriage not withstanding and even that worked out incredibly well due to your influence #Dipper definitely thinks of him as 'Dad' somewhere deep inside his mind #Bill instantly clued into the paternal relationship but hasn't seen a reason to bring it up #It's all human drama whatever #No skin off his nose