From Childhood to Manhood: Stanford Pines x Reader

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I ran.

I ran away from him, from my boyfriend. He was too smart to chase me with his nimble body, unlike his other twin who's body is as beefy as a cow. I predicted this would happen, the moment I heard everything in the office.

I wanted to run away from this place. Ford is leaving, so why should I stay here? Because it's my home? I never did find this town as my home, probably because I never felt homely at my own house, even if I have such a good mother with a missing father.

So just this once....

I let my feelings get to me. Just this one time...

My legs took me to the one place where my heart told it to go:

Our cave of adventures....

Where The Stan o' war hid in plain sight. In the day time, the twins let her get some fresh sun, but in the night, they hide her to avoid getting demolished for parts. Mostly to avoid the neighborhood bully, crampelter, to destroy the twins' hard work.

As I felt the wood in my hand, I couldn't help but close my eyes as a film of my childhood collection showed me my best moments with the Stan twins, especially with Ford.

I remember a certain time back in 1st grade, the twins started their lifetime project with the boat as I gathered some random stuff lying on the beach.

I caught a beautiful shell that has a hidden surprise inside. When Stanley has his first dibs, he instantly regretted it as he felt the pain of something pinching his fingers.

It turns out, there was a crab hidden inside the beautiful thing. That's where his phobia of Crustaceans started.

Another time was when it was during our 6th grade, Stan got stood up by a girl he tried flirting with, so I dressed up myself to look different, just to cheer him up.

In the end, I broke his heart again as Ford didn't want it to continue more; I think he was afraid that Stan would like me and possibly ask me to be his girl. I didn't stop teasing Stanley for a month after that. He did appreciate the sweet gesture I did.

I think that's also the Time Ford accepted his feelings towards me, which was what Stanley shared me.

In our first year of highschool, I remember Crampelter cornering me in the school hallway, that exact moment, Ford saw us both and he decided to become the hero and punch the guy but instead, he accidentally punched himself. To this day, I still don't know how he did it.

It was a good thing Stanley came to my rescue, not until the school's guidance counselor was doing his usual rounds in the school and caught the 2 boys rumbling at the hallway.

Both of them got suspended for a week. Although Stanley said it was better that way, Ford was disappointed with how he acted. I found Ford's angry expression adorable and I still do.

It's too bad I may never get to see it again....

Looking at my watch, I noticed it was almost time for dinner. I left the cave and walked home, passing by our high school.

A thought suddenly hit me....

Taking a glance at the school, I asked myself; would I do anything to make Ford stay here with us?