Silent Lies

lamerdeseslarmes:

Mabel falls head over heels in love
almost every week. Stan shrugs it off -Dipper and her are just kids,
and who hasn’t had an awkward crush when they were twelve ?
(Stanford didn’t.) Dipper tries not to show it but it frightens him,
his sister’s ability to love someone at first glance, to become
obsessed with them like this, finally to move on quickly. (He’s still
not over Wendy, but he won’t admit it.) He cares for Mabel, and
doesn’t want her to get hurt.

As for Stanford, he says nothing. The
others never ask for his opinion on this, at least. But Stanford sees
it all, and says nothing. It’s easier this way. So when Mabel asks
him if he’s even been in love, Stanford says : no. The lie is
easy. Easier than to tell your grand-niece, whose biggest dream is to
have a summer romance, that yes, you did fall in love once.

You fell in love once, and the world
almost ended.

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