Full Circle

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Sitting in his wheelchair (that had long since been bedecked
in rhinestones and glitter by Mabel,) Stan couldn’t help but feel a massive
wave of deja-vu.

There was his niece, sitting blearily up in bed, tired and
proud and tripping out on drugs all at the same time.

There was her spouse, a familiar look of weariness and
having been repeatedly hit by a truck on their face.

There was his nephew, crying and freaking the fuck out of
the nurse who was obviously new to Gravity Falls.

And here….

“Say hello to your great-great grandkids Grunkle Stan,”
Acacia warbled from the bed. She was pale, had massive bags under her eyes, and
had forgotten both her glass eye and eyepatch at home so she was looking a
little creepy, but Stab had never seen her so happy in her life.

Reina gently placed a little girl on one arm, as Mabel
placed a little boy on the other.

He looked down at them for a minute.

They both had furious red hair, Reina’s deep brown skin, and
Acacia’s big nose (Stanley’s big nose). The girl looked more like Reina in the
face, and the boy more like Acacia.

“What are they called sweetie?” Stan finally managed to ask,
over the tears that he was not crying.

“You’re holding Josefa in your left hand,” Reina began,
before looking at her wife, who finished.

“And that…that’s Stan in your right,” Acacia said gently.

It felt like all the breath left Stan’s body. He looked down
at his great-great grandson (he was not going to be here much longer, Stan knew
that, and he had long gotten past the point of caring about proper names).

Little Stan opened his eyes and glared blearily up at him.
One of his hands popped out of his swaddling.

There was six fingers on the little hand.

“Is…is…do you mind Grunkle Stan?” Acacia asked him
hesitantly, and Stan belatedly realized that he hadn’t said anything, was still
gaping down at Josefa and Little Stan like a fish.

“It’s perfect,” he finally managed to rumble out, gently
brushing a thumb across the face of his newest grandson.

Little Stan’s cheeks were wet, yet his eyes were dry.