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Yelnats and the Demon Boy
(Or, Stan and Toby in the Avarice AU)
Stan knew the minute that he saw the soul that he was in big trouble.
Okay, so Mabel Mira had been just fine after marrying that demon, but that didn't mean that all lives were going to be the same. He was probably just as evil as a young human as he had been as a demon-just without all of his powers.
And alone.
And abused.
And with an eye wound that seriously needed treatment.
Okay, just because the weirdo kid wasn't evil evil quite yet didn't mean that he wouldn't turn out to be.
Unless…
No.
No.
No.
That was a terrible idea, and he tried to forget about it immediately. Unfortunately, ideas like that tend to worm your way into your head.
It's what Dipper or Mabel would do.
It's not what Ford would do, but he's not Ford.
He's Stan Pines, he's Yelnats, he's a demon.
And he already knows that he's going to lose this internal battle.
Curse that tiny soft spot that he has for kids.
(Yes, it's tiny. Almost nonexistent. He's lucky that it's even still a part of his soul-oh, who is he kidding? It's the size of fucking Texas.)
He blips into existence on the visible plane beside the kid-Toby-and lets out a long-suffering sigh.
"Okay, kid. You're gonna be living with me from now on."
If you don't know, the Avarice AU is an AU of the Transcendence AU (AUception) where Stan is the one who gets turned into a demon by Bill instead of Dipper. It's actually really cool, but I can't stop thinking about what would happen if One of Us AU Ford met Avarice AU Stan.