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Now whenever Ford came in it was always babbling about ghosts this or telekinetic powers that, spewing that same old nonsense the way he would when they were ten and Ford just had to tell Stan everything about the mystery he just read.
(The small part of Stan, the hollow part, wishes he could feel the same about anything, feel that sort of passion, embrace that sort of commitment. He feels like used to have it, a warm fire, but he doesn't remember. He feels like he's made of fire down to the tips of his fingers, a raging one, a bitter one, one that clung and destroyed.)
An AU where Ford and Stan have a chance to talk about what really happened with the science fair project and make up before Filbrick comes home and ruins everything. They stick together, as brothers do.
As it turns out that doesn’t magically fix their massive communication problems and all the wounds they caused past and present.
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- Part 1 of pieces
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There are a lot of formulas that make up his life, like his ones with Stan, for example. It’s like Stan asking him 'wanna go out and actually see the town, Poindexter?' and Ford going 'I need to track some migration patterns, maybe another time.' Maybe another time, because there are certainly more important things to do. Maybe another time, because Stan understood that. Maybe another time because Stan was always upfront, aggressive even, so surely Stan would say so if there wasn’t another time.
It’s a formula, it’s who they are, and it’s alright. Stan goes out without him, they’re Stan and Ford, there’s no resentment. Stan goes out without him and Ford’s glad because Ford’s alright and Stan knows it. Ford’s busy and Stan knows it. Ford’s different, Ford’s stronger than he was and Stan knows it.
AU where despite getting to talk after the science fair and sticking together there's still a damn lot of miscommunication between the twins.
(companion/mirror to the first part of the series this time from ford's pov)
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- Part 2 of pieces