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1. Sympathy For The Devil by nights_0ffline

   Fandoms: Gravity Falls  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   21 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Bill Cipher/Ford Pines
   • Ford Pines & Stan Pines
   • Bill Cipher & Ford Pines
   • Dipper Pines & Ford Pines & Mabel Pines & Stan Pines
   • Ford Pines & Mabel Pines
   • Dipper Pines & Ford Pines
   • Fiddleford H. McGucket/Stan Pines
   • Bill Cipher
   • Ford Pines
   • Stan Pines
   • Mabel Pines
   • Dipper Pines
   • Fiddleford H. McGucket
   • Triangle Bill Cipher
   • Bill Cipher Redemption
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Bill Cipher Gets Therapy
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Post-Canon Fix-It
   • Reincarnation
   • Guilty Ford Pines
   • Ford Pines Needs a Hug
   • Past Bill Cipher/Ford Pines
   • Billford gets therapy
   • Bill Cipher is Trying (Kinda)
   • Bill Cipher is Bad at Feelings
   • Bill Cipher at the Theraprism
   • Slow Burn
   • PTSD Ford Pines
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Explicit Language
   • Implied/Referenced Character Death
   • Manipulative Bill Cipher
   • Past Fiddleford H. McGucket/Ford Pines
   • Sickfic (kinda)
   • Violence
   • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
   • Minor Fiddleford H. McGucket/Stan Pines
   • Blood and Injury
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • References to Book: The Book of Bill (Gravity Falls)
   • Kissing
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • Medical Malpractice
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Psychological Warfare
   • Psychological Torture

   Summary

   Ford Pines is called to testify at the trial of Bill Cipher, in exchange for the expunging of his criminal record. However, he is soon rigged into weekly therapy sessions with his ex-muse, wherein they must relive and process their past, in order to shape their future. Bill's ability to recognize his errors is tested alongside Ford's patience. Who knows, though? Maybe this will create more opportunity for growth than either man could predict.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Sympathy for The Devil

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   English

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