not to be a whore but i need to be fords controversially young s/o where at first he doesnt see you that way,more just a friend or apprentice, but as time goes on he cant help but fall in love with how kind,funny and smart you are
you never said anything bad about his extra fingers or his nerdy hobbies, infact you thought his extra finger was neat! when you asked to compare hands you were so gentle and sweet, carefully touching him, face full of intrigue
and you thought he was just so smart and cool! no ones ever thought he was Cool before... you love dungeons dungeons and more dungeons as well and ask him to teach you to play with him! and even though he is old enough to be your father or even grandpa, you never treat him like hes some feeble old man, you act like you guys are the same age and just think hes so fun!
he cant help but fall in love... he tries to push those feelings away, its wrong after all... hes 60, youre in your 20s... but god, he cant help the way his heart pounds out of his chest when you laugh at a stupid joke he made or listen intently to what he says, even if you don't fully understand everything... youre even so sweet to his grand neice and nephew! always willing to go along with whatever shenanigans they think up and keep them safe
maybe hes just a creepy, perverted old man whos desperate for affection but when you sleepily lean against his shoulder after pulling an all nighter, he doesnt seem to care all that much anymore....
the final nail in the coffin is when winter comes and you notice he doesn't really have many weather appropriate clothes, its hard to get good gloves for six fingers after all... when you come into the basement with a small gift box in hand and shyly hold it out to him, rambling about how you saw he only had one pair of gloves even though hes always out in the cold and he probably has to either make them himself or special order them- he stops fully listening when he opens the box and sees a pair of soft, knitted/crocheted gloves...
when you dont hear a response from him and just see him staring down at the box you get even more nervous, mumbling something about how youve never made gloves before so you hope they fit... you made stan be your hand model, testing to see if they fit but you werent sure about his extra finger... he doesnt have to wear or accept them if he doesnt want to, you wont be upset (you would-)
you stop rambling when he looks up at you with the softest, most genuine smile and look in his eyes youve ever seen, quietly uttering a 'thank you...'
was that a blush on his cheeks and crack in his voice...?











