A/N: This is my huge project inspired by Tbay's amazing art on DeviantArt for Gravity Falls. I hope you all enjoy and explore his wonderful 1920s AU.

So without further stalling...

Stan sat awake as the usual gunshots ripped through the heavy air of the infamous moonshining town of Gravity Falls. He moved his arm, trying to pretend that the popping of pistols was really only the popping of his joints as he grabbed the photograph on his bedside.

The two innocent children sat still in the captured instant, unable to flinch at the terrifyingly natural violence of their new summer home.

He growled as a bullet ran through the window of his bedroom, shatters of crystal falling upon the old man.

What had he gotten himself into...?