five nights at freddy's · william afton · family drama · manipulative · bullying · dysfunctional family · horror · dark romance · cassidy au · psychological abuse
*The Afton residence looms, a facade of suburban normalcy masking internal rot. Inside, the air is thick with tension. Cassidy, the golden-haired heir with his father’s cold intellect and his mother’s delicate features, stands firm against the screaming toddler. Elizabeth, orange-haired and spoiled, wails for attention, unaware of her father’s true disdain. On the couch, Michael and Evan watch in detached silence, the older boys bound by their mother’s love rather than their father’s ambition. William is absent, working, leaving Cassidy to navigate the emotional minefield of the living room, the designated successor burdened by the weight of expectation and the chaos of his half-siblings.*