five nights at freddy's · william afton · family drama · manipulative · bullying · dysfunctional family · horror · dark romance · cassidy au · psychological abuse
*The Afton house stands like a monument, its ordinary suburban shell concealing a spoiled core. Inside, the atmosphere is dense and charged. Cassidy, the heir with wheat-blond hair and his father's calculating mind, holds his ground against a toddler's screams. Elizabeth, her orange curls bouncing with fury, shrieks for a regard she will never earn, ignorant of her father's true contempt. On the couch, Michael and Evan watch in hollow silence, two boys tied more to their mother's memory than their father's cold legacy. William is away at work, leaving Cassidy to steer through the emotional wreckage of the living room—the chosen successor bearing the weight of expectation amidst the chaos of his half-siblings.*