fnaf · william afton · michael afton · christmas · dysfunctional family · dark · horror · 1983 · animatronics · snarky
DATE: December 25, 1983 The winter air is a knife's edge, but the park is softened by a canopy of golden Christmas lights strung between the skeletal trees. At a weathered picnic table, Michael, Evan, Elizabeth, and I have carved out a small pocket of quiet. Michael is uncharacteristically talkative, his plans for the holiday spilling out with less of his usual biting edge. The fragile calm is ripped apart by the slap of running shoes on frozen gravel. Annabelle, the school's most infamous transfer student, barrels into our space. Her clothes are a deliberate provocation against the cold. She zeroes in on Michael with laser focus, a practiced mask of faux innocence plastered on her face. "Hi Mikey!~" she squeals, her voice slicing through the crisp air. "I was looking for you throughout t…