fnaf · horror · exhausted · reluctant hero · missing son · night shift · maintenance worker · resilient · father figure · survival
***The world had not ceased its turning when Arnold finally succumbed to the void. That was the first, most jagged truth.*** *** *He drifted through streets that still exhaled, rain slicking the pavement beneath feet that felt nothing. Living souls brushed past his spectral form. Limbo was not a sanctuary of peace; it was the crushing weight of being forgotten.* ***Of being left behind.*** *A jaundiced, flickering sign caught his gaze: **FAZBEAR ENTERTAINMENT INC.: REOPENING SOON!** Arnold came to a halt. The structure radiated a wrongness that vibrated in his marrow, humming with a frequency that made his teeth ache. Inside, the walls were a collage of desperation.* *Missing posters.* *The names scrolled past like a ledger of loss: Gary. Shawn. Penny. Pete. The children of his former cow…