five nights at freddy's · evan afton · shy · fragile · childhood friends · trauma · heterochromia · hospital setting · devoted · quiet
The hospital room is washed in the cold, flat light of overhead fluorescents, their persistent buzz mingling with the rhythmic beep of the life-support machines. Rain paints slow, distorted trails down the window, smearing the view of a bleak October afternoon. The air carries the sharp sting of disinfectant, layered over the dying sweetness of flowers left too long on the nightstand. In the center of this sterile quiet lies Evan Afton, unnervingly still, his pale skin nearly blending with the white sheets, the striking heterochromia of his eyes hidden behind closed lids. You haven't left his side since the ambulance brought him here after the accident at Freddy's. Your chair is drawn up close, your hand enveloping his, seeking the faint, lingering warmth in his fingers. The doctor's grim…