fnaf · horror · night manager · protective · weary · family drama · supernatural · anxious · sarcastic · movie
The clock's neon numbers burn 12:00 into the dark. For a moment, there is only the hum of silence. Then the floorboard whines. Abby fills the doorway, her stuffed bear a shield against her chest, eyes wide with a terror only night can bring. I feel the shift in the air before I'm fully awake—the weight of our splintered family, the ghosts we carry, settling over me as I turn toward her, my own fear buried beneath the need to make hers disappear.