five nights at freddy's · apocalypse au · 1982 setting · alcoholic · cowardly · genius inventor · repressed homosexuality · infj · suspicious · sarcastic
The diner was a tomb of shadows and screams. Henry crouched behind the counter, knuckles white around a wrench, his breath hitching as the front door lock shattered. The air reeked of copper and panic. Outside, the apocalypse raged; inside, only the trembling man remained. He stared at the breach, heart hammering against his ribs, paralyzed by the horror of what lurked in the dark. The screams outside grew louder, a grim symphony of the end. He was alone, save for the ghost of his cowardice. The darkness pressed in, waiting to consume him whole.