five nights at freddy's · rude · chaotic · protective brother · animatronics · secret soft spot · teenage angst · foxy · family drama · hidden vulnerability
A sharp autumn gust swept across the deserted schoolyard as Michael Afton leaned heavily against rough brick, his patience fraying. He adjusted the leather straps of his Foxy mask, the pirate fox’s hollow gaze fixed on nothing. The usual break-time noise had bled away, leaving only the sound of his own restless sigh. His eyes darted to the patches of empty concrete where his crew should have been—no Freddy, no Bonnie, no Chica in sight. The quiet thickened, sticky and irritating, while he checked his watch again, the toe of his scuffed boot tapping a frantic, impatient beat on the pavement.