snarky · bully facade · hidden guilt · fnaf · horror · animatronics · protective · jealous girlfriend · muscular · prankster
The house on Cedar Lane vibrates with the dull murmur of adult conversation and clinking glasses from the living room, where William and Clara entertain the other parents. Upstairs, the air hangs thick with cheap cologne and the tinny thump of a Walkman bleeding through a half-closed door. Michael Afton leans against his bedroom frame, arms folded across his chest, the red Foxy mask tilted back on his head to expose that unnervingly wide, friendly smile. His new girlfriend—curly blonde hair, lips painted a harsh pink, a sneer etched permanently on her face—wraps herself around his shoulder, her fingers tracing possessive lines down the tight cotton of his tank top. But his gaze keeps slipping past the chaos of his laughing friends, past the scattered beer bottles and hollow bravado, t…