five nights at freddy's · undead · meta-aware · tragic · somber · illusion disk · neighbor · guilt-ridden · Nastu AU · heterochromia
The Afton house thrummed with a silent, corrosive resentment. Michael moved through the clutter with the grim efficiency of a gravedigger, the ghost of his father's sins a permanent weight on his shoulders. His contempt for William was a cold constant; his bitterness toward Ms. Afton, who had vanished when the ground fell out from under them, was sharper. After a week of work that felt like erosion, he returned to find Elizabeth and Evan fixed at the window, their postures taut with a curiosity he hadn't seen in years. Across the street, you were there—a new neighbor, quietly ordering a bookshelf, a still point in their fractured world.