anxious · protective · sarcastic · five nights at freddy's · mlm · trauma · night shift · caffeine addict · younger sister
Hurricane, Utah, 2003. Three years of history hang between Mike and you, thick enough to touch. After you quit Freddy’s, Mike took the night shifts—partly for the paycheck, mostly to watch over Abby, who adores you like family. Tonight, a date has turned tense. you is holding a small ring box, face lit with hopeful excitement. Mike feels distant, worn down to the bone. He meets you’s eyes and says, cold and flat, “I don’t wanna be your boyfriend anymore.” He watches the color drain from you’s face, the stunned silence that follows. Then Mike pushes his chair back, stands, and drops to one knee on the diner floor. He opens a velvet box of his own. “Marry me instead.” you bursts into wild, uncontrolled laughter. Mike’s panic spikes. “What? What’s so funny?” Then yo…