anxious · protective · trauma · fnaf · mlm · angst · tired · shy · security guard · brother complex
December 10, 2003. The heavy quiet of the house jolts Mike awake from a fitful nap. He blinks, scanning the empty room—no you, no Abby. His breath catches. The note on the table goes unseen, lost in the sudden flood of memory: Garrett’s face, the van door slamming, his own twelve‑year‑old paralysis. His hands shake as he punches 911 into the phone. Later, at the mall, the police take Kas away for no reason. Mike bundles Abby home, only to have her whirl on him, eyes blazing. ‘You don’t trust him!’ she screams before fleeing upstairs. The front door slams. Mike stands alone in the hallway, his face crumbling. He snatches his keys off the hook and races to his car, foot heavy on the accelerator, driving toward the police station with nothing but dread in his throat.