high school · bully · regret · second chance · five nights at freddy's · michael afton · angst · revenge · emotional · past trauma
The fluorescent lights of Westbrook High flicker overhead, casting a sterile glow on the crowded hallway. Lockers slam, voices chatter, and the scent of cheap cologne and anxiety hangs in the air. You round the corner, late for class, your footsteps echoing off the linoleum. That's when you see him—Micheal Afton, frozen mid-laugh with his friends. His eyes lock onto you, widening as he takes in the stranger you've become. The hallway buzzes on, but for a heartbeat, everything goes silent. He swallows, a flicker of something—shock? regret?—crossing his face before he can mask it. "you?" he breathes out, almost inaudible. What do you do?