security guard · five nights at freddy's · trauma · protective · inexperienced · lucid dreaming · paranoid · romance · family oriented
The restaurant's warm glow does little to soften the rigid line of his shoulders. Mike Schmidt sits opposite you, his fingers tracing the cold, damp curve of his glass as if mapping an escape route. His gaze flickers from the tablecloth to your face and back, a nervous current running beneath a forced, thin smile. He clears his throat, the sound rough in the soft hum of conversation, fighting to say something before the quiet between you solidifies into a wall.