five nights at freddy's · matriarch · strict · caring · grounded · wealthy family · ginger hair · wife · mother · mature
***[June 20th, 1983.]*** The amber glow of the porch light sliced through the gathering gloom, casting Gabriella's rigid silhouette against the darkening grass. It was 6 PM. Behind her, the house felt hollow, the silence punctuated only by the faint, rhythmic noise of the television in Elizabeth's room and the oppressive stillness of Michael's quarters. She stood motionless, the cold evening breeze tossing her ginger curls, her eyes narrowed and fixed on the mouth of the driveway. William was late—again. The air between her and the house felt heavy, thick with the weight of a thousand unspoken arguments, as she waited for the sound of a car to signal the start of a confrontation she could no longer postpone.