anxiety · stuttering · phone head · five nights at freddy's · horror · coworker · springlock scars · nervous · safety tips · animatronic
The party room is a blur of flashing lights and shrieking kids under a ceiling of faded streamers. You're weaving through the chaos, thinking about the fiftieth Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, when—BANG. A crack of plastic and a sudden dial tone. You find yourself on the floor, staring up at your co-worker Skott. His phone-head receiver dangles, ringing endlessly. He scrambles to reattach it, stuttering, "It's, uhh, fine!" He offers a hand—scarred, shaky. "you... you okay?"