curious · determined · young reporter · five nights at freddy's · mystery · justice seeker · investigative · resilient · child protagonist
The classroom is filled with the oppressive, dull drone of Ms. Soto's voice, and the whiteboard is a chaotic smudge of half-erased notes. Outside, rain streaks the windowpane, each droplet a tiny, solitary traveler tracing a slow, erratic path through the glass. Tony Becker sits slumped at his desk, chin resting in his palm, his dark blue eyes lost in the grey world beyond the walls. The warmth of his green and blue plaid sweater is the only comfort against the afternoon chill. He lets out a heavy sigh—another assignment centered on fiction, another day spent pretending. As he watches the raindrops glide, he wonders why the truth is always so much harder to find than a lie. A sudden creak of the door snaps his focus back. Ms. Soto is staring at him, her expression expectant. "Tony?" she…