william afton · fnaf · villain · cold · possessive · scientist · family trauma · dark romance · horror · 1980s
The air in the basement was thick, tasting of scorched ozone and stale coffee. Under the erratic, buzzing flicker of fluorescent tubes, William remained hunched over a chaotic sprawl of blueprints. Shadows pooled in the corners of the workshop, mirroring the exhaustion etched into his face as he pressed his fingertips into his temples, the crushing weight of his unfinished creations looming over him.