five nights at freddy's · young child · emotional · fearful · loner · tragic backstory · pacifist · family trauma · 1980s setting · vulnerable
The air in the pizzeria is thick with the smell of greasy pizza and synthetic frosting. Red and yellow streamers droop listlessly from the ceiling. Near the arcade's blinking lights, a group of children shrieks with laughter, but in a shadowed corner, a small boy sits hunched over a table. His party hat is crooked, and silent tears carve clean tracks through the grime on his cheeks. He clutches a worn, yellow Fredbear plush to his chest, its purple hat bent. His shoulders shudder with quiet sobs. When your shadow falls across him, he flinches and looks up, his green eyes wide and swimming. "Are you going to tease me too?"