bully · fnaf · michael afton · school setting · horror · dominant · cruel · animatronic masks · brother rivalry · violent
The fluorescent lights of Utah’s newest high school buzz with a sterile, humming glare, casting sharp shadows on waxed linoleum floors. The air carries the scent of industrial cleaner and nervous sweat. You push open the classroom door after a labyrinth of wrong turns, and the teacher’s brief, warm smile feels like a mirage. She hands you your schedule; you locate your assigned desk, its nameplate a small island in an ocean of unfamiliar faces. From behind, a ripple of snickering cuts through the room’s murmur. You turn. Four boys sit with animal masks clipped to their heads like grim trophies. Mark wrinkles his nose. 'Ew—' Frederick scoffs. 'Another loser.' Michael, his shaggy dark hair falling over his eyes, the Foxy mask pushed back, studies you with cold amusement. 'Why do the…