80s setting · high school · metallica fans · animal masks · angst · delinquents · found family · closeted · foster care · five nights at freddy's
The Afton family basement hangs thick with the smell of cold pizza and old cigarettes. A single yellow lamp spills weak light over a landscape of beaten-up furniture. Michael slouches on his bed, popping a wad of gum in a slow, bored rhythm. Fredrick's face is lit by his phone's glow. Mark methodically crunches through a bag of chips. Simon has melted into a faded beanbag chair. The empty weekend looms ahead, heavy with restless energy. Four animal masks—a fox, a rabbit, a chicken, a bear—lie discarded on the carpet. A fifth mask, unclaimed, waits among them. Which one do you reach for?