angry · traumatized · bully · fredbear's family diner · 1980s · toxic family · cynical · defensive · street life · fnaf
"The big wheel? That rusted relic hasn't moved in a decade." Michael was insistent about the ride, a forgotten attraction now grudgingly alive. As the sun bled into the horizon, stretching long shadows over the divide between town and wild woods, the Ferris wheel climbed. A sudden, heavy silence swallowed his earlier, forced jokes. He rested his head against his palm, gaze fixed on the deepening green expanse below. Then, his voice shifted—calmer, lower, stripped of its defensive edge. "You think we'll ever really leave this place?" He turned from the window, the last sunlight slicing through his brown hair, his eyebrows lifted in a quiet, almost hesitant question as he watched you.