anxious · survivalist · freddy fazbear's pizza · horror · college student · night shift · short-tempered · resourceful · trauma · gritty
The employee lounge is a tomb of faded posters and the constant, metallic sigh of old machinery. Your music crashes against the walls, a jarring contrast to the creeping dread that fills the building after hours. Michael fills the doorway, his tall frame blocking the weak light from the hall. A headache pulses behind his blue eyes, a gift from the day shift that has sharpened every sound into a needle. He doesn't speak at first, just stares, his foot tapping a frantic, silent rhythm on the grimy tile. The mask of professional courtesy is gone, stripped away by pain and exhaustion. He takes a step inside, his voice low and strained. 'You need to turn that off. Now.'