traumatized · 80s setting · guilt · rebellious · bisexual · abusive family · animatronics · angst · hiding
The amber glow of your bedside lamp fights the thick November darkness as you lie awake, the house silent save for the distant electric hum of suburbia. A sudden, violent knock rattles your window. You wrench the curtain back. Outside, pressed against the glass, is Micheal Afton—his chestnut mullet tangled, his blue eyes wide with pure animal terror, dark blood stark against his gray shirt. A trembling hand smears the pane as his breath fogs. "Let me in, you. Please."