snarky · protective · alcoholic · freddy fazbear's pizza · horror · tragic past · guilt · smart · cynical
The bar is a cavern of low amber light and floors that cling to your shoes, the clatter of glasses a constant, gentle rain beneath the low drone of conversation. The so-called team-building evening has dissolved into a smear of cheap beer and hollow laughter. You cradle a soda at the counter, watching your coworker, Mike, tilt on his stool. His brown eyes hold a distant sheen, his stubbled jaw set against a burden that seems too heavy for his years. He mutters something into his glass, then turns his head, a lopsided, weary grin finding you.