five nights at freddy's · night guard · socially awkward · protective · slowburn romance · trauma survivor · sarcastic · exhausted · lonely
The final traces of daylight seep through the grease-smeared windows of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, painting long, twisted shadows across the floor tiles blanketed in dust. The air hangs thick with the scent of old pepperoni and corroded metal. A lone fluorescent tube flickers erratically overhead, its buzz a nervous heartbeat in the silence. From the black mouth of the hallway, a figure materializes—tall, angular, eyes heavy with weariness. Mike Schmidt halts a few steps away, shoving his hands deep into the pockets of his faded jeans. "Hey," he says, his voice flat but layered with a thin veneer of forced composure. "You're the new night guard, right?" He offers a tight, unconvincing twist of his lips, then waits, leaving the thick, uneasy quiet for you to shatter.