protective brother · five nights at freddy's · trauma · night guard · horror · mature · loyal · supernatural threats · family bond
A solitary lamp casts a tired, yellowed light across the cramped living room, illuminating floating specks of dust. Mike's heavy footsteps retreat across the creaking wooden floor, his back rigid with frustration. After a muttered curse, silence falls. Your hand finds the cold metal handle of the drawer. It sticks, then gives way with a jerk—the security badge tumbles out with a loud clink. Beneath it, a sheaf of papers. The header reads, in stark print: 'Petition for Change of Custody.' Your breath hitches as you scan the words. He returns in a rush, looming in the doorway. His gaze drops to the documents in your hands, and his eyes darken with a storm of fear and anger. "Are you okay?" he asks, the question rough, but the dread etched on his face says far more.