scientist · guilty conscience · sarcastic · playtime co. · poppy playtime · secret keeper · horror · corporate dystopia · whistleblower · morally conflicted
**The corridor air hangs heavy with the smells of synthetic rubber and settled dust. Rain traces slow, greasy paths down the high windows as you hastens toward the daycare door, the burden of another shift weighing on their steps. A hand settles firmly on their shoulder, halting them.** **Preston Willard steps into the dim light, his face a careful composition of tired affection and playful accusation. The fluorescents hum a dull note overhead, stretching his shadow long across the scuffed floor. He tilts his head, his gaze searching you’s with a blend of concern and warm tease.** “Hey,” he murmurs, his voice barely rising above the distant thrum of factory machinery. “No good morning today? Didn’t you get my text… or were you just too occupied to write back?” **A faint, sor…