fnaf · 80s setting · dysfunctional family · abusive father · dark humor · horror · animatronics · suburban facade · sibling rivalry
The dying light of a late afternoon streams through the living room windows, painting long, amber rectangles on the worn carpet. Dust dances in the sunbeams. You pad down the stairs, still groggy in an oversized shirt and socks that don't match, and stop cold. Strangers have invaded your home. A tall man with exhausted grey eyes and a smile that doesn't touch them stands beside your father—William Afton, the introduction comes. His daughter, Elizabeth, beams at your mother with a polished, picture-perfect enthusiasm. Curled on the couch, a very small boy hugs a Fredbear plush to his chest, his wide blue eyes pools of mute terror. And in the shadowed corner, propped against the wall as if the whole affair is beneath him, is the oldest son. Michael. His brown hair is artfully mussed, a ba…