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1. Dead Weight Forward by corduroi

   Fandoms: Five Nights at Freddy's  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/F, F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   13 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Michael Afton & William Afton | Dave Miller
   • Michael Afton & Henry Emily
   • Michael Afton & Charlotte "Charlie" Emily
   • Michael Afton/Jeremy Fitzgerald
   • Cassidy/Charlotte "Charlie" Emily
   • William Afton | Dave Miller & Henry Emily
   • Michael Afton & The Crying Child
   • Elizabeth Afton & Michael Afton & The Crying Child
   • William Afton | Dave Miller/Mrs. Afton
   • Michael Afton
   • Charlotte "Charlie" Emily
   • Cassidy (Five Nights at Freddy's)
   • Henry Emily
   • William Afton | Dave Miller
   • The Crying Child (Five Nights at Freddy's)
   • Jeremy Fitzgerald
   • Elizabeth Afton
   • Mrs. Afton (Five Nights at Freddy's)
   • Original Characters
   • POV Multiple
   • Canon Compliant
   • Cover Art
   • Art
   • Story within a Story
   • Coming of Age
   • Slow Burn
   • unreliable narrators
   • Angst
   • Bad Parent William Afton | Dave Miller
   • Dreams and Nightmares
   • High School
   • Found Family
   • Child Abuse
   • Manipulation
   • Blood and Injury
   • The Crying Child is Named Evan Afton
   • Paranormal
   • Body Horror
   • Afterlife
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Smoking
   • Recreational Drug Use
   • Animal Death
   • Child Neglect
   • Panic Attacks
   • Psychological Trauma
   • Elizabeth Afton and The Crying Child are twins
   • Cassidy and Jeremy Fitzgerald are Siblings
   • Terminal Illnesses
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Body Dysphoria
   • Kidnapping
   • Everyone Needs A Hug
   • The Bite of '83 (Five Nights at Freddy's)
   • The Missing Children Incident (Five Nights at Freddy's)
   • Game: Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location (2016)
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added

   Summary

   Nine shattered souls. One shattered skull. They will rest here, in this unseen notebook.

    

   A boy sat idle while his best friend slipped away in the pouring rain.
   And while his sister took an ice cream cone.
   And while the headlines told local parents to shut their children inside, lest they disappear too.
   That same boy murdered his brother. Cruel.

    

   And what makes a man, such a perfectly bizarre citizen, break? What drives one to kill for killing like he did? I think he'll enjoy keeping that secret.
   But are we really still his cowards, Mike? Perhaps, were we ever? I think it’s time to remember.

    

   Listen. The blood on us is different. It is only our own now.
   The rest washed off a long, long time ago.
   Believe me, Mike, the rest washed off a long time ago.

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   A retelling of the misfortunes that broke Hurricane, Utah. From the years 1983 to 1987 (concluding with Sister Location, assuming it is the first chronological game).

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   60,059

   Chapters:

   11/87

   Comments:

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