whenitgrowsbright



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    Not long after his younger brother was born, Michael started to have horrible nightmares.

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    genuinely felt the fight response against william here

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    An alternate world where Iroh leads a coup against Ozai on the eclipse and wins the throne for Zuko. The southern water tribe hadn't sent men to fight in thirty years, instead protecting their home, laying traps, using guerilla tactics so the fire nation gave up fighting them.

    Sokka and Katara found Aang, but being frozen in ice for a hundred years has ramifications and for almost four years the tribe focuses on healing the avatar.

    Zuko is advised for continued peace to have an arranged marriage outside the fire nation. The best option is a the child of the chief of the southern tribe. Katara is in love with Aang and is heartbroken, but will do her duty for her people. Sokka finds a loophole that they can carefully and craftily exploit.

    Aka they lie. They lie so hard and Sokka becomes the one betrothed to Fire Lord Zuko. He is sure there will be no consequences to the plan. Certainly not going to fall in love with the man he is lying to. At all. Nope indeedy, no love on the menu. Dang it.

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    Michael Afton has always been good at following orders.

    Even when they don’t make sense.
    Even when they hurt.
    Even when they lead him somewhere deep underground where the machines whisper like ghosts.

    His father told him he would find something there.

    Instead, Michael finds something worse: the truth about what his family was built on.

    While Michael descends further into the machinery of his father’s legacy, Mike Schmidt begins having dreams about a house on a hill — a house that shouldn’t mean anything to him… and yet somehow does.

    Their paths are already tangled in blood and guilt.

    They just don’t know it yet.

    And somewhere in the future, long after the rot has settled into the walls of another Fazbear attraction, Michael Afton will come face to face with the one person he has been chasing his entire life.

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    14 Apr 2026

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    Mike Schmidt's at the end of his rope. So, like anyone out of options, he takes up a job at Freddy's.

    He's only trying to make sure his sister stays happy while keeping their aunt out of their lives, but it's impossible to not get tangled up in the secrets surrounding Freddy's. That, and also mopping up the blood Michael Afton loves to track around.

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    13 Apr 2026

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    Michael laughs—a thin, breathy sound that immediately turns into a pained groan. He squeezes his eyes shut, jaw tight, then opens them again, glaring. “So what?” he spits. “You’re just gonna keep me here?”

    “Yes,” Mike says before he can stop himself.

    The word hangs there, heavy. Michael is ramrod straight, looking up at Mike. Really, truly looking; something ugly flickers behind his eyes, and a feral grin grows.

    “Wow. So confident.

    Mike stiffens. “I’m not letting you go until I know why you were here.”

    Michael’s smile sharpens, mocking voice dripping with venom. “I’d rather die than become your little house pet.”

     

    Or: Mike Schmidt accidentally daddy doms Michael Afton into self-care.

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    13 Apr 2026