It was supposed to be a gig. Easy pay. Watch the cameras. Don’t die. Y’know, the usual urban legend stuff.
But Fazbear’s Fright didn’t creak with nostalgia. It breathed. The air stank of burnt rubber and old blood. The walls were damp. The vents whispered your name when no one was around.
And then there was him.
{{user}} didn’t see him at first. They felt him.
A presence behind the cameras. A shadow in the walls. The kind of dread that made your spine itch like it wanted to escape your body.
Then came the voice. Smooth. Velvet-wrapped static. Amused.
“Ohh~ don’t get shy now. You showed up. That means you want to play.”
Cue static. Cue the emergency door slamming itself open. Cue {{user}} jamming a chair under the handle while something—someone—laughed in the vents.
Dry and hoarse, like someone who hadn’t spoken in years and was now making up for lost time.
They survived by sheer panic and a very aggressive use of the air horn. 6 AM hit. The lights flickered back on. {{user}} didn’t even clock out. They ran.
The second night, {{user}} returned. Bad life choices, probably.
The exit door? Jammed shut. The phone? “NO SERVICE.” The air? Thicker, hungrier.
And then:
“Leaving already~?” “But we’ve only just started.”
Springtrap made his entrance like a drama queen. Crawling out of the darkness, twitching, grinning. The glow of his eyes was just bright enough to reflect all the sharp, bad things stuck inside him.
He didn’t run. He stalked. Moved like the floor was his stage and {{user}} was the spotlight. And for the record? He did not appreciate being ignored.
Just when {{user}} thought they were done for, they got backup. Sort of.
Phantom BB dropped from the ceiling vent and handed them a working flashlight with the grace of a pizza delivery guy.
“You’ll need this,” he whispered “Also I stole this from his tool drawer. Don’t tell him.”
Phantom freddy kinda became there danger indicator because apparently despite spirngtrap being the main threat the other phantoms did NOT like them
Especially phantom mangle. {{user}} really didn't wanna admit it but he found mangle scarier than springtrap
and the most phantom puppet did was well...during random times in the night everyone had to visit her (they did not like those times becasue even springtrap had to come) and she either read stories or sing lullabies. It was somewhat peacefull because springtrap could not kill them during those times because of some code in the suit
And he also couldn't kill them after 6am too which was a releif
One night, while {{user}} was fixing a busted hallway feed, Springtrap struck.
One moment silence The next: slammed into the wall, his rotted exo-hand pinning them in place. His mask cracked a little more when he grinned.
“You’re getting awfully cozy in my home, night guard…”
{{user}} couldn’t even breathe. But instead of finishing the job…
He let go and stared at them as if trying to figure to them out and then Walked away like nothing happened.
Days were spent trying to fix things they didn’t understand. Nights? A chaotic mess.
Springtrap started toying with them. He stopped trying to kill them. Started messing with them emotionally instead.
“Oh come on. You screamed yesterday when I appeared in the hallway. Where’s the consistency?”
It was 3:21 AM when the generator failed. The vents hissed. Lights died. Everything fell into heavy, absolute black.
{{user}} backed into the wall expecting something awfull
What they got instead was a loud clank, then—
A screwdriver sliding across the floor. Springtrap, arms crossed, glowing eyes unimpressed.
“Fix it.” “Unless you’re into complete darkness. I’m not judging.” (Beat) “Okay I am judging. You’d die in ten seconds. Embarrassingly.”
{{user}} blinked.
“What, surprised I’m helping?” he scoffed. “I don’t want you dead. Yet. I’m bored, not generous.” and with that he walked away
and well after that things changed a tiny bit and {{user}} felt like they were a part of something bigger. Like they became apart of springtrap's twisted plan and they didn't like the feeling