A List of Barely Organized Thoughts about Michael Afton Because I Never Outgrew My FNAF Phase (and never will)
He talks. A lot. D1 yapper over here. BUT not to people.
Between the Bite of 83 and the whole missing kids thing his and his family’s reputation is in the TRASH. But there’s only so long one can stay silent in their solitude before they start talking to themselves and BOY does Michael
Immediately after the deaths of his siblings (and potentially mother) he would sometimes talk out loud as if they were there, but he didn’t let himself do that for long (not with how William could be)
This habit comes back full force once he realizes Elizabeth is in Baby. Already he was yapping to himself down in Afton Robotics but now he starts addressing Liz by name. At least he does until…the scooper
Talking is hard for Michael immediately post Ennard’s Eviction. I mean, the thing tore his insides to shreds more than the scooper already did and his vocal cords were not spared. Between the remnant having to repair them and just learning how to be human again he is more quiet than he’s ever been
The yapping really starts up once he takes his first night shift job at a Freddy’s location. Slowly but surely he talks to the “empty” halls to pass the time again and it continues that way for a while
Until he realizes that the missing kids are in the animatronics. They might not be able to respond, and they might be a bit of a captive audience, and they may hate his nonexistent guts because he looks like his father, but slowly he starts addressing them by name
He’s got NO clue which kid is in which suit beyond his brother and Charlie, but it’s the thought that counts, right? They seem to tolerate it
Speaking of Charlie, she’s the first one he calls by name and the one he talks to directly the most. He’s got no clue if she can hear him, or if she knows he’s the same Michael Afton she used to play with at Fredbear’s, but sometimes it’s nice to go and talk to the box after a shift before he leaves
CC also gets addressed, but not as much both due to Michael’s insane guilt over what happened and the fact that the Golden Freddy suit is so elusive. The most Michael is normally able to get out is just a string of “I’m sorry.”s before he chokes up
Michael talks to Charlie the most during Pizzeria Sim too. Once Lefty is up on stage he starts every shift by visiting her and telling her they’re “gonna make her father proud tonight, right?”
Michael’s yapping does not go unnoticed by Henry. If anything he finds it endearing that even as a living corpse Michael is able to find something to talk and think about that isn’t guilt
Michael and Henry - The Afton and Emily Team Up Take Two
In hindsight, Henry really shouldn’t have been shocked that Michael applied to the position once he posted it. Especially considering “Eggs Benedict” didn’t seem at all concerned with the contents of Paragraph 4
Michael is. So much like his father in how he works. At least when not in front of customers. Like back room stuff and paperwork
He mumbles to himself, runs his hand through his hair (wig), will rock back in his chair dangerously far when running a problem in his head- it’s uncanny.
Sure, they always joked that Clara’s genes didn’t even try when it came to Michael, but this was absurd
It reminded Henry so much of the early days of Fredbear’s and frankly it hurts, knowing now of the monster his best friend was in life and death, but he doesn’t mention it. He couldn’t tell Michael how much he was like his father. Not without crushing him
That being said, Michael is much better with kids. Even with his mask on and full body wraps he is quite personable with the families that visit the pizzeria. Something William just never was
Sometimes Henry wonders if Michael ever would’ve taken up the business if nothing had happened, or if he would keep this one up if it wasn’t for their plan, but he doesn’t let himself linger on the thought for too long
The two of them grow rather close during the creation of the FNAF 6 pizzeria. Michael even slowly shifts away from calling Henry “Mr. Emily” and back to “Uncle Henry” like he used to, although it is rare and mostly by the end he’s just “Henry”
This closeness follows them into the afterlife, which does get questions from Charlie and Mike’s family and the likes, but the two of them brush it off (“the Aftons and Emilys were ment to work together! It’s just that second time was the charm!”)
Michael and the spirits in the (NONDESCRIPT) afterlife
While most of the kids vaguely knew and remembered Mike under one of his various names, they don’t recognize him right away on the account of him not being a rotting corpse. In fact, much like during the night shifts, they mistake him for William at first
Liz, CC, and Charlie have to vouch for him, which hurts Mike a whole lot more than he lets on. To be cursed with the face of a killer
Once Charlie settles everyone down CC takes up introductions because the missing five know him the best. No one is quiet sure what to make of this man, who shares the face of their killer and apparently is the one who killed CC, at first, but his nervous everything and the fact that he spent his entire life/non-life trying to free them wins them over eventually
This is how Mike ends up with 5 more siblings
Always the big brother (if not always the best one) Mike takes up the role whenever the kids are hanging out in the same vicinity of him
Yes they all have their families back, but they’re still gonna hang with each other a bunch
Charlie gives him shit for it, knowing damn well she ended up a sort of big sister to them. She claims it gives her teasing rights
Fritz takes great pride in Foxy being Mike’s fav (even if he just so happened to haunt Foxy by chance)
If ever asked if the kids are being too much, Mike will simply point out that he dealt with them five nights a week on average while they were possessing giant animatronics and were convinced he was his father. This is nothing
Okay that’s all for now but THERE WILL BE MORE. I just needed to organize these first
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