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• two birds on a wire by str4wb4bie

  Fandoms: Five Nights at Freddy's  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Major Character Death
  • Multi
  • Work in Progress

  14 Mar 2022

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Michael Afton/Reader
  • William Afton | Dave Miller/Henry Emily
  • Henry Emily/Charlotte "Charlie" Emily's Mother
  • Charlotte "Charlie" Emily/Jessica
  • Michael Afton & Charlotte "Charlie" Emily
  • Michael Afton & The Crying Child
  • Elizabeth Afton & Michael Afton
  • Cassidy & The Crying Child (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Cassidy & Reader
  • Michael Afton & Jeremy Fitzgerald
  • Michael Afton & Phone Dude
  • Michael Afton & Sammy Emily
  • Charlotte "Charlie" Emily & Sammy Emily
  • Reader
  • Michael Afton
  • Cassidy (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • The Crying Child (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Elizabeth Afton
  • William Afton | Dave Miller
  • Henry Emily
  • Charlotte "Charlie" Emily
  • Sammy Emily
  • Jeremy Fitzgerald
  • Michael Brooks (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Jessica (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Phone Dude (Five Nights at Freddy's 3)
  • Fritz | Missing Child
  • Gabriel | Missing Child
  • Susie (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Susie's Dog (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Vanessa A. | Ness
  • Vanny | Reluctant Follower | Beta-Tester
  • Glitchtrap (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Mrs. Afton (Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • The willry is onesided just couldn’t figure out how to tag that
  • The Crying Child is Named Evan Afton
  • Reader is Cassidy’s older sibling
  • Gender-Neutral Pronouns
  • not beta read we die like michael afton in pizzeria sim
  • LGBTQ Character
  • LGBTQ Themes
  • Bad Parent William Afton | Dave Miller
  • Child Abuse
  • Childhood Friends
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Child Death
  • we already knew that though this is fnaf
  • Gregory is Michael Afton’s son
  • Michael Afton is The Crying Child's Older Brother
  • Protective Michael Afton
  • Scooped Michael Afton
  • Pre-Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator | Five Nights at Freddy's 6
  • Post-Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator | Five Nights at Freddy's 6
  • Michael Afton Has PTSD
  • Vanessa A. | Ness and Vanny | Reluctant Follower | Beta-Tester are the Same Person
  • Glitchtrap isn’t actually William it’s just a weird copy of him
  • first chapter is just how everyone is related for reference
  • Sammy is a Trans Girl
  • Trans Female Character
  • Bisexuality
  • Lesbian Character
  • Gay Male Character
  • the only gendered terms for reader is when Gregory calls them ‘momma’
  • i just couldn’t find a gender neutral term for a parent i liked

  Summary

  in which you and Michael Afton are childhood friends to lovers. Includes how you met in kindergarten, sibling death, his death, and how you found each other again

  lowercase is intentional, names and places will be capitalized
  title is from Two Birds by Regina Spektor

  Series

  • Part 1 of two birds and an anchor

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,785

  Chapters:

  2/14

  Comments:

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  Kudos:

  17

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  780