Lethean (William Afton X Reader)

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A/N: Happy Valentine's Day everyone! 💞✨✨

For that, I'll be publishing two chapters on the same day! WOOHOO! 🥳🥳

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"We need to talk, Mr. Afton" that escaped like a sting of a jellyfish for it made William appear to be hurt. We barely saw each other today, and this was the only moment we could hopefully sort things out. I parted ways from him before with merriment and now, it's like nothing ever happened between us. 

His cold-as-ice visions were almost half-lidded, yet the angle of it created an expression like he was looking at something so disdainful. He bit his inner lip and narrowed his gaze, spinning his pen from boredom, "Is that any way to talk to your boss? Fix your tone." he said in a forbidding manner and I went white.

Before I could say something in return, a very familiar woman barged in, "Honey, are you done yet? Lizzie said she wants ice cream for dinner!" Clara nearly hit my arm from the swinging door. "Oh! Good evening (Y/N), I didn't know you were in Will's office. Is there something you need?"

"Yes, I was-"

"Nothing, (L/N) was just about to leave." William cut me off. I couldn't believe my ears, he just called me by my last name and fucking interrupted me. I'm only gone for 3 days and this is how this guy talks to me? I could drag you by the ear just to get a word out of you, William. But I'm not gonna do that, not right now anyway.

The man sat up and walked towards me, putting his hand on my back as if he was pushing me out of the office. "Leave, (L/N)" William said and closed the door to my face. I was now standing in the hallway, my brows knitted together and my hands balled into fists. What the fuck just happened?

"Hey (Y/N)! I hardly saw you today!" Vanessa came from another hallway, carrying her bag and umbrella.

"Yeah! Busy day too?" Luis followed behind her, "Is it just me or do I see something red dripping there?" He squinted, observing the ceiling to see where it was coming from. "Our ceilings are white, I don't see anything red," Ness pondered. Their eyes landed on me, and a look of horror struck their faces. 

"(Y/N).... Are you okay?" they both asked, then Henry came along, holding brown envelopes and almost dropped them on the ground, "Kiddo..." he whispered and reached for my paling face. I was so out of it that I hadn't noticed blood running down my mouth and chin, coming from my nose again.

"I- Uh... Sorry," I blinked several times and wiped it with the back of my hand. They all shot me a look of worry, then glanced at the closed door in front of me. Honestly, I've never had nosebleeds before so this is relatively new to me, though I do know what to do. "Welp, that's that," I clapped my hands to snap them out of their gazes with a hollow chuckle and excused myself from the crowd while covering my nose. Great, more reasons to pass out.

Before I clocked out, Henry gave me my salary in cash of course. It was worth $600 due to the 2 consecutive night shifts and for the additional repairs. He told me to not overwork myself and take it easy, thinking that the hemorrhage was due to stress. Henry himself was surprised by Clara's sudden appearance but said that William knew beforehand. Psh, no wonder William's unfazed.

But I don't get it, if he knew she was coming, then why did he let me stick around? This begs the question of how long has he known. Was I only a placeholder or some sort? It was making my blood boil, just why?

I met up with Neil outside, "Hey- Oh fuck, your nose's at it again," he said and handed me a tissue that I used. "It didn't go as planned huh..."

"No. In fact, he's acting completely different," I rolled my eyes. "The ex-wife shows up and he pushes me out of the goddamn office, telling me to literally leave." The man comforted me with back rubs and handed me another tissue, "Jeez, talk about switching up. We need to get you some ice for that, come on," he stated.