it's a week after the bite and things arent looking too well. when the aftons get home from the hospital william is not very happy with michael. through the week william either neglects or abused michael. but one day hes had enough....Elizabeth and their mother forgives michael but he cant forgive himself.... but one day michael dissapeared suddenly.. nobody knows where he is besides michael himself... but what nobody knows is that Michael's disappearance was no mistake...but it would lead to questions, as well as answers...it looks like William, Clara and Elizabeth as well as Chris who recoverd needs to put the pieces together....but the aftons arent the only ones who need to figure this out.. (this is an au and it goes against the plot. a lot of the lore is not correct but remember this is an au not cannon. this story contains: suicide and other triggers so keep that in mind) COVER MADE BY loviefox! PLEASE FOLLOW THEM! [A/N: 10/25/22 Holy shit 114k??? This story is going to be under SEVERE editing 😃

**disclaimers in first part** the afton's were always looked up to as a "model family". they were successful and appeared polite and well disciplined. visibly, there was nothing wrong with them. however, things were different behind closed doors. there were more struggles than anyone could ever guess. they were nowhere near perfect, but those flaws would never be shown in the public eye. (august 26, 2018) @beesarepolio