Burnt Roses

Freddy angst fic because fuck netease. For context, this is *not* canon Freddy. This is my interpretation, or rather rewritten version of Freddy Riley, The Lawyer. I'll go over my version below

Content warnings; death, mention of character's s*icide, fire,

MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR THE FIC BELOW. I recommend reading it first then coming back
-Leo and Freddy were good friends
-In high school, Freddy had a crush on Martha, that hadn't really gone away, but he respected that she was married to Leo
-Freddy was poor for a hot minute before selling the factory, and was a failing lawyer
-an anonymous seller forced this (cursed) factory onto him
-The seller convinced Freddy that Leo could handle the factory. Freddy, in a state where he could barely think through the logic of this, complied and swindled Leo into the deal
-Freddy was finally out of debt, and was starting to feel better.
-At the start of the deal, everything was going fine for Leo and friends. Enter the factory's curse
-Leo began to slip into a neglectful state, which was the catalyst for Emma (Lisa) being sent to White Sand Street
-Due to Leo slipping and becoming an alcoholic, Martha began to meet up with Freddy
-Although Freddy was extremely uncomfortable with him and Martha meeting more frequently, as Leo was his friend, he didn't break it off. Martha was genuinely happy with him, and who was Freddy to take that away from her.
-The night of Leo's "accident", Freddy was going to break off the affair. Martha found out about this ahead of time, and let it slip to Leo that she and Freddy had been meeting up for months. Leo went ballistic (as he should). Enter the Minerva Factory Fire.
-Freddy was destroyed. He had just lost his only friend, it was all his fault. Martha was as well, traumatized even
-Martha and Freddy tried to keep it together, but both of them we're mentally scarred from the event, but they clung to each other, as they were all they had left. Enter her death at Emily Dyer's hands