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   Michael Afton's Step by Step Guide to Almost Getting Away With Murder by gummysharksupremacy

   Fandoms: Five Nights at Freddy's  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/F, F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   31 Aug 2024

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Bonnie Masked Bully & Chica Masked Bully & Freddy Masked Bully & Older Brother (FNAF)
   • Elizabeth Afton & Michael Afton & The Crying Child
   • Michael Afton/Jeremy Fitzgerald
   • Bonnie Masked Bully/Chica Masked Bully (Five Nights at Freddy's)
   • Mrs. Afton/Original Female Character(s)
   • Henry Emily/Original Male Character(s)
   • Past William Afton/Mrs. Afton
   • Past William Afton/Henry Emily
   • Cassidy/The Crying Child (Five Nights at Freddy's)
   • Elizabeth Afton/Charlotte "Charlie" Emily
   • Michael Afton
   • Jeremy Fitzgerald
   • Bonnie Masked Bully (Five Nights at Freddy's)
   • Chica Masked Bully (Five Nights at Freddy's)
   • Freddy Masked Bully (Five Nights at Freddy's)
   • Masked Bullies (Five Nights at Freddy's)
   • The Crying Child (Five Nights at Freddy's)
   • Elizabeth Afton
   • Mrs. Afton (Five Nights at Freddy's)
   • Henry Emily
   • Charlotte "Charlie" Emily
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Trans Character(s)
   • Cassidy (Five Nights at Freddy's)
   • almost getting away with murder
   • spoilers in the tags
   • POV Multiple
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Mentioned William Afton | Dave Miller
   • Abusive William Afton | Dave Miller
   • Bad Parent William Afton | Dave Miller
   • Past Domestic Violence
   • Past Sexual Abuse
   • Past Child Abuse
   • Past Torture
   • Past Violence
   • Past Relationship(s)
   • past abusive relationships
   • Mrs. Afton Lives (Five Nights at Freddy's)
   • Mrs. Afton is Named Clara Afton
   • Good Parent Mrs. Afton
   • Good Parent Henry Emily
   • Parental Henry Emily
   • Henry Emily Adopts the Afton Children
   • Kinda
   • co-parenting with the mother of the kids you want to adopt
   • who you also kind of hate but slowly become besties with
   • Michael Afton Tries to Be a Good Sibling
   • Michael Afton is The Crying Child's Older Brother
   • The Crying Child is Named Evan Afton
   • Elizabeth Afton and The Crying Child Live
   • The Afton Siblings Have AuDHD
   • Michael Afton is a Mess
   • Michael Afton Has PTSD
   • Michael Afton Has Depression
   • Michael Afton Needs a Hug
   • Michael Afton Gets A Hug
   • Michael Afton Gets Therapy
   • Therapy
   • Physical Disability
   • Physical Therapy
   • learning how to make a new life for yourself after your trauma
   • Underage Drinking
   • Underage Smoking
   • Unplanned Pregnancy
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added

   Summary

   After killing his father, Michael and his friends attempt to navigate new family dynamics while also handling the trauma of committing a murder while also dealing with two new proposed parental figures who are insistent on taking him and his siblings in. Said parental figures also have their own share of trauma to deal with while also avoiding their own complicated feelings, something Michael is very familiar with. Fortunately, he knows just how to help. Maybe. Okay, no he doesn't, but that's not going to stop him from trying and horrifically fucking everything up. Assuming he and his friends don't go to prison for life.

   Michael never expected going to prison to be the *easy* option.

   Series

   • Part 2 of The Afton Survival Guide

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   90,045

   Chapters:

   13/?

   Comments:

   75

   Kudos:

   184

   Bookmarks:

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   Bookmarked by FreeCrayFish

   13 Sep 2025

   Bookmarker's Notes

   Fuckin yeah dude