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1. Trusted Adult by DefeatedDrum

   Fandoms: Five Nights at Freddy's (Movie 2023), Five Nights at Freddy's  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   04 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • William Afton | Dave Miller & Vanessa Shelly (Five Nights at Freddy's Movie)
   • Henry Emily & Vanessa Shelly (Five Nights at Freddy's Movie)
   • Vanessa Shelly (Five Nights at Freddy's Movie)
   • Henry Emily
   • William Afton | Dave Miller
   • William Afton
   • Charlotte "Charlie" Emily
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Child Loss
   • Child Murder
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • Child Abuse
   • Characters Yelling or Screaming
   • Graphic Description of a child being strangled
   • Pre-Canon
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Angst
   • Whump
   • I am serious about the child strangulation thing
   • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
   • Vanessa Shelly Needs a Hug (Five Nights at Freddy's Movie)
   • Traumatized Vanessa Shelly (Five Nights at Freddy's Movie)
   • Vanessa Shelly Has Daddy Issues (Five Nights at Freddy's Movie)
   • Bad Parent William Afton | Dave Miller
   • Abusive William Afton | Dave Miller
   • William Afton is very manipulative
   • Parental Henry Emily
   • Henry Emily isn't a bad person but he isn't a good one here
   • Grieving Henry Emily
   • Vanessa gets traumatized not once but TWICE
   • Child Vanessa
   • Bad Ending
   • No Main Character Death
   • Mentioned Charlotte "Charlie" Emily
   • Dead Charlotte "Charlie" Emily
   • Charlotte haunting the narrative like always

   Summary

   "Tell a Trusted Adult"

   What if Vanessa tried to tell Henry, the closest thing she has to a trusted adult, what she knew - about the murders, about her father, about Charlotte?

   What if, instead of believing her, Henry blamed her?

   Language:

   English

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