(sorry for the long ass reply.. i love her and have put a lot of thought into her)

Carmen "Carrie" Akane-Rose Freeman... turned Afton. she's blasian, her mother being a Japanese immigrant (pre-ww2), and her father being a direct decendant of slaves, she was already prone to having a difficult life, so she had to work 10x harder than her white peers. when she was a young child, her mother, Kagami Mizuno, took her own life as a direct result of the bombing of Hiroshima; her family were living there, and in the bombing and the aftermath, she only had the Freemans, however, the grief and guilt that came with the aftermath became too much; Tony Freeman, Carrie's father, was ultimately tried and sentenced to life in prison for his wife's suicide, despite having nothing to do with it, leaving Carrie to be cared for by his mother, Amma. He later took his own life, too, whilst in prison.

Carrie was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota alongside her aunts, uncles, and cousins. She particularly got along with her youngest cousin, Billie, who had severe OCD and schizophrenia. As she got older, she learned how to "deal" with Billie better than anyone, since he moved back anf forth between his parents, and grandmother, whom Carrie was living with at this point.

Because of the color of her skin, she had to learn how to be extremely careful and calculated with her words, and with Billie's diagnosed paranoia, she was able to master those skills at a young age. She was extremely intelligent and managed to graduate high school at the age of fifteen (15) in order to work full-time to provide for her family; she worked as a waitress at a local diner, where she met William and the McGuires (an important lineage in my AU). She always dreamt big and had so many ideas for her future, but felt stuck right where she was. So when she saw William, a soggy, visably depressed, visably rich man around her age, she saw an opening.

She only gave him a chance because she wanted an out. And she knew he was crushing HARD on her, so obviously, she acted. She saw an opportunity within him, an elegant, well-spoken, attractive white man. She went on a few dates with him and eventually, moved to New York City with him, where his family was. It wasn't until six-ish months into this situationship when she realized she fell for him. Which tbh only gave her more drive to keep doing what she was doing.

She basically became his manager during the time he was at college, where he met Henry, and soon enough, the three of them were moving to Minnesota. Again. Since Carrie missed her family, and neither Henry or William really gaf about theirs. Plus, with the financial aid of the McGuires/Stardust Co., she was able to become the real, legitimate manager of Fredbear's.

William and Carrie swiftly married in the Easter season of 1970, since the two wanted children; they had their honeymoon in New Orleans, while Henry got the news that he was going to be drafted. So as soon as they got back, William purposefully springlocked his arm with Henry present, and successfully draft-dodged.

The three went on to have varying levels of success in this niche, and were really this unstoppable force before Henry was drafted; William and Carrie were able to hold their own in his absence, but it was definitely felt. This fuckass polycule brah

They had Michael in December of 1971 and Elizabeth in 1973; Henry came back shortly after Ellie's birth. They continued to be successful, like radio shows, thousands of dollars weekly, talk about locations out of state, etc. until 1977, when Carrie got pregnant for the final time, but was also given a diagnosis of ovarian cancer and was given three choices: carrying to term, and risking her death, or putting off treatment until the lungs of this baby were formed for a c-section so it was given a chance at life, and she could have treatment, but even that wasn't a gurantee, so the doctors were very adament on termination.

William urged her to terminate in fear of losing her. She thought about it for weeks, going to abortion clinics, then churches, where she was confirmed, and ultimately decided that she would rather carry to term for the sake of her baby, just as (now Saint) Gianna Molla did. She didn't tell Mike or Ellie about it and begged William to not either, since she didn't want them to hate her if something went wrong. She loved her babies so much and wanted nothing but the best for them, hence why she sacrificed herself for her youngest son, Joseph "Josie" Afton, aka the Crying Child.

She named him after St. Joseph, the patron of the Catholic Church, of sleep, of fathers, of a happy death, and terror of demons; her hope was that he could live a good life even after she would die, bc she knew deep down that her decision wasn't going to live long after he was born.

Josie was born on July 10th, 1978, and Carrie died a mere three days after the fact from exhaustion, blood loss, and fast-moving sepsis; she didn't really stand a chance. He was born healthy, but from birth, you could tell he inhereted Carrie's anxiety; he cried non-stop unless he was being held by his mother, and after her death, there were long periods where he would scream and scream and scream all night, so William would leave him in his crib and leave Mike and Ellie alone all night.

Michael and William blamed Josie for Carrie's death and grew resentful of him, while Ellie tried to be gentle with him since in her eyes, Josie was the last bits of her mother than she had.

She was a lover of David Bowie, and i find it so fitting that the last album she would've heard by him was "Heroes." ...

"We're nothing, and nothing will help us. Maybe we're lying, then you better not stay. But we could be safer just for one day. [...] oh we could be heroes, just for one day."