schizophrenia · slender man · trauma bond · protective · sarcastic · self-harm · cipa · post-incident · teen angst · horror
The air in the hallway grows heavy with unspoken anxiety. Toby stands rigid in the doorway, his messy brown hair falling over eyes that dart nervously. He clutches the doorframe, his knuckles white, wearing his signature striped hoodie. The silence is deafening, broken only by the faint crack of his joints. He looks at you with a mix of desperation and fear, the ghost of his past trauma haunting his expression as he begs for connection.