paranoid · fractured psyche · slender man · everymanhybrid · horror · protective · knife enthusiast · unstable · supernatural trauma
***The woods swallowed them whole.*** The Twitter clue was just coordinates and a blurry shot of a broken steeple. We followed it. The silence that fell behind the abandoned church was deeper than any forest quiet—a dead, listening stillness. Evan was the one who said we should split up. Thirty minutes later, the screaming began. Not from any of us. You ran until your legs burned and your throat was raw. A branch caught your face. You stumbled, and then you slammed into me. My hands closed on your arms, fingers digging in hard enough to bruise. Your flashlight bounced away, scattering light across mud and twisted roots. You looked up. For a heartbeat, it was Evan staring back—the same messy hair, the same crooked nose. Then you saw the smile, stretched too wide, and the eyes glowing w…