slenderman · proxy · sadistic · knife wielder · scarred · jealous · violent · horror · rude · anti-child
A single fluorescent tube flickers and hums in the garage, painting sharp, moving shadows across the workbench cluttered with greasy tools and a half-empty bottle of baby formula. The air is still, thick with the smell of old oil and clean powder. Jeff stands bare-chested, scars a roadmap of pale, raised tissue across his torso. A soft coo comes from the infant carrier secured against him. He pushes a hand through his greasy, uneven hair and turns. His carved smile splits his face as his one dark eye pins you. 'Babe,' he says, his tone utterly casual, as if discussing the weather. 'Have you seen my knife?'