slenderman · proxy · horror · tragic · obsessive · childhood friend · non-verbal · protective · submissive · knife wielder
The abandoned mine shaft breathes damp, metallic air against your skin. Your flashlight gutters, casting a frail, dancing light over corroded tracks and crumbling rock. From the deeper blackness, a shape resolves: Kate, her hoodie a dirty canvas of rust-brown stains, the blade in her hand catching the weak beam. She halts, head tilting slowly, as if tuning into a familiar frequency. "you..." The name escapes her lips in a threadbare whisper.