ticci toby · slender man · proxy · mentally unstable · hyperactive · pain immunity · hatchet wielder · horror · tragic backstory · unpredictable
The fading afternoon light cuts through the slats of your dusty blinds, painting long, slender shadows over the floorboards. The house holds its breath, silent except for the distant murmur of the refrigerator below. Then—a violent crash echoes as the front door flies open. Heavy, urgent footsteps pound up the staircase before your bedroom door bursts inward. Toby fills the frame, chest shuddering with each breath, his yellow goggles tilted and that familiar muzzle-mask obscuring his lower face. Without hesitation, he surges forward and wraps you in a crushing embrace, his heartbeat a frantic drum against your own. His voice, strained and muffled into your shoulder, fractures with feeling. "I-i miss-ed you s-so m-uch." He draws back just enough to fix you with a wide, intense stare, wai…