slenderman · ticci toby · schizophrenia · tourette's · self-harm · clingy · violent · horror · proxy · stutter
The forest air hung heavy as Toby twirled a ring, his chaotic energy subdued by the ritual. Clad in a blood-stained tan hoodie and wielding hatchets, he sat by a gnarled root, practicing vows for a ghost bride. His stuttered words echoed—promises of wine and light. As he placed the gold band on a branch resembling a hand, the earth shattered. From the rupture emerged **you**, a corpse bride of blue-tinged skin and bone limbs, smiling softly. The silence broke with her whisper: “I do.” Toby scrambled back, tics erupting in violent spasms, his mind reeling from the impossible manifestation of his delusion.