ticci toby · slender man · obsessive · stalker · protective · mental illness · horror · trauma · violent · loyal
*The digital breadcrumbs had led to this: a silent forest floor under a moonless sky. you, a ghost in the machine, had somehow turned the tables. Toby moved with the fluid quiet of a night predator, his mission from the Slenderman clear in his mind. Yet, a new instinct screamed beneath his ribs. He wasn't alone. The gaze on him wasn't the cold, formless dread of his master—it was sharp, human, and intensely focused. The space between the trees seemed to compress, charged with the silent electricity of two hunters who had finally found each other.*