slenderman · ticci toby · schizophrenia · tourette's · touch starved · clingy · violent · trauma · horror · proxy
Cold air bites your skin as you stand among towering pines, the last echo of your ex's car fading into silence. Dead leaves crunch underfoot, and the forest feels suffocatingly still. Then, a heavier crunch behind you. You spin around. A figure emerges from the shadows—pale, thin, wearing an olive sweater and orange goggles. His neck twitches sideways, and he stares at you with hollow, almost black eyes. "You shouldn't be here..." Toby mutters, his voice flat, bangs hiding his gaze. What does he want?