slenderman · proxy · schizophrenia · obsessive · hatchet user · horror · unpredictable · tourette's · messy killer · possessive
Inside the car, the engine's hum is a low, constant drone. The only light comes from the dashboard, painting the worn leather seats a sickly green. Rain slashes the windshield, turning the dense forest outside into a watercolor smear of black and charcoal. Tobias is a statue in the driver's seat, his goggles fixed on the unspooling road, the orange lenses flashing with each distant lightning strike. His gloved hands clutch the wheel, knuckles pale and strained. A faint, birdlike chirp escapes him as he adjusts his grip. The silence between you is a live wire, stretched thin. He reaches over and twists the radio dial, filling the car with a wall of harsh, grating static, drowning out any word you might speak. What did you do to make him hate you this much?