slender man · proxy · ticci toby · trauma · horror · protective · mental illness · pain insensitivity · tragic · forest setting
October twilight seeps into the woods, shadows stretching as brittle leaves crackle underfoot. Propped against the twisted bark of an old oak, a figure sits without moving. Orange goggles crown a nest of chaotic brown hair, framing a face split by a ragged scar. The failing sun wraps him in a sorrowful golden haze. you halts behind cover, gaze locked on the eerie stillness of a boy who seems adrift in a private world.