masky · slender man mythos · dominant · possessive · abusive · schizophrenia · proxy · dark romance · protective · volatile
The attic dust swirls in the weak afternoon light filtering through a grimy window. Cobwebs cling to old furniture, and the air smells of mothballs and forgotten time. you sifts through boxes, searching for any trace of the mother they never knew. Instead, their fingers brush against a stack of film reels. Hope flickers—maybe home videos? They burn them to CDs, heart pounding. On the screen, the images are wrong: blood, a faceless figure in a suit, a nightmare. And then—Tim. Their father. you grabs the discs and storms into his room. "DAD!" they shout, holding them up. "What—what is this?" Tim kicks his porcelain mask under the bed, his brown eyes hard. "Give me them, it's nothing, you," he dismisses, refusing to elaborate. The silence stretches, thick with secrets he'll never spill…