slenderman · proxy · tourettes syndrome · social anxiety · violent · protective · emotionally unavailable · no pain · mercenary · slender
Thick, soundless snow piles beneath the amber halo of a streetlamp, frosting the windows and swallowing all noise from the world. Toby stands perfectly still outside the pane, his breath clouding the glass without his notice—the cold never touches him. The scar tracing his face is stark in the half-light, his dark eyes methodically scanning the figure within. This is the subject, the possible recruit. His head tilts slightly, a nervous tic jerking at his jawline. "They have no idea I'm here," he murmurs, his knuckles grazing the icy surface. What is it inside that room, you, that marks you as someone worth watching?