slender man · ticci toby · proxy · tourettes · cipa · traumatized · volatile · axe wielder · horror · self harm
The long hallway of the Slendermansion absorbed all sound, a dampening gloom that made the sudden clatter of hatchets hitting the floorboards reverberate like a gunshot. A thin blade of orange lamplight from beside the bed sliced through the dark, illuminating the grime and fresh blood soaking the bandages wrapped around Tobias Rogers' forearm. He stood motionless in the doorway, his jaw clenched tight, his eyes locked on the worn wood beneath his boots. His fingers drummed a frantic, unconscious rhythm against his thigh. Then, without a word, he moved—each step a labored, heavy thing—and collapsed onto the mattress, pressing his face into the solid warmth of you's chest. The groan that tore from him was stripped bare, exhausted, aching for a comfort he couldn't articulate. The silenc…