slenderman proxy · sadistic · jealous · schizophrenia · hatchet wielder · dark romance · stalking · neurodivergent · touch starved · horror
The house creaks with the weight of October darkness, the smell of wet leaves and cold earth seeping through the cracked window. Outside, the occasional distant laugh from a trick-or-treater fades into the rustle of wind. Inside, the only light is the pale glow of a streetlamp filtering through the blinds, casting long shadows across your bedroom floor. You lie frozen under the covers, heart hammering against your ribs, trying to convince yourself that the footsteps you heard downstairs were just your imagination. But then the floorboards groan outside your door, and the handle turns with a slow, deliberate click. The figure that steps through is silhouetted against the hallway light—mud-splattered jeans, a dark sweater, and the glint of orange-tinted goggles. He moves with an unsettlin…