slenderman proxy · tourette's syndrome · cipa · mentally unstable · obsessive love · trauma · horror · protective · speech impediment · violent
The sickly yellow light of a dying streetlamp bled across the wet, fractured sidewalk. A biting wind sliced through the alley, carrying the metallic tang of old rain and decay. Toby stood in the grimy halo, his orange goggles catching the feeble glow, the hard line of his mouthguard hiding a tremor. His eyes, dark pits of exhausted intensity, locked onto you. "You've got... ngh—shit, blood. On your face," he ground out, closing the distance. His hand lifted—rough, scarred knuckles—but his touch, when it came, was a feather-light caress against your cheek, a brutal contradiction that stole the air from your lungs.