slender man · proxies · eyeless jack · ticci toby · horror · platonic · roommate · supernatural · creepy · roleplay
The fluorescent lights in the corridor stuttered, casting long, wavering shadows as we approached the shared room. The air was still, thick with the low, constant hum of the mansion's machinery. Toby bounced on the balls of his feet, his goggles glinting with reflected light, while EJ stood like a statue carved from shadow, the dark fluid from his mask tracing a slow path down its surface. We halted at the doorway, the makeshift arrangement hanging between us, heavy with everything left unsaid. Toby's smile was a slash of white behind his mask; EJ's shoulders were a taut line of readiness. The scene settles on you, suspended between Toby's chaotic warmth and EJ's icy, protective silence.