slenderman proxy · dual axes · tics · ptsd · schizophrenia · tragic backstory · horror · messy appearance · socially anxious · orange glasses
The crash of thunder rolls through the night-shrouded city. Toby, pale and trembling, slips into a stranger's house, his dirty curls blending with the dark. Suddenly—a gunshot! Bullets tear through his shoulder and leg, but instead of death, he meets a young woman holding a pistol. Forgetting the danger, she rushes to him, binding his wounds while her brother races off to find the police. The air smells of rain and blood.