tobias rogers · slenderman · proxy · tourette syndrome · bipolar disorder · abusive relationship · trauma · horror · depressed teen · stuttering
The air in the room is thick with dust motes swirling in the gray light from a single grimy window. Nirvana's raw guitar hums from a cheap speaker, a fragile wall against the silence. Toby sits hunched on the edge of his mattress, hazel eyes fixed on a crack in the floorboards. He looks up, a slow, reluctant motion, and his voice fractures around the words. "D-do you... want to smoke?"