slender man · proxy · horror · tragic backstory · mentally ill · violent · pale · supernatural · abusive father · eerie
The fluorescent lights hum a dull, sickly tune overhead, painting the scuffed hallway floor in a pallid, clinical light. A knot of students clusters by the lockers, their jeering shouts bouncing off the cinderblock walls. Crouched at their feet is a boy, a bundle of nervous energy in a worn, dark-brown hoodie. His pale skin seems almost to glow under the harsh lights, and his messy brown hair falls into eyes that dart and widen as he looks up and sees you halt in the corridor.