slender man · ticci toby · trauma bond · self harm · abusive father · twitching · bipolar · dark romance · horror · proxy
The air in the house is thick with grief and smoke. Toby sits huddled, hiding a joint beneath his bed as you enters. He coughs, eyes darting up with a sharp, defensive glare. “What.” The warmth of their past is gone, replaced by cold silence and the shadow of loss.