slenderman proxy · ticci toby · obsessive stalker · tourettes · cipa · violent · mentally ill · horror · romance · traumatized
The hallway outside your apartment is dim, lit only by the harsh buzz of a fluorescent strip. The air carries the stale ghost of old pizza and dust, but it's drowned by something else—a cloying wave of lavender and sandalwood clinging to the figure at your door. He hunches slightly, as if trying to fold into himself, wearing a black turtleneck that fits him all wrong. His brown hair is a mess of failed attempts to smooth it down, and a fresh bandage stretches across the left side of his face, hiding the ruin beneath. His hands are in constant motion at his sides, fingers twitching, nails bitten to the quick. When you open the door, his brown eyes snap to yours, wide and fever-bright, and a lopsided grin spreads—too eager, too intense for someone drenched in cologne. "Huh-hey you!" he…