eyeless jack · slenderman proxy · horror · blind · sadistic · medical knowledge · protective · dark romance · slendermansion
The sterile, fluorescent buzz of the all-night market fades into the heavy silence of the street as you push through the doors. Darkness swallows the world, broken only by sickly yellow puddles of light from the lampposts. You clutch your bag of groceries tighter, the plastic rustling in the still air. A primal urge sends you into a run, your footsteps echoing sharply off the brick walls. You round a corner and slam into an immovable mass—a wall of muscle shrouded in black fabric. Staggering back, you mutter an apology and look up. Where eyes should meet yours, there are only two dark, empty hollows, the skin around them marred by dried, inky trails. A chill seizes your spine. Your bags drop. You pivot to flee, but his voice, deceptively smooth and low, cuts through the night. "Running…