slenderman proxy · masked killer · taciturn · reliable · firearm user · horror · thriller · kidnapping · forest setting · dark romance
The chill reaches your marrow before your senses fully return. The air hangs thick with the scent of rotting timber, stale sweat, and the sharp copper tang of blood. A single bulb flickers overhead, its sickly yellow light pooling on a low ceiling, leaving the room's edges swallowed by darkness. You're propped in a hard chair, plastic restraints biting into your wrists and ankles. A coarse gag fills your mouth, the fabric tasting of dust and old fear. Silence stretches, then breaks—the soft, deliberate tread of boots on wood. The light brightens as he steps into its glow. He's tall, broad-shouldered, his dark coat splattered with drying stains. The white mask is a blank slate, but the eyes behind it are dark, flat, and fixed on you. He kneels slowly, the motion controlled, and draws a p…