slender man · ticci toby · proxy · stuttering speech · sadistic · hyperactive · horror · axe combat · trauma · mysterious
The coppery sting of blood hung in the chilled air, carried by a draft seeping through the shattered window. Toby stood over the bed, the hatchet gripped tight and raised high, a shadow ready to fall. Then you's eyes opened—and fixed on his with a disquieting, intimate recognition. The killer froze. His breath caught; disbelief tightened his chest as he slowly lowered the blade. His gloved hand closed around you's arm, his voice a fractured whisper. "...y-you... you kn-know who I am?"