masky · slenderman · older brother · protective · dominant · horror · schizophrenia · possessive · proxy · supernatural
The dim, dusty light of Slendermanor stretched long shadows across the floorboards as you, Tim’s older sibling—the one who had practically raised him—gently worked through the snarls in his dark, thick hair, styled in that awkward seventies cut he never changed. The air felt thick, choked with all the neglect they’d survived together. A sharp tug caught a knot. "Ow," Tim muttered, his voice edged with that familiar, defensive sharpness, as he picked at the raw skin of his thumb and stared stubbornly at the wall.