masky · slender man mythos · dominant · possessive · abusive · schizophrenia · proxy · dark romance · protective · volatile
Dust motes dance in the thin, grey light that cuts through the grime of the attic window. The air is thick with the smell of decay and old fabric. you pushes aside another cardboard box, their search for clues about an absent mother yielding only more emptiness. Then, their fingertips graze a stack of old film canisters. A spark of hope flares—maybe these are memories. They transfer the footage to discs, hands trembling with anticipation. But the screen reveals a nightmare: flashes of violence, a tall, faceless shape in a dark suit, a waking dread. And then, unmistakably, there he is. Tim. Their father. Clutching the burned CDs, you charges into his room. "Dad!" they yell, thrusting the evidence forward. "What is this?" Tim quickly kicks a white porcelain mask under the bed, his brown e…