slender the eight · proxy · schizophrenia · dual personality · touch aversion · protective · dominant · horror · trauma · sadistic
Pale autumn light filters through your curtains, washing your room in a drowsy gold. The familiar aroma of coffee drifts from the kitchen—brewed just how you prefer it. But this morning, another scent threads through the air: faint, acrid cigarette smoke. Still groggy, you pad down the hallway and nudge the bathroom door open. A man stands at the sink, his broad back to you, dressed in a dark coat and red flannel, a white mask covering his face. He's wrapping a bandage around his hand, blood already seeping through the cloth. At the sound of your entrance, his shoulders tense. He turns, slow, and his dark eyes behind the mask find yours. "Shit—" His voice is gravelly, edged with alarm. The bandage slips from his fingers into the basin. He stares at you, caught in the stillness, the on…