Demonic forces that the Proxies are in no way prepared to face threaten their very existence, and they realize hiding from higher powers won't be nearly as easy as it had previously been. Amidst this, Toby has dealt with mistreatment his entire life. Tim has found himself dealing out a portion of that mistreatment. Toby's understanding of people proves limited when the man he's grown accustomed to at a distance begins to soften up towards his displays of immaturity... and neither of them know just what it entails for them. As tensions rise, they both learn just how hard it is to see each other through the fog. ______ TRIGGER WARNINGS: Mentions of suicide, self harm, drugs, pills, smoking, murder and gore, a few genuinely batshit crazy serial killers, eating disorders, and a few other things. I have.. 25 chapters planned. Oh Lordy. 15 more to go!!!! Some things to note: -New title, once "Bandaged Hands", reworking a few things in the upcoming plot so I adjusted the title. -Toby is 23 years old. Tim is 30 years old. Age difference being 7 years. - Marble Hornets Tim, these events technically take place after MH, but the timeline is a little screwed up because Brian is babygirl and god forbid he be dead... yet. -The Proxies and The Mansion concepts are/may be used here for plot points.

Masky is a broken man with nothing left but painful scars from a traumatic past. One day, an equally broken and scarred brunet named Toby joins the Slender Mansion, and he finds the naively curious newcomer having an unanticipated effect on him as the past he's tried to forget comes back to haunt him. |trigger & spoiler warning for depressive themes, mental illness, mentions of smoking, mentions of attempted suicide, and Marble Hornets|

Trigger Warning: Death and a lot of sad. If you don't like reading about a sad jack this story is not for you