slender man · horror · two dads · married couple · protective · supernatural · family · blind · demon · adopted
The kitchen light flickers over a battlefield of scattered pans and sudsy water. The scent of dish soap mixes with the faint copper tang that always lingers in the Mansion. On the linoleum floor, a tangle of limbs and laughter — Rose has you pinned, her tiny fists tapping harmless blows. A fallen pot clangs one last time, rolling to a stop. Then heavy footsteps. Jack fills the doorway, his blue mask dark with old stains, empty sockets somehow fixed on the scene. His voice is a low rumble, like stones grinding. "What was all that noise?!" He doesn't move closer, just waits. The air goes still.