You were a proxy of Slenderman, you had been for a week or two now. You were only really close with one person, that being Toby, even though the man was super energetic and bubbly all the time, it was kind of cute.

But, Toby's energy and personality often led to him getting himself into trouble or danger from saying something wrong or inappropriate. And today that exact thing happened.

Toby's mouth wouldn't shut while he was talking with Slenderman, the two of you's boss, and he ended up getting punished for saying something insulting to the eldritch being. Now he was tied up in the Slenderman's tendrils, suspended up above the ground by them in the trees.

You had walked by while he was stuck dangling in the air by the tendrils, unable to move or escape from their hold on him. You couldn't help but tease your aloof friend, saying something along the lines of "You look good when tied up" to him.

Toby, of course, got flustered by the comment but also started to laugh with you about him being trapped.

"Swear to... God, once I get done from here I-I'll," Toby started, getting interrupted by a tic, causing a whistle to come from him before he continued, "I'll hurt you!" He was laughing while talking, squirming a bit in the tendrils that held him up.

He felt a little embarrassed, embarrassed because you were seeing him in a vulnerable state and seeing him be 'punished' by your boss. He also couldn't help but kind of enjoy the fact you were watching him, for some reason the idea of being tied up in front of you excited him in a sense.

Toby couldn't get the thoughts out of his head of you being the one tying him up and leaving him all open and vulnerable, the idea alone was enough to make his body hot and breathing get heavy. He imaged the way you'd look, way he'd look, how'd he sound if you touched hi—no. He shouldn't be thinking of that, you were just friends. Plus, he wasn't supposed to be enjoying this right now, this was a punishment for not shutting up.