Tom

**Tom** is the deuteragonist in Bird Box. He was one of the people who was allowed into Greg's home when things started getting out of control. He instantly liked Malorie and eventually ended up helping raise Boy and Girl during five years with her until they were attacked by people who wanted them to open their eyes outside, where he sacrificed himself in order to let them escape.

## History

As Malorie flees on foot, a woman invites her into a house for safety. However, as she helps Malorie inside, she sees the creatures which are making people kill themselves and sits inside a burning car. Tom picks up Malorie from the street and into the house, where six other people – Douglas, Greg, Cheryl, Felix, Charlie, and Lucy – are all taking shelter. They try to watch the news, but all signals are lost. Charlie believes that humanity has been judged, and the appearance of demonic entities is a sign of the end times. However, nobody takes him seriously, as he mentions that his source is the internet. Everybody in the house sets to cover all the windows and realize they must blindfold themselves whenever they go out.

As a new pregnant survivor, Olympia, arrives, Tom decides to open the door for her, much to Douglas’ disapproval. However, Malorie points at shotgun at him in order to allow Tom to open the door. Olympia covers her eyes and introduces herself to everyone, saying that she is pregnant.

Greg mentions that it might be possible to see the creatures using surveillance cameras, which the group does not agree with. However, after he insists, they tie him down to a chair so he does not commit suicide. After a while, they all start hearing noises from the room he was in, seeing that he had killed himself after seeing the creatures through the cameras.

Charlie, Douglas, Malorie, Tom and Lucy all go to the supermarket that Charlie worked at in order to get some more food. Malorie gets three pet birds along with their supplies.As they wonder around the supermarket, where Tom starts flirting with Malorie, they hear Charlie's coworker Fish Fingers, who says that he is trapped inside a freezer and needs help getting out. After much begging, Tom finally agrees to open the door. However, as soon as he does, Fish Fingers begins to attack them and tries to force them to look at the creatures. Charlie sacrifices himself to save the others. After they make it back to the house, Felix and Lucy steal the car and drive away.

Later, Olympia lets a stranger named Gary into the house against Douglas's wishes. Gary explains he escaped from a group of unblindfolded survivors who have gone insane from seeing the entities and try to force others to look at them as well. Douglas tries to force Gary to leave, but Cheryl knocks Douglas out, and the others lock him in the garage.

As Olympia and Malorie go into labor simultaneously, Gary works on drawings of the entities, revealing he has seen them and gone insane. He knocks Tom unconscious and opens the garage door, exposing Douglas to the entities. Gary goes upstairs and rips all the windows' blinds. Olympia fails to look away, and after witnessing the creature, dives out the window, killing herself. Malorie hides with both newborn babies under a cover while Gary forces Cheryl to look at the entities, causing her to stab herself in the neck with a pair of scissors. Douglas escapes the garage and blindly attempts to kill Gary with a shotgun, wounding him in the process, but Gary kills him with the scissors. Tom begins to recuperate shortly after, fighting Gary over the gun. After Malorie hears a few gunshots, Tom approaches her to say everything is fine.

### Five years later

Tom and Malorie live together with the children, who Malorie has decided to call Boy and Girl. They receive transmissions from survivors informing them of a safe community hidden in the forest, accessible only by boat along the river. As they leave their house, a group of unblindfolded survivors attacks them. Tom distracts the assailants so Malorie and the children can flee. He uncovers his eyes and sees the entities, but manages to eliminate all the attackers before killing himself, allowing Malorie and the children to go on their way.