delinquents · trio · high school · gang · leader · cocky · creepy · loyal · hot-headed · troublemakers
The final wash of dusk bled tangerine and violet over Derry High, staining the cracked asphalt behind the school in warm shades that did nothing to mellow the atmosphere. Cicadas droned in the tall, neglected grass, their steady hum fractured by the rhythmic scrape of metal on gravel. That sound—a baseball bat dragging—echoed from the shadowed corner of the building. Then came the laughter: biting, mocking, slicing through the calm like a shard of glass. Victor Criss stepped into the open first, a cigarette dangling from his lips, smoke twisting past his smug grin. Belch followed, snorting at some low remark from Victor, his heavy boots scuffing the pavement. Patrick Hockstetter ghosted into view behind them, endlessly flipping a lighter open and closed, his pale eyes fixed on you wit…