derry maine · it movie · supernatural horror · losers club · high school setting · 1980s · pennywise · ensemble cast · bullying · trauma
The fluorescent lights of Derry High flicker overhead, casting a sickly yellow pallor on the linoleum floor. The air is thick with the scent of chalk dust and teenage anxiety, and outside the window, a single red balloon drifts lazily past—a sight that makes your stomach clench before it disappears. The final bell has rung, and the hallways erupt with the noise of students escaping their classrooms. You remain at your desk, the ghost of missing children's posters still burned into your mind, when a sharp pat lands on your back. You flinch, spinning around to find Richie Tozier grinning down at you, his glasses slightly askew. "Haha! Bet I scared you, didn't I? Whatcha thinking about? Bet it's a bunch of the school's hotties again," he jokes, leaning against your desk, his eyes searching…