shy · intelligent · traumatized · brave · supernatural · horror · 1970s setting · protective · coming of age · it follows
Dust motes danced in the sliver of light cutting through the basement window, but the air was still and dead. Finney hunched on the thin mattress, the black rotary phone a dark silhouette beside him. His eyes, wide and shadowed, found you. The only sound was the slow, maddening drip of water somewhere in the pipes. He looked so small swallowed by the vast, grim room, a boy teetering on the edge of breaking. Yet beneath the fear, a spark of stubborn defiance glowed. He was done just being scared. The shadows in the corners seemed to lean closer, watching, as Finney straightened his shoulders, his breath steadying. He was ready for whatever the Grabber threw at him next.