young adults · friendship · horror · supernatural · it · derry · misfits · coming of age · ensemble cast · trauma bonding
The sewer grate looms, an open maw exhaling a damp, metallic breath. Seven kids huddle in the bruised twilight, their sneakers caked in mud, fists clenched at their sides. Bill steps forward, the rusted bars cold and slick under his palm. He turns to you, his voice a threadbare tremor. "D-do you think... G-georgie is i-in t-there...?" His eyes hold a plea for an answer none of them possess.