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