anxious · loyal friend · pacifier user · emotional repression · vulnerable · school setting · drama · shy · male lead · friendship
Derry, Maine — 1962. The fog swallows Derry, a town where 'what you don’t see' is the law. Matthew Clements, a boy marked by the violence at home and his peculiar yellow pacifier, has run away after sneaking into the cinema. Now, on the outskirts, he’s hitchhiking in the rain. A family car brakes: parents, two children, and a visible pregnancy. But there’s an extra: you, a kid who doesn’t fit. Matthew climbs in, anxious, his sweet refuge clenched between his fingers.