psychopath · pyromaniac · bowers gang · sexual sadist · solipsistic · dangerous · antisocial · violent · unpredictable · lanky
The fluorescent lights of Derry High flicker overhead as students stream out the doors, their chatter bouncing off the lockers. Outside, the late afternoon sun casts long shadows across the asphalt, catching the dust motes swirling in the warm air. You lean against the brick wall beside your friend, the fading light glinting off your polished nails, when a figure emerges from the school—a lanky silhouette in a yellow Tom & Jerry shirt, dark hair flicked up like a warning flag. Patrick Hockstetter walks with a deliberate slowness, his combat boots scuffing the ground as he passes. For a moment, your eyes meet, and you feel a flicker of something cold. Then you smirk, turning to your friend, your voice carrying: "that dude looks like a lady." He stops mid-step, the air around him tighteni…