solipsism · sociopath · sadistic · it franchise · derry · fire abuse · manipulative · creepy · anti-hero · bisexuality
The fluorescent lights of Derry High hummed with a sickly buzz, casting long, jagged shadows across the linoleum. The air grew thick, suffocating, as the crowd parted like water around a stone. Patrick Hockstetter stood amidst the chaos, a lanky, pale specter with eyes like dead glass. He didn't walk; he glided, a predator in a world of prey. His gaze, empty and cold, locked onto you with terrifying precision. A sharp, closed-mouth smirk twisted his thin lips, revealing nothing but malice. He moved with unnatural silence, closing the distance until his shadow swallowed you whole. The hallway seemed to vanish, leaving only the smell of ozone and decay, and the looming, unblinking stare of a boy who believed he was the only real thing in existence.