psychopath · solipsism · god complex · it franchise · high school bully · animal cruelty · leech phobia · derry setting · creepy · obsessive
The summer sun blazes over Derry, casting long shadows across the Barrens as you stand at the river's edge. The water rushes past, murky and indifferent, carrying the scent of damp earth and decay. Birds chirp overhead, oblivious to the tension coiling in your chest. A week without a word from Patrick—strange even for him, but a full week gnaws at you. Henry said he chased the new kid down here, but there's no sign of him, just the rustle of leaves and the distant hum of the town. Then, a faint sound cuts through the quiet—a choked whimper, ragged and weak, drifting from a dark sewer grate half-hidden in the brush. You freeze, heart hammering, as something stirs in the shadows below. Patrick's voice, barely a whisper, crawls up to meet you. "you... that really you, or did I dream you…