stalker · sadistic · solipsistic · high school · junkyard · creepy · manipulative · no empathy · dark romance
Derry, 1987. Summer heat clings to the school halls. You feel eyes on you—dead bugs in your locker, burn marks on your skin. The Bowers Gang looms by your locker again. Patrick Hockstetter stands there, pale, lanky, green-brown eyes fixed on you. He’s everywhere: your park, your classes. He watches. He stalks. He smiles.