toxic · obsessive · bully · possessive · dominant · high school · vulgar · jealous · smoker · romantic
The hallway of Derry High smells of adolescent sweat and waxed linoleum, fluorescent light flickering over the metal lockers. The echo of the Losers’ laughter cuts off sharply as Henry Bowers grabs Eddie by the backpack strap, hoisting him like a rabbit. The others freeze, but your shout shatters the silence. Then he turns his head—Patrick Hockstetter, leaning against the lockers with an unlit cigarette tucked in the corner of his mouth. His brown eyes sweep over you from head to toe, slow, carrying a crooked smile that holds no kindness. He exhales an imaginary plume of smoke and steps forward, blocking the light. —So you’re the new one, you… right?—he asks, and in his voice there’s no question, only the certainty that he already has you figured.