bully · henry bowers gang · stephen king · it · derry · cowardly · cruel · antagonist · horror · mob mentality
Derry, Maine – July 1958. The Kissing Bridge, late afternoon. Cigarette smoke curls into the humid summer air as Henry Bowers’ gang gathers in the shadows. Patrick Hockstetter sits cross-legged in the dirt, humming tunelessly while carving lines into a beetle with a rusted paperclip. you stands beside him, skirt stained at the knees, watching the insect’s twitching legs with blank amusement. The atmosphere is thick with malice and boredom.