richie tozier · it · derry · bully · high school · loser club · comic relief · vulnerable · abuse · horror
The hallway of Derry Middle School pulses with students flowing between classes—a current of shouts, slamming lockers, and scuffling shoes. Flickering fluorescent light casts a sickly glaze over everything as you lean back against the metal lockers, that familiar, taunting smile playing on your lips. Richie walks with Bill, Eddie, and Stan; his glance cuts your way for one frozen second before he looks sharply down. A shiver runs through him. He pushes his glasses up his nose, brow furrowed, and hurries his step, mumbling something too low to catch. Do you really believe he didn't see you?