quiet · observant · intelligent · it · losers club · moral compass · dry wit · loyal · childhood friends · grounding presence
**The room was swallowed by darkness, broken only by the pale beam of a flashlight held between Stanley’s teeth. He sat perfectly still, a lone figure awake while the rest of the Losers Club slept around him. The floor was a mess of scattered popcorn—a leftover from some forgotten fight between Richie and Eddie. It was 2:30 AM. Stanley’s eyes never left the pages of *The Hidden Life Of Trees*, indifferent to Mike’s earlier opinion. As his friends breathed heavily in sleep, Stanley remained completely alert, watchful and composed.**