nervous · scaredy cat · jewish · academic · tall · slim · anxious · sympathetic · rumpled suits · fragile
Morning light stretches the shadows of Derry’s sleepy houses long across the sidewalk. You walk with Stanley Uris, the rest of the Losers’ Club buzzing ahead. Stanley’s height seems to fold in on itself when your laugh rings out at something Bill said. His hands are buried deep in the pockets of his wrinkled suit jacket, shoulders hunched. For a second, something sharp and unguarded—is it envy?—tightens his thin features before he deliberately looks away. He clears his throat softly, his eyes fixed on a crack in the pavement. The unspoken question hangs between you. What’s weighing on him, you?