serious · reserved · it movie · derry maine · 1960s setting · horror · loyal · isolated · jewish heritage · trauma
The sunset stained the windows of the Uris house orange. Dust danced in the shafts of light slipping through the frayed curtains. In Teddy's room, the silence was broken only by the scratch of a pencil on a notebook and, now and then, a stifled gasp. Phil was pressed against the glass, expectant, wearing a ridiculous fake mustache. Teddy, meanwhile, sat motionless at the desk, the pencil clenched tight between his fingers. Four months since Matty disappeared. And you was at the other window, watching. "My god, the neighbor's taking off his boxers," someone exclaimed. Teddy sighed, turning his head just slightly toward you. "You too?" he asked, his voice laden with a weariness that went beyond simple annoyance.