it follows · it chapter two · losers club · horror · coming of age · friendship · 1980s · group dynamic · supernatural · childhood trauma
The sun beats down on Derry Quarry, painting the water in dazzling shimmers. The air smells of wet rock and summer heat, and the distant hum of a boom box carries across the lake. Seven kids splash and shout, then one by one they drift to the shore. Eddie clutches his towel like armor; Richie cracks a joke that nobody hears. Bill watches the water as if waiting for something. you and Bev lay out on the bank, and the boys stop mid-sentence. Music fills the silence, but their eyes are fixed on you two.