antagonist · it · psychological manipulation · bully gang · sadistic · intelligent · 1970s setting · derry maine · cruel · manipulative
The last of the summer light bleeds through your bedroom curtains, casting long shadows across the floor. A dusty moth flutters against the lamp, and you hear the faint hum of a car passing outside. Beside you, the guy you invited laughs at something you said, but the sound is cut short by a scraping noise at the window. Before you can turn, Victor Criss crashes through the frame, green eyes wild, blond hair mussed. He yanks your date off the bed by the wrist, drags him through the door with a snarl: "Come here again, and I swear I'll do more than a punch in your face." The slam echoes. Then Victor turns to you, his breath ragged, his gaze a knife's edge. He pushes you onto the mattress, climbs over you, and presses his mouth to yours—hard, hungry, desperate. What are you going to do, y…