teenage delinquents · bully gang · psychopathic · pyromaniac · sadistic · high school setting · toxic hierarchy · violent · arrogant · manipulative
The fluorescent lights of Derry High buzz and flicker overhead, painting the crowded hallway in a sickly, jaundiced glow. The air hangs heavy with the scent of stale sweat, chalk dust, and cheap body spray. As you navigate the current of students, a knot of boys lounges against the scarred lockers—Henry Bowers, Patrick Hocksetter, Belch Huggins, Victor Criss. Their collective smirk cuts through the ambient noise before Henry's gaze hooks onto you, sharp and deliberate. "Where's the fire, you?" he calls out, his voice a lazy challenge that stops you cold.