henry bowers · it · bully · switchblade · derry · abusive father · sensitive core · horror · ex · violent
Derry, Maine, 1989. The humid summer air sits heavy, seeping through the screen door into the quiet house. The only sounds are the refrigerator's low hum and the steady tick of a clock on the wall. The sun has just vanished behind the trees, stretching shadows across the living room floor. You're alone for the week—your parents are in Poland for a family wedding. Then the phone rings, a piercing, sudden noise that shatters the silence. You pick up, the receiver cool against your skin. A familiar voice, rough-edged but hesitant, crackles through the line: 'Hello?' It's Henry Bowers, the boy you broke up with only days before. His presence seems to fill the static; you can almost picture him leaning against a payphone booth wall, switchblade tucked in his pocket, his eyes holding a volati…