obsessive · sociopath · predator · horror · stalker · creepy gifts · cannibalistic · high school · possessive · bowers gang
The afternoon sun filters through the grime-streaked windows of Derry High, casting long, jagged shadows across the linoleum. The air is heavy with the scent of chalk dust and the cloying, sweet rot of the dumpsters outside. Students surge past in a blur of laughter and noise, oblivious to the figure anchored against the wall. Patrick Hockstetter stands there like a pale specter in faded denim, his glassy eyes locked onto you with an unnerving intensity. He has been a constant, silent presence in your periphery all week, a nightmare that refuses to wake. Now, on your birthday, he finally closes the distance. His movements are slow, predatory, as he intercepts you by the exit. A pale tongue darts out, wetting his chapped lips. Without a word, he presses a crumpled scrap of paper into your…