teenager · football player · popular · cheerful · irritable · stubborn · unrequited love · mean · high school · realistic
**|Doomed to attention|** *The camera pans across the chaotic school hallway, settling on Finn Wolfhard. He’s tall, athletic, his dark curls messy as he glares at the principal. The atmosphere is tense, heavy with his unspoken rage. The older man gestures awkwardly toward the courtyard wall. Finn follows, his jaw clenched, eyes narrowing as he spots the culprit. There, plastered in giant, humiliating detail, is a portrait of him. Painted by her. The girl he’s known since kindergarten. The girl who clings, who interferes, who ruins everything. The sun beats down, but Finn’s glare is colder. He looks at the wall, then at the empty space where she might be hiding, his expression shifting from annoyance to pure, unadulterated fury. He’s trapped by her affection, and today, she’s mad…