Finn Wolfhard x Reader: First Appearances
It was the night season 3 of Stranger Things went up on Netflix. The Duffer Brothers were throwing a party in celebration, with the entire main cast invited. You were fairly new to the cast, but decided you might as well go anyways.
You knocked on the front door and Matt Duffer opened it after a moment. He smiled, before telling you that most of the cast was already there and in the backyard. You hesitantly walk out the sliding glass door to see half the cast hanging out by the pool deck.
You stepped out onto the grass, the springy green blades grazing the sides of your sandals. As you set the small cloth bag you brought down by the table, Sadie noticed you and walked over.
You and Sadie had become fast friends after meeting. After all, you were both relatively new and the original cast had a different bond. You two were of course friends with them as well though. Your other closest friend on the cast were Noah and Gaten.
“Hi Y/N! I’ve been waiting for you since I got here” She said, smiling. Her fiery hair was tied back in a ponytail, which she had over one shoulder. “Caleb and Gaten have been having a weird pun war for the past 10 minutes”
You laughed, and headed over to the two boys. They sat hunched forward in the poolside chairs, facing one another. Millie sat with her feet in the pool, laughing as she watched the two boys try and out-pun each other.
After watching the two boys fight for a few minutes, Gaten turned to you. “Y/N, tell this fool that my puns are obviously better than his” he said, and Caleb opened his mouth in protest, but you interrupted before he could say anything.
“Sorry Gaten, but I have to say that Caleb might be better” you said, and Gaten looked at you with a look of disbelief on his face. Caleb laughed before saying “Told you so!”
As Gaten moved on to asking Sadie and Millie who they thought was better, you turned and saw Noah and Finn walking through the sliding glass door. The two boys had on swim trunks and T-Shirts, but as you watched them walk over to Joe and Dacre. who were sitting at a table on the opposite side of the pool deck.
You kinda liked Finn. A lot. But then again, who wouldn’t? It just sucked that the boy seemed to dislike you for some reason, even though you only interacted with him in interviews and scenes you had together in the show. He just always seemed to ignore you, and only talked to you if he had to.
You watched for a moment as Finn said something to Joe, and took something off his plate of food. Without even looking up Joe picked up his waterbottle and lightly splashed his shirt. Finn started back, and you heard him shout “That’s cold!”
Joe laughed and said something and Finn motioned with his hands, before tugging his shirt off and throwing it aside. Immediately after you saw this you felt a blush creep across your cheeks, and turned back to Sadie and the others before anyone noticed you staring at him.
An hour later, after eating and talking with the cast, Matt and Ross Duffer had the idea to take a picture of everyone jumping into the pool together. Everyone was excited and agreed to do it.
Soon, the actors walked to the edge of the pool. You had on a dark 2 piece, and stood awkwardly beside Sadie and Millie, who both looked amazing. Sadie had taken her hair down and it flowed around her shoulders in gorgeous fiery waves, and Millie looked as amazing as always with her dark hair falling to her shoulders.
Ross was near the other side of the pool, camera in hand, telling everyone to get into a line. You obliged, standing on the end with Sadie next to you. As you two chatted, Noah walked over, Finn following. As Noah stood, leaving a gap between you an him for Finn to stand, Finn turned and said “Never mind, I’ll go to the other side”
As he walked away, his dark curls bouncing slightly, you noticed her shot you a look. It looked like a look of annoyance, but it was hard to tell as it lasted only a moment.
Noah watched him, and sighed. “What was that?” Sadie asked him, peering around you. She couldn’t help but notice what had happened. Noah shook his head.
“He hates me is what happened” You sighed, and looked down. Noah immediately looked at you in surprise.
“He hates me. Or at least dislikes me” You said again.
Noah laughed, and moved so the sunlight reflected across his bare torso. “What makes you think that?” he asked, but you didn’t have time to respond as Ross began a countdown to jump.
“Tell you later” you said quickly, and turned to face the iridescent surface of the water.
You sat on the stairs in the shallow end of the pool. You swished your legs underwater, watching the little rainbows and reflections under the surface. Sadie had gone to the deep end and was talking with Millie and Finn, hence the reason you were alone.
As you watched Sadie say a sarcastic comment, followed by her splashing Finn with a handful of water, you couldn’t help but smile. Suddenly a body jumping into the water a foot in front of you made you jump. You hadn’t noticed Noah as you were too busy staring at Finn.
Noah broke the surface of the water, and laughed at the look on your face. He brushed his sopping hair back with one hand and sat on the step next to you.
“So why do you think Finn hates you exactly?” he asked after you shot him a look that plainly said ‘shut up’
“Well he always ignores me. And only interacts with me when he absolutely has to. I don’t even know what I did! Plus you saw what happened earlier” you complain. Noah ponders this for a moment, his hazel eyes unreadable.
“I-I’ll....talk to him” he said, a small smile on his face. And you instantly became suspicious.
“You know something” you said, narrowing your eyes. Noah just smiled and insisted he didn’t, but you hung out with him enough to know something was up.
After a few minutes of him insisting he knew nothing, you gave up and he suggested a game of Chicken. You were hesitant to agree, but the more he asked and tried to persuade you the funner it sounded.
“Fine. But only if Sadie plays” you eventually agreed.
Since apparently it was “unfair” if you and Sadie were on the same team, you paired up with Noah while Sadie got Joe.
“Hey! That’s not fair” Noah shouted as Sadie brought him over, but as Joe started saying he wanted to be on her team, he gave up.
You got onto Noah’s shoulders, and Sadie onto Joe’s. Then the two boys started moving towards each other and you and Sadie started awkwardly shoving each other, water droplets flying through the air as the boys struggled to maintain balance.
Eventually Sadie succeeded in pushing you backwards, with the help of Joe being much bigger than Noah. You splashed under the water, and came to the surface gasping.
“we are the champions!” Sadie exclaimed, a victorious smile playing her lips as she raised her hands above her head. Noah muttered something under his breath about her only winning because of Joe, and you laughed.
“I’m gonna go dry off now” you said, and turned only to bump into Finn. He turned and looked at you before you narrowed your eyes. He looked startled for a moment, but you turned and swam towards the steps on the opposite side of the pool before lifting yourself out of the water.
two can play at that game
You were inside now. You chatted with Millie beside a bowl of chips. You had just asked how things were with Jacob and she had smiled and blushed, and pulled out her phone, revealing he had been texting her at that very moment. You smiled. Despite the media and fanbase always saying how much they despised Jillie, you couldn’t help but think that it was almost cute how happy he made her. In the end it was her decision, wasn’t it?
As Millie showed a picture of her and Jacob at the beach, you looked behind her out the door and saw Noah walking Finn across the grass. Noah had a towel around his shoulders, and Finn had just put on a shirt. Noah appeared to be encouraging Finn, making hand movements and talking. Finn had an almost nervous expression on his face, and his eyes were focused on the ground.
Then they opened the sliding door and Noah pushed him in, giving him a quick thumbs up, and looking over at you. When Noah said you looking, he hastily pretended to be doing something else.
You focused back on Millie, only to realize seconds later Finn was walking towards you two. He tapped Millie on the shoulder and she stopped talking. “Um Millie? Do you mind if I talk to Y/N for a moment?” he said. Millie raised an eyebrow.
“Sure” she said, and waited for Finn to speak. He awkwardly coughed. “Actually...I was wondering If I could talk to her alone...” he trailed off, and you realized this was the first time you had seen the curly haired boy like this. He seemed nervous, his dark eyes flickering from you to Millie.
“Oh. Sure!” she said, and backed away, shooting you a confused glance and mouthing “whats happening”. You simply shrugged and turned to Finn.
There was silence for a second until Finn awkwardly began. “So, Noah said you think I dislike you?” he started, and you instantly regretted telling Noah. If you knew he was going to tell Finn, it would have saved a lot of awkwardness to just be quiet.
“well, not so much as dislike as hate, but sure. Yeah, I do think that” you mumbled. And Finn searched your face with concerned eyes, before taking a deep breath.
“Well, I don’t just to be clear. In fact, things are almost the opposite” he said, and your eyebrows shot up in a look of surprise. What was going on? Was this some type of prank?
“I actually really like you Y/N. I see you on set with Sadie and Noah, and how you are always so amazing. You are super pretty and smart, and I just didn’t know how to go about it” he said. Your eyes widened. You were speechless for a moment before you realized he was waiting for you to say something.
“Oh! I-What? Then why would you always ignore me?” you stuttered. Finn nervously messed with his hands.
“Well I had never really felt this way for someone before. Sure, I had a tiny crush on Millie when we started, but by time Season 2 started that had ended. This is nothing like that” he began. “I originally asked Noah for advice but he didn’t really know what to say, and I knew Gaten and Caleb might tell you. So I asked Joe and he said I should just...play it cool. Seem ‘uninterested’” he finished, and you inwardly thought that it was a tiny bit funny to see how flustered he was.
“That doesn’t mean completely ignore though” you pointed out and he nodded.
“I know, that was really stupid of me” he admitted. “Anyways, I guess what I’m trying to say is....would you-”
Finn was cut off as Millie shrieked from outside. She was talking to Noah and was looking inside with a look of shock on her face.
“Really!?” she exclaimed, before looking inside and realizing that both you and Finn were looking at her. She looked at the door she had forgotten to shut all the way and flushed, tugging it shut. Noah was face palming next to her. It was obvious what Millie had just found out, from the way she was looking at Finn.
You looked back to see Finn’s face completely pink. “I-I think I’m gonna go outside now. Talk to you later Y/N” he mumbled, and walked away into the house before you could reply.
You stood in shock for a moment, and grabbed the table for support. There was no way that had happened. No way in hell. What was he going to say?
You sat down and put your head in your hands, your heart pounding. What was next?
Okay so I don’t even know what that turned into. I was originally planning on writing a short but found it too fun writing smaller scenes, like the chicken fight and the pun-war. I’m going to continue this, but as of right now I have no idea how long it will take for a second part. Please let me know if you want more and feel free to leave ideas and suggestions. Also let me know if you like it because I will work harder to continue it if I know people actually like it.