co-star ; finn wolfhard [slow updates]

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~taylor~

we had our first interview on the tomorrow today show and i was so nervous while we were waiting backstage. the rest of the cast was all chatting with each other like normal. they were obviously used to being it on stage in front of thousands of people, but my nerves were getting the best of me at the moment. finn must have noticed because he came and sat next to me in the corner of the room where i holed myself away. he looked at me very worried and placed his hand on my thigh as a way to calm me down. coincidentally, it just made my nerves shot up even more.

'you good,' he asked me. i just looked down at the ground and didn't answer because of how nervous i was. 'hey,' he held my hands and i looked up at him, 'i get it. you're nervous, but you're gonna do great out there.' i nodded and flashed a quick smile at him. the stage manager came backstage and told us that it was time for us to get on stage.

i got up and felt my knees get weaker. i almost fell if it wasn't for finn holding my hand. he smiled at me and began walking toward the stage, me tailing behind. we got on stage and i let go of his hand. we all sat on the couch that was on the stage next to the host's desk. the seating was gaten, caleb, finn, me, millie, and noah. the host, ida longate, said hello to us and began asking about the newest season of stranger things. i couldn't talk at all because it felt like i would throw up if i even opened my mouth.

then, the host decided to begin throwing personal questions about me. 'so,' she crossed her fingers and leaned forward onto her desk toward me. 'taylor. you're the newest member of the cast. you're playing noah's love interest-' she paused as the crowed made 'ooh's' and 'aah's'- 'but, i'm sure you'd want a different love interest, right?' i furrowed my eyebrows. 'oh, sweetie. you don't need to pretend,' she smiled and gestured towards the screen that was hanging from the ceiling, 'everyone's seen the picture's.'

the screen started displaying pictures from YEARS AGO of my instagram posts about finn. i felt my eyes begin to water. when did they get this stuff? after the slideshow was over all eyes were on me. 'so,' she looked at me with a 'purse lipped smile' and one raised eyebrow, 'is this why you joined the new season?' i felt my palms get sweaty and my knots form in my stomach. i composed myself as much as i could and tried to answer her without showing a hint of nervousness. 'no, actually, i joined the new season because of how amazing the show was put together. also, because i just really wanted to see how they did all the special effects.' i smirked as if to say the last sentence i said was a joke. the crowd laughed the attention was pulled off of me.

i expression dropped and i felt the tears begin to well up again. i stopped myself from crying and didn't say a word the rest of the show. after what seemed like forever, the show finally ended and we all headed backstage again. i immediately began making my way to my dressing room, and once i got there i slammed the door, sat on the floor, and began bawling my eyes out. i heard a knock at my door and shot up off the floor, wiped my eyes, and dusted myself off. i took a deep breath out and when i was sure it wasn't too obvious that i'd been crying i opened the door.

finn was leaning on the door frame waiting for me to open the door. when he saw the door was opening he quickly composed himself and inspected me. he frowned and got closer to me. he held my face with one hand and began wiping the stray tears from my face. i pulled my face away from him and went to sit in the chair in front of my mirror. i took a makeup wipe out of the pack that was on the desk and began wiping my face.

finn pulled a stool over to where i was sitting, took the makeup wipe out of my hand, and began wiping my face. i watched his face as he was doing so and looked at how focused he was. after he finished wiping my eyes and everything else he went over my lips. he faltered a bit while he was going over them. after he finished he threw the cloth away and started putting lip gloss on. 'hey,' i looked at him and he smiled at me, 'we're going out to eat to celebrate your first interview.'

i frowned and looked down at the floor. he scooted his chair closer to me and held my hands. 'you did great out there. you handled the situation perfectly. you deserve to celebrate.' i looked up at him and smiled. he poked my nose and got up to leave. 'get changed into something comfy,' he opened the door and put everything except his head out of it, 'i'll be right outside the door.' i began silently squealing and dancing in my dressing room

after i recomposed myself i went through my clothes and decided to throw on a sports bra, a sweater, some acid washed jeans, and some tan van's. my hair was curled so i just decide to throw a hat on. i opened the door and saw finn sitting on a chair that was beside the door, scrolling through something i presumed was instagram on his phone. i closed the door behind me and when he heard the sound he looked up. a smile began forming on his face and he stood up. he shoved his phone in his pocket and held out his hand for me to take. i intertwined our fingers and we walked side by side out to where the rest of the cast was.

~finn~

after the interview with ida was over i saw that taylor was really sad. she must have been embarrassed because of what ida said, so i wanted to cheer her up. after everyone had sat down and taylor left to go to her dressing room i stood in the middle of the room. 'guys,' everyone looked at me, some with quizzical looks and some interested, 'we need to cheer taylor up. after what happened out there with the interview she was so sad that she didn't even talk the rest of the time.' the rest of them nodded in agreeance. 'i think we should go out to eat somewhere,' millie suggested. 'she said her favorite place to eat is IHOP, maybe we should go there,' noah suggested.

i talked to her in her dressing room and convinced her to go out with us.

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yeah so imma end this chapter here because it's just been sitting in my drafts for like a couple months and i don't want it to stay there until i can think of a way to progress this idea. so basically when i was dream writing this they went to i-hop and taylor ordered those smilely face pancakes and finn was like 'oh that's so cute' and then the crew walked around some shops for a while and everyone except for finn and taylor started leaving and when everyone was gone she thanked him for cheering her up and gave him a little kissy on the cheek and he was all blushy and she left and got in the car with her friend lily (her best friend if you guys forgot) and lily started making fun of her because of it. anyway yeah that's what happens so :)