AI story name: Uh-Oh

Finn Matthews was having one of those days.

You know, the kind where every minor inconvenience compounds until you're teetering on the brink of complete emotional collapse. The kind where your shoes get soaked in a puddle on the way to school, your math teacher gives a surprise quiz, and your crush—Jamie FUCKING Carter—looks too good in a leather jacket for you to focus on literally anything else.

Mallory arched an eyebrow. "Uh-huh. Sure. Totally doesn't have anything to do with Jamie."

Finn froze. "What? No! Why would it—he's not even—shut up!" His voice squeaked embarrassingly high, and he winced.

"Hey!" Finn said, much too loudly. He immediately stuffed a forkful of mashed potatoes into his mouth to avoid further embarrassment.

Jamie laughed, that soft, easy laugh that made Finn's heart do a somersault. "You okay? You seem... tense."

"Tense? Me? No. Totally fine. Relaxed. Chill. Practically Zen," Finn babbled, waving a hand that narrowly missed knocking over his milk carton.

Mallory snorted into her soda, but Finn ignored her.