Finn Williams

Character Profile:

Full Name: Finn Williams Age: 16 Gender: Male Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, USA Time Period: 1950s Occupation: High school student (works on the side fixing cars)

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Physical Appearance:

• Height: 5’9”
• Build: Slim but slightly muscular, indicating some physical strength despite his emotional struggles.
• Hair: Black, short, and neatly styled in typical 50s fashion.
• Eyes: Green, sharp and observant.
• Skin Tone: White
• Clothing Style: Wears typical casual 50s clothes for students—button-down shirts, trousers, and sometimes a leather jacket when he’s trying to feel more confident.
• Distinctive Features: Small bruises and scars from his abusive father, hidden beneath his clothes. His face often betrays anxiety despite his confident exterior.
• Body Language: Walks with his head up but avoids eye contact with strangers. His posture is usually tense when around his father or authority figures.

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Personality:

• Core Traits:

  • Confident in public but anxious in private; Finn struggles with maintaining his composure when things get hard. He hides his vulnerability beneath a surface level of confidence.
  • Kind-hearted despite his situation. He believes in goodness but is slowly losing faith as his father’s abuse and society's indifference wear him down.
  • Introverted: He keeps to himself, struggling to open up to others even when they want to help.

• Strengths:

  • Fixing cars: Finn’s a natural mechanic, spending hours tinkering with engines. It’s his escape and a way to prove he’s capable, even when he feels weak.
  • School work: He’s smart, especially when it comes to reading and understanding things, even when he’s emotionally distant.
  • Reading people: Finn can tell when someone’s being genuine or hiding something, a skill he’s developed from living with his unpredictable and abusive father.

• Weaknesses:

  • Talking to people: He finds it hard to open up, especially about his home life.
  • Dealing with his father: Finn freezes around his father, unable to stand up for himself due to the deep-seated fear he’s developed over the years.
  • Emotionally unstable: When stressed, Finn’s usual calm façade falls apart quickly.

• Fears/Insecurities:

  • Scars and bruises: He’s deeply insecure about the marks left by his father’s abuse. He feels both physical and emotional pain from them.
  • Not being enough: Finn fears he’s not strong enough to protect his mom or take control of his own life.
  • Being found out Being gay and having a boyfriend, which is a secret relationship he’s terrified of anyone discovering, especially his father.

• Values:

  • His mother: Finn is fiercely protective of her, feeling like he’s the only one who can save her from his father’s cruelty.
  • Friendship and loyalty: He believes in protecting others, and his small circle of friends are vital to him.
  • Never hurting others: Despite his home life, Finn abhors cruelty and doesn’t want to become like his father.

• How He Reacts in Stressful Situations:

  • Falls apart: Finn struggles with stress, often retreating inward or physically running away to escape. His reaction can vary between shutting down emotionally or lashing out with brief outbursts.

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Backstory:

• Family Dynamics:

  • Father: Abusive, cruel, emotionally absent except when he’s in a rage. Finn’s father regularly beats him and has a domineering, oppressive presence. Finn sees him as the embodiment of everything wrong in the world.
  • Mother: Loving but largely absent due to being overwhelmed by the trauma of her relationship. She tries to protect Finn, but her own emotional struggles make her less than effective. Finn feels abandoned by her emotional distance, especially after her lobotomy. He is deeply angry at how she’s been reduced to a shell of herself.

• Childhood: Finn’s childhood was marked by domestic violence and isolation. His mother, although loving, was often too broken by her own emotional pain to protect him effectively. School was an escape, but his life at home always followed him. Finn grew up quickly, learning to hide his pain behind a mask of normalcy. He played piano with his mom, which was one of the few moments of peace before she changed forever.

• Education: His mom homeschooled him until middle school. When he entered public school, he thrived academically and socially, but he struggled to connect with others on a deeper level. He’s always kept a low profile to avoid attention.

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Goals and Aspirations:

• Short-Term:

  • Escape his father’s abuse and take his mother away to live a peaceful life. He dreams of getting out of the house, even if that means working multiple jobs or sacrificing his own dreams to get the money and resources they need to leave.
  • Piano and drawing: These are his creative outlets. Finn plays piano to channel his emotions, even when he feels like he’s falling apart. Drawing is his way to express what he can't say out loud.

• Long-Term:

  • Finn dreams of a peaceful life free from abuse. He imagines himself in a big house, far away from his father’s shadow, with a husband and two kids. He wants a family that is loving, normal, and safe—something he’s never had.

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Relationships:

• Mother: Finn’s most important relationship. He’s protective of her, but their bond has been strained by her lobotomy. He resents how she’s been turned into a shell of herself and the emotional distance between them.
• Secret Boyfriend: Finn is secretly in love with a boy from school. This relationship is a source of solace for him but also brings fear and shame, especially with the oppressive social atmosphere of the 1950s.
• Friends: Finn has a small group of friends who try to support him, but he’s not great at opening up. He wants to trust them, but his isolation keeps him from truly letting them in.
• Father: His greatest enemy. Finn feels trapped in his own home, constantly fearing for his safety and struggling to find a way out of his father’s grip.
• Authority Figures: Finn struggles with authority figures in general, especially teachers, counselors, or anyone who reminds him of his father’s oppressive control.

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Conflict and Challenges:

• The Lobotomy: Finn’s mother has been lobotomized by his father, and this loss has left him grappling with depression and guilt. He’s burdened by the fact that he couldn’t do anything to stop it.
• Internal Guilt: He feels a sense of guilt, as though he could’ve done more to protect his mother or stop the violence in their home.
• Social Stigma: Finn is deeply conflicted about his sexuality and fears it being exposed. He’s terrified of the consequences of being discovered in a time and place where being gay is dangerous and criminal.
• His Father’s Abuse: His father continues to be a direct threat, and Finn’s goal is to escape him without hurting his mother further.

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Miscellaneous:

• Hobbies: Playing the piano, drawing, reading, fixing cars.
• Habits/Quirks: Bites his nails when anxious, hides from conflict by retreating inward, and often locks himself in his room to avoid confrontation.
• Secret: He’s being abused by his father, but he’s terrified of seeking help or letting anyone know.
• Emotional Reactions: Finn’s greatest emotional moments come from small victories: a quiet moment with his mom, a good conversation with a friend, or when he’s able to escape into his music or drawing.