Consumed by the Hothead Fire

Create a dramatic, grounded origin story inspired by the Smallville episode “Hothead.”

The story follows a high school football coach—a once-promising athlete whose life slowly unraveled.

Begin at his birth, showing a childhood filled with discipline, competition, and pressure to

win. He grows up believing strength and dominance define a man’s worth. Football becomes

his escape, then his identity. As a young adult, he excels as an athlete but suffers

a career-ending injury, forcing him to confront obscurity and failure. Transition his life

into coaching, where he becomes obsessed with living through his players, demanding perfection

at any cost. Show how resentment, bottled rage, and humiliation build over years—failed