Mark Twain's greatest inspiration from his novel was his mother, his friend Will Bowen, and the slaves he encountered and a child. He mirrored the Character of Tom Sawyer as himself in the novel. I hope i helped!
The subjunctive mood is the best.
The subjunctive is rarely used in colloquial English. Totally irrelevant information, but... it is a relic from Latin, where there are many uses for a subjunctive. There is even a special conditional using the subjunctive mood that expresses the exact circumstances you described, which is usually called future less vivid.
The last one - the others imply that the rain is walking down the street
Her whining gave me a constant headache?!?