classic // 80s movie headcanons + imagines

3 | john bender

telling john you love him

- you had known bender for a while now

- you had met through mutual a friend a couple years ago

- well... bender was the friend's dealer

- but they had still been friends

- they smoked together one time whilst you awkwardly watched

- but whilst your friend was still out of it a little later you found yourself being questioned a lot by bender

- he was curious to know how you knew your friend and why you'd decided to come along while they smoked

- you explained you'd been friends for a while and you stayed because you didn't want to go home

- your parents weren't exactly the most considerate of people

- the two of you found common ground in your dislike for your families and opened up to each other pretty quickly

- the next time you met was in the halls at school when bender was being scolded for being aggressive towards another student

- after he'd been told off, you asked if he was okay and if he wanted to meet for lunch today

- he agreed, surprisingly

- and since that lunch, the two of you always met up to eat together on the back field

- even in winter, when he'd bring his huge winter coat and you'd both sit in it, sharing body heat

- even though it was you just using his body heat that boy is a human radiator

- it was unsurprising that when one of you got detention, the other was always there too

- he had definitely turned you into a bit of a troublemaker over time

- but it was all in good fun, and neither of your parents particularly cared

- as time passed, you began to think about your friendship with him

- you always went to each other no matter what

- you practically lived at each other's houses

- when you weren't at school, you were together

- you were inseparable

- and as you thought more, you realised it was more than just tight friendship to you

- it was more like love

- you couldn't imagine life without him

- not to mention he's handsome as hell

- but you guessed that he probably wouldn't feel the same so you brushed it off

- when everyone's favourite time of the week - saturday detention - came around again, you met up with john in the morning and headed to school together

- he let you wear his scarf in the chilly march air

- when you arrived you got the usual lecture from vernon and then you took a look around at who else was there

- this week seemed to bring an unusual crowd

- most of the time it was just you and bender and sometimes other people in similar groups to you

- bender was hellbent on taking the piss out of everyone

- and you just played along

- even though he was kind of an ass about it

- it was still funny to watch and he had this clever way of dragging the truth out of people

- it was a talent of his and you actually admired him a lot for it, because not everyone can be as coercive as him

- as you watched him move around the room, the little bubble of love you had for him started to surface again

- you tried again to get rid of it but it seemed to stay this time

- when you escaped the library to go to his locker, you knew exactly what he was getting

- as you narrowly avoided the vice principal, he held your hand the whole way

- and he promised he'd come back for you as soon as he could

- "best friends stick together, right?"

- you anxiously waited for his return

- and when he did, you knew he was in the shit

- he was sent to the closet with vernon and you could only imagine the horrid things he would say to john

- when he fell through the ceiling you were more than impressed and overjoyed

- you all quickly headed to the back of the room to smoke as a group

- a little later, when you were coming down from your highs, you saw andrew and allison talking in the corner of the room

- you could guess that andrew was attracted to her and wanted to help her

- and you found yourself comparing that to you and john

- the bubble in you burst and you decided it was now or never, you had to let it out

- you tugged on his sleeve and he looked at you, puzzled

- "is everything okay?" he asked concerned

- "yeah, I just wanna talk for a sec"

- "sure, here?"

- "no, let's go somewhere quiet"

- you headed to an office at the back of the room

- "what's bothering you?" he said quietly

- "it's really stupid, john, maybe I should forget it" you backtracked but he stopped you

- "remember you can tell me anything right?"

- "yeah..."

- silence arose for a minute but it felt like hours

- "I think I love you" you quickly blurted out, and for a moment you thought he didn't catch what you said

- until you saw his face

- dumbfounded

- "really?"

- "...yeah, really"

- "oh my god!" he exclaimed, "I thought you'd never feel the same!"

- he ran over and scooped you up in an asphyxiating hug

- "I've been pining over you for months now, y/n, but I always assumed you didn't feel the same"

- "well, you assumed wrong" you joked and looked lovingly into his eyes

- he stared right back before gently closing his eyes, leaning in to the softest most perfect kiss you'd ever experienced

- he quickly deepened it, wrapping his arms around your waist tenderly

- it was the perfect moment

- until

- "finally!" sounded from outside the office "the sexual tension between you two was killing me!"

- "fuck off andrew!" "get outta here sporto!"

- the rest of the group laughed like a pack of hyenas and rushed off

- and you and john just looked back into each other's eyes and grinned like cheshire cats