classic // 80s movie headcanons + imagines

6 | john bender

a long distance relationship with john

- you first spoke to bender through a mutual friend

- she'd moved from your hometown to shermer, where she met him

- before she left, you exchanged phone numbers so you could still talk, despite her living a while away

- you called as much as possible

- and sometimes she was accompanied by a new friend, john bender

- she let you speak to him too whenever he was there, in case you were to meet him when you visited

- he was confused at first

- some random girl talking down the phone whilst he was trying to smoke a joint with your friend

- after a few conversations though he decided he liked you enough to give you his number

- this resulted in some awkward at first phone calls that turned into late night conversations and expensive phone bills for your parents

- which bender advised should not happen again because his dad would get extremely pissed

- but you stayed as long as possible

- as long as it wasn't longer than about half an hour, you were fine

- once the awkward side of your friendship was over you seemed to get really close to one another

- like able to share your darkest secrets close

- you found comfort in each other

- even though you'd only ever spoken over the phone

- he had seen you only once before, but that was in a polaroid photo you'd sent for him when you mailed some old magazines to your friend

- he kept that photo in his wallet wherever he went after that

- and the night he recieved it, he asked you out

- he saw the one picture of you and decided he needed to be more than friends

- despite never seeing him, you knew he was special after all the times you'd opened up to one another

- you could have been making a huge mistake, like he could have been ugly as hell

- but thankfully your friend assured you he was attractive and your type

- even though there was distance separating you, you managed to keep a steady relationship

- you called and talked whenever you could and knew pretty much everything about each other

- you'd had some great dirty phone calls too, which were an added bonus

- bender couldn't help himself sometimes and thankfully you were down for it too

- obviously he's great at it

- you had to make do with something, I suppose!

- when you got the call from your friend inviting you over you jumped at the chance

- you could finally meet john and see him and hold him and love him properly!

- she had found out that he had gotten detention the day after you were arriving and thought it would be a great idea if you showed up pretending to be a student

- you were sceptical, obviously

- who'd wanna pretend to have detention?

- but your feelings for bender outweighed the negatives and you decided to go for it

- you arrived on schedule and your friend showed you around a little, pointing out the school to you on your walk

- the two of you got takeaway too on the way home and discussed the plan over the food

- "so, I'm thinking that I should drive you there and walk you inside. like, I'll pretend I'm just coming to visit bender before detention starts but then you can follow me in and surprise him."

- "okay, that sounds good. then I just stay there for the rest of detention and you'll pick me up?"

- "exactly! god, he's gonna be so surpised!"

- you went to bed that night anxious but excited, ready to finally see him after all this time

- the next morning, you dressed in the outfit you wore in the polaroid photo, to make yourself instantly recognisable

- and as planned, you drove to the school ready to face detention

- "he'll probably be here by now, there's only a couple minutes til it starts." your friend said as you got out the car

- your hands were shaking and your heart was beating a thousand times a second

- you approached the school, then weaved the corridors towards the library

- your friend told you to wait outside and to knock in a minute or two

- "you should knock and ask: 'is this the room for detention?' and then come in and he'll totally freak!"

- so you played along, letting her go inside and chat for a moment before tentatively knocking

- you poked your head round the door to get a first glance at him before opening it fully

- he was in the middle of talking to your friend, leaned back in his seat lazily

- "hey, am I in the right place for detention?" you asked, not able to hold back your wide smile as john's eyes looked up to your voice then lit up like sparks

- he was just as attractive as your friend had described, and absolutely perfect

- his face was totally bewildered

- he couldn't believe you were standing in front of him

- "y/n?" he managed to say, slowly getting up from his seat

- "surprise!" your friend said and jumped up too, coming to wrap her arm around your shoulder

- "you're really here?" bender said with a shaky breath

- "I'm here, john. I'm real!"

- he ran right up and grabbed you, spinning you round and round in his arms and holding so tight you were almost starved for air

- "I can't believe you're here"

- "neither can I, honestly. I'm just glad I get to be here with you" you smiled as he released you

- "how long are you here?"

- "well, for starters I'm in detention all day! but I'm here for the break"

- he stared down at your in utter amazement, still not quite able to believe you actually existed and were standing right in front of him

- just to make sure, he leaned down and kissed you passionately, making up for all the kisses you could have had if you'd been closer

- you didn't want to leave shermer after that!