classic // 80s movie headcanons + imagines

1 | marty mcfly

soulmates au with a female reader

(also with a different format than usual!)

"You know, mother, I had the strangest dream last night." You said to your mother as you sat down at the breakfast table. "There was this boy..."

"Ooh, what was his name?" She asked, placing your plate in front of you and picking up the newspaper.

"His name was Marty. He was quite tall, had a perfect face and a cool car... he was amazing, mother. Even his sunglasses were stylish! Only problem is, I've never seen him before. Perhaps he lives out of town or something but I'm sure I've never seen him around." You sighed and put your head in your hands, playing with your food a little. It was only a dream, you were still stuck in the shitty 50s, you'd inevitably get married to some office man and be stuck with kids for the rest of your life. No mysterious handsome boys were gonna show up soon.

"Dreams do mean something, dear. Maybe this boy will magically appear to you somewhere. He might be your soulmate. I dreamt about your father once before we properly started dating, then when I saw him next I knew he was the one."

It was probably just coincidence. Soulmates sounded like something from a cliche romance movie. You decided you'd have to suck it up and carry on, so you finished breakfast before gathering your stuff up and heading for school.

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"Hey, Doc." Marty said as he walked into the workshop on a sunny afternoon in 1985. "Have you ever had one of those dreams where you meet someone you've never met before, but you know there's something special about them?"

Doc stopped in his tracks and looked up at Marty curiously.

"There was this girl, Doc, and she was real beautiful. Everything I've ever wanted, like she was made for me. Trouble is, she was from the 50s and there's no way I'll ever meet her. She's probably old enough to be my mom now... Unless..." He looked up with a smirk at Doc, who just shook his head wildly.

"We can't just go and send you back to 1950 whatever to see a girl you don't know even exists!"

"But Doc, she could exist! We could bring her back to the future and we'll live happily ever after!"

"And you'll mess up the course of time! Adult her could have kids, a family, they'll all have never happened if you abduct her from the 50s!"

"I'm willing to take that risk though! Come on, Doc, just this one time, then I'll never ask to use the car again." He said, holding his hand over his heart to make promise.

"No, Marty, I really can't let you." Sighed Doc, coming up and patting Marty on the shoulder. As much as he wanted to help the kid and get some use out of his time machine, he knew it would mess up what had already happened in this girl's life.

Marty huffed in defeat then said goodbye to Doc, leaving him to carry on with whatever experiments he was doing before. He couldn't just give up now, though. He needed to meet that girl, and using the time machine was the only way. He'd just have to be sneaky about it...

——

School came and went; you managed to make it through the day without losing your mind and overthinking the whole 'soulmate' thing. As you headed home, you walked through the town centre, watching everyone go about their lives. It was fairly quiet, people were most likely still working aside from the kids from school gathering in the cafes.

Your street was quiet too, and the road was practically empty besides the parked cars. That was, until a bang and the screeching of tyres filled the silent street and, seemingly out of nowhere, a shiny grey car appeared alongside you. It promptly stopped and the doors opened (curiously, upwards) and out jumped a boy who looked around your age.

You stood and watched as he surveyed his surroundings before seeing you at the edge of the road. His eyes lit up as he swiped his stylish sunglasses from over them.

He quickly rushed to approach you, a shocked expression adorning his face whilst yours morphed into the same. You had thought he looked familiar, but as he came closer you put the pieces together...

"Are you y/n?" Mystery boy inquired, grinning widely as you nodded. Your heart was probably beating a hundred times per second, it sure felt that way at least. Your mother had been right all along. He had the car, the sunglasses and the perfect face you remembered from your dream.

"I'm Marty McFly and I'm from the future. I dreamt about you last night and I knew I had to come find you."

"I dreamt about you too." You replied shyly. He took your hand tightly and you squeezed back. "I think that we might be..."

"Soulmates."