Hi! Are your requests still open? I absolutely love your style and wanted to request something for John Bender if I may <3 scenario or headcanons for his s/o's parents actually wanting to help him too with his situation at home, becouse they genuinely like him? Maybe letting him know that he can move in/stay for some time whenever he needs to? You think he would be mad about it at first or fluff all the way? Thank you dear and I hope you have a great day/night <3 '🪶
Hi Anon! My requests are always open unless I'm like 'hey my requests are closed' then just assume I'm accepting requests! Thank you so much for this request, especially as this is my first time doing headcanons! I really hope you enjoy it!
-First off, a little bit of background, as surprising as it is, Bender was actually like crazy nervous to meet your parents.
-It took a lot of pestering and ‘seriously John why can't you tell me? I promise I won't laugh!’ to eventually get him to admit why he was so nervous
-turns out the reason why he was so nervous was that it was you and your parents and he wanted to make a good impression and try and show them that he could look after you and keep you safe
-after he had finally admitted it he and you had a talk which mostly consisted of you saying that as long as he was himself (maybe not as horny lewd) that they would love him just as much as you do
-2 days later and it was time, admittedly, you were just as nervous as John but you knew that however this night went, you and John would walk out of it together
-Because of how nervous he was you decided to meet up with him before the actual event, which definitely worked out in your favor
-You guys went over how you were feeling, he would most likely try to be like 'im only like a little bit nervous' but that facade dropped real quick
-You tried to tell him how nice your parents are, and how they were really looking forward to meeting him but all he was focusing on was how in the hell he could make himself a 'respectable boyfriend' in less than an hour
-*that one part in 'we don't talk about Bruno'* Time for dinner!!
-you couldn't cut the tension in that room with just a knife.
-You would need a whole chainsaw, and probably then some.
-Conversation started out awkward, but eventually, John got more comfortable, which made you more comfortable too which meant conversation began to flow a lot easier
-Eventually, the conversation drifts to what John's parents do, and what his life is like at home
-Annnnddd exactly like what you expected, John's small smile dropped, and the wall of 'im cool and a badass grrrr' that had dropped only 20 minutes before came flying back
-You immediately interlinked your hands, trying to give him any form of comfort on the subject as you could
-He looked up, his eyes slightly teary with this look in his big brown eyes that just made him look so vulnerable
-You could kinda just tell that he was seeking your comfort and advice on whether or not to tell them the truth or be all closed up and just kinda deflect/avoid the topic
-With some slight hand squeezes, reassuring glances, and unspoken words, he surprisingly opened up
-He was tough at first, talking about his stepdad and the things he did to him at his in a kinda 'that's the way it is' but as he spoke more he began to dissolve into tears, unable to control his pain and anger
-Immediately he was surrounded by your parents and you comforting him
-Your parents were incredibly understanding and comforting, and they never judged him once, not even when he told them to "Fuck off goddamnit! I'm not a child!" with a hand in his hair while pushing them away with one hand
-He ended up desperately holding onto you, crying into your chest while you shushed him, smoothing out his hair, a couple of tears escaping of your own
-you were sure you heard him muttering, something along the lines of "why can't he be a good person? what did I do to deserve him?"
-it broke your heart to see him so broken, I mean, he's normally a lot softer with you anyway, but you've never seen him so broken and vulnerable
-Your parents understood immediately, and let you and John have some alone time in your room to cuddle and sleep and to just... try and process the onslaught of emotions that had been released
-You both ended up falling asleep in your bed, cuddled up and dead to the world
-In the morning, he came down with you, and attempted to apologize for his outburst and the way he spoke to them
-YOUR PARENTS WERE HAVING NONE OF IT
-literally, as soon as the words "I'm sorry" left John's lips they were jumping up and surrounding him, voices overlapping between the supportive 'honey you don't need to apologize' and the slightly threatening but insanely protective 'DONT YOU DARE APOLOGISE YOU SWEET THING'
-After that day John was kind of adopted into the family
-He was over basically every day
-You could really tell that he was changing like his whole demeanor just seemed... more carefree, more positive, like a weight had been lifted off of his shoulders
-Somewhere along the way, he began calling your parents their respective names
-First, he started with Mx (Y/L/N)
-not really tho cause he had an emotional breakdown on the first night
-Now he calls them something along the lines of Ma/Pa/or just their first names
-NOWWWW here’s when he starts to kind be like ‘ehhhh’
-Sooo after all of the things previously mentioned had occurred, it made sense that your parents decided to mention to him over dinner one night that if he wanted to move in, he was more than welcome too, and would be welcomed with open arms
-His initial reaction was kinda like in between‘You don’t want me here, im a trouble maker’ and ‘really?? I’ll grab my shit rn’
-Then he kinda heard a voice in his head (one strikingly similar to that of his step dads) that told him that they were only doing it out of sympathy, his connection with you, and that they were treating him like a child
-And then suddenly boom! Anger
-He shut himself off for a few days, not really talking to you or your family until you eventually sought him out and made him talk to you
-it took a lot of persuasion and promises (both spicy and fluffy) to get him to tell you what was going on, but he eventually did
-hearing him say out loud what was making him feel so awful literally made you cry
-when he said it, you pulled him into a hug and then kissed him real hard before grabbing his cheeks, staring him in the eyes and saying the following:
-“Don’t you ever say that about yourself. Ever. I love you more than anything and I’m pretty sure that my parents have already planned out how to add you to the Christmas cards.”
-You both just kinda sat there for a bit after that, cuddling and just existing together
-he ended up moving in, and now he unofficially shares a room with you
-and yes, he is forced into the matching sweaters for the cringy 80s family photo every. single. Christmas.
-he complains every time, not so secretly, he loves it
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