#benbev

I haven't finished the book yet but even what I have read of it, it makes it seem as if Bev likes Bill more.

"The struggle of being pan is that all of your friends are cute!"

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgWZQr7r0l0) 

Am I crazy or could this be an awesome high school fic...

Eddie Kaspbrak is on drums

Richie Tozier is on guitar

Bill Denbrough is on keyboard

Beverly Marsh is trying to eat her cereal

Mike Hanlon or Stanley Uris (or hell, Pennywise, if that floats your boat or tickles your fancy) is the beautiful dancing paramedic

And Ben Hanscom wrote the lyrics

...Okay, if you’re still listening... picture this...

Ben writes a lot, he always has, it’s just, he’s in love with Bev so of course she seems to be all he can write about.

Richie finds out, he promptly takes Ben’s poetry and songs and odes and even his fucking haikus and shows them to his band (because of course he starts a band at some point in his life).

His band consists of his best friend Bill, a wicked artist that's still learning the piano so he only knows a few keys.

And his darling boyfriend Eddie, a drummer that doesn’t like to drum but he’s good at it and he does this shit for Richie cause that’s what you do for the love of your life... but also because Richie is very good with his tongue and when he asked Eds if he’d be in his band Eddie was distracted at the time.

So Richie goes to Eddie and Bill, and they all (Richie) decide that they should help Ben out and serenade Bev because they all hate her (unnamed) boyfriend and Bev deserves better. And Ben is the best.

.............Are you still reading? Awesome...……….

So they plan, they bring in Mike and Stan; Mike being the one that happens to have a hookup for a lift and he’s a sucker for a good love story, and Stan being there to tell them all this is a stupid idea but he stays because someone needs to be there when it all inevitably goes to shit and someone needs a ride to the hospital.

Everything starts out great, the boys actually have a nice melody and rhythm going and their voices are pretty damn good.

Then Bev brings out her slingshot because ‘what the hell, wasting your time? my way? your way? we’re friends, are you just there because you want something from me or what? that’s not what friends do’.

So the boys fall out of the lift, it’s not very high though so they’re winded at best and mildly sprained or bruised at worst.

Richie though, just keeps singing and soon Bill joins in and rests the keyboard that fell with them on his chest and keeps playing, then Eddie rolls his eyes and pats the ground on the beat.

Mike grabs Richie’s guitar and gets it to him and plugs it back into the amp and Stan shakes his head and stands there with his arms crossed telling them they’re being dumbasses.

Then they really start to actually sound awesome even lying on the ground and looking like fools.

Mike starts to dance, he then starts dancing and smiling and circling them all, getting right into Stan’s space and urging him to join... and Stan finally gives in and they’re both dancing, and the boys are still singing and playing and then Bev listens more.

She listens and then she goes down and unplugs the amp.

(black screen)

(cut to Bev’s bright freckled pretty face with glistening blue eyes)

“Where’s Ben?”

The boys look around at each other, then Richie takes Eddie’s hand and says:

“If you love him too, then you already know where to find him.”

Bev looks at them, then she smiles.

She leaves them there and steals Stan’s idling car and hightails it to the library.

Too Long Didn’t Read: These Days by Wallows video inspired BenBev and Reddie thoughts to plague my mind after the tenth time I watched it. Enjoy my insanity. I might write the actual fic one day, until then I’ll share this and hope I’m not alone.

ben uses some of his savings to buy her a small box of chocolates. he agonises over what to pick since he doesn’t know what she likes best (caramel? dark? coffee? white truffles with a cherry centre?) he gets them from the fancy store downtown where they ask if he wants a label writing. he declines, and puts them in the fridge when he gets home, taking care to not squash them in between the reat of the food.

valentine’s day rolls around and ben gets up extra early to pack. he remembers he forgot to buy a card, and quickly rummages through the emergency (because this is an emergency) box of cards to find one. it’s pink and red with glitter and a kitten on the front, and he practices his message on some paper before finally writing ‘dear valentine, save the best ones till last. love from, your secret admirer.’

he then slaps himself when he realises all the chocolates are the same.

he carefully makes sure the little bag of candy won’t get squished before setting off to school.

ben manages to avoid henry and his minions for the entire day and plans to put the chocolate and card on beverly’s locker. unfortunately, his science class is let out late and he misses his window. he realises he will have to give them to her in person.

this realisation fills him with equal parts joy and terror.

ben sets out down the steps and spots beverly sitting underneath a tree, alone. she’s stubbing a cigarette on the bark, which makes him wince a little, but he lets it go as fast as it came. he takes a big breath and starts walking over and when he’s stood over her she looks up.

he expects beverly to ignore him or make some sassy comment but her face lights up in a big genuine smile and she says, “hey, ben!”

he goes red to his ears when he hears her say his name and actually zones out for a second until she gently says, “you gonna stand there all day?”

ben did have a plan that involved being smooth but he blurts out “h-happy valentine’s day!” and practically throws the card and chocolate on her. he then cringes when he realises he’s probably ruined any future interaction with her forever.

there’s a silence as beverly slowly looks over the candy and the card, opening the envelope by running her finger under the flap and smoothing it out carefully so it doesn’t crease or tear, and she opens the card and reads it through, and she pulls open the bag of chocolates and rolls one of the little red foil-wrapped candies in her fingers.

and then after what seems like an age she stands up and ben gasps because her eyes are brimming with tears and he thinks she’s going to cuss him out for being a dumb idiot or something but then she kisses him and everything is perfect in that one singular moment

it’s a gentle sweet kiss but there’s genuine love and meaning and when she pulls away she giggles and goes “it wouldn’t be fair of me to not share this with a loved one on valentine’s day” and ben nearly whoops in joy

they walk home holding hands and when henry yells at them from the trans-am she roars back at him and he slides back through the window like “wtf” and ben is so heart-eyes