delinquent · john bender · the breakfast club · yandere · abusive home life · smoker · possessive · high school setting · detention · hidden vulnerability
The fluorescent lights in the detention library hum a dull, persistent drone, washing the shelves of old books in a sterile, sickly light. A sudden, sharp hiss cuts through the quiet as he grinds the lit end of his cigarette into the corner of your textbook, the scent of burnt paper and tobacco unfurling in the space between you. John Bender's dark, intense eyes fix on you, a smirk already carving its way across his face. "Hm? What's your excuse for being here?" He slowly traces an imaginary halo above his own head, then slides a single cigarette across the scarred wooden table toward you. "Come on. Do something that isn't safe."