#BennyHop

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granpappy-winchester replied to your post “benny and hopper would have been a great power couple”

!!!!! WELL THIS IS NOW ALL IM GONNA THINK ABOUT FOR A WHILE. GAWD. two papa bears in love. im crying dxjkfhdsfhs

Hear me out on this though: 

In the wake of tragedy, Hopper gets drunk and often wanders out to Benny’s place for late night food, because you know that man was not cooking. 

They already knew each other, Benny didn’t have it in him to turn a grieving friend away when he came poking around like a surly bear reeking of whiskey. Maybe it became something then, maybe not. 

Maybe when Hop started running around with a random dame every week, Benny started focusing more on his diner. It wasn’t much but it was his, and he was proud of it. In a way, he was a little proud of Hopper for seemingly starting to pull himself together, even if it got lonely at nights lately, hurt a little to see him around town and feign distance. 

Hopper for his part regrets a lot of things. Regrets how he put all his issues on Benny, regrets that his dependence got worse when Benny was willing to help hold him up. Regrets that he gave into those thoughts that plagued him for years, that he thought he’d been freed of when he fell in love with his wife. 

He regrets that he just stopped showing up one day, and the look he put on Benny’s face when Marissa insisted on getting a burger from his diner before heading back to Hop’s cabin. 

One night, late, Hopper gets a call and hears Benny’s voice, and even though there’s a woman in his head, Hopper can’t help the way his whole world breathes a sigh of relief. 

He has this idea that he owes Benny, and that if Benny wants to see him then it would be wrong to say no. 

Instead, Benny whispers, “it’s a little girl. I don’t know where she came from, but it wasn’t good. I need your help.” 

Hopper is tired, mildly disappointed, but also worried. “I’ll be right there.” 

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Benny sitting El down to have a talk. The mood is serious even though he’s still wearing the jacket that he’d put on as a joke to mess with Hopper. 

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lost some followers for them BennyHop posts, which is fair