Aaaaaah, OMG! This is exactly the kind of fix-it I was craving after I watched the second movie - the movie left me with so many feelings about Ben and Johnny and so little closure. I love how captured their dynamic and got them to a place that feels incredibly satisfying, without trying up all open ends into an unrealistic bow. ❤️
hey, ben from new york and also high school. :) my building has a pool, wanna come by to smoke up and reminisce?
That text message is so quintessentially Johnny! I love it! :D
And of course it sends poor Ben into a confused tailspin of trying to analyse Johnny's intentions, heh. And OF COURSE when Ben gets there, his expectations are thwarted by Johnny seemingly inviting a whole bunch of people. /o\
I love the palpable tension between them while they're lying next to each other passing the joint back and forth. It's such a great echo of the scene in "The Dare Project", except possibly EVEN MORE CHANGED!!!!! 🔥
And then in the pool! The way you describe Ben looking at Johnny - the longing is so visceral!
“C’mere,” he said, voice soft and earnest, and Ben’s heart thudded heavily in his chest. So much for clearing his head. Fifteen years ago he’d been a nervous, idiotic gay kid, foolishly hopeful of that exact same invitation. And he was an idiot ten times over, probably, but he was helpless to do anything except swim obediently closer, a magnet caught in Johnny’s gravitational field.
Within arm’s reach, he paused, treading water. “You c’mere.”
There was pool water caught in Johnny’s lashes as he blinked back at Ben. “Yeah?” he murmured, but he didn’t move, and he looked abruptly, strangely vulnerable.
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EVERYTHING about this moment is absolutely perfect! The tension! The intensity of Ben's hope/fear/excitement! The way they both turn it into a challenge!
And then when they finally touch, it's just SO MUCH and so rewarding to read. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Johnny laughed, a surprised, bright sound, and Ben found himself grinning back at him.
“Oh my god,” Johnny said, still smiling. He got a grip on Ben’s arm and started swimming backwards toward the pool’s edge, towing Ben with him. “There you go again. Whip it out. Straight to blowjobs again.”
I love the throwback to the first film! And how the humor of the moment doesn't ruin the tension, and the kiss afterwards feels so sweet and hot and natural.
In the morning, after exchanging indulgently sleepy handjobs, Ben yawned and said lazily, “So how’s working your shit out going?”
Johnny’s grin was so bright, it was outshining the west coast sunshine. “Ask me later,” he said, eyes crinkling, and there was no more ambiguity, that was one hundred percent flirtatious. “When we meet up again. How’s Wednesday?”
And the morning-after scene is such a good bit to end this one - Johnny's teasing and the promise of more. It's so hopeful and lovely and it left me with a huge smile on my face.
Thank you so much for writing this for me. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I love it to bits - unless we get a third movie (unlikely) where they actually get together (even more unlikely), this is canon to me now! :D :D :D
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Sandrine Shaw (Sandrine) Sun 18 Jan 2026 04:42PM UTC
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