Benedict Cumberbatch Imagines

Call Out My Name (2)

After a few weeks of meeting at the charity event, you and Ben hung out to just talk about your day and not what was bothering you. Ben spent plenty of his time at your house, he would go three times per week to just pay you a visit. It got to a point where you began to expect his arrival.

For some time, you would tell Ben he was the reason why you began to smile again and that he helped you come out of a place that you thought you were going to be stuck in for a long time. He always blushed when you told him that, he didn't know he could make such an impact on you.

After visiting you at your house, Ben decided to ask if you wanted to spend sometime out in public. He wanted to start getting you and him out in public, and make it a new comfort zone. You agreed and went to a bar. From there, you and Ben hung out in public or at your house.

One time while at your house, you and Ben were talking about the perfect date. You had a glass of wine next to your slice of pizza, while Frank Sinatra played in the background. "What's my perfect date?" you thought for a few seconds. After grabbing your wine, you turned to Ben and replied, "Well it depends. It could change if I'm in adventurous mood or not."

"What mood are you in today?" Ben enquired. "In a relaxed one, so I'd have to say that my perfect date would be hanging out in a calm place, like my house. Then my date would bring some pizza and I would take out a bottle of wine, while we listen to some music, preferably Frank Sinatra," you slightly smiled towards Ben.

Ben took a sip of his wine, and pursed his lip and nodded his head, "I completely agree. That's sounds like a perfect date to me." He shared a beautiful smile with you, which made your heart flutter. "W-what's something you look for in your future partner?" you managed to stutter out. Ben thought for a few seconds.

The both of you faced each other on the sofa, Ben shifted a little to retrieve his phone. "I got a picture of what I know I look for in my future partner," he set his wine down and started using his phone. You saw him raise it and then heard him take a picture. You began to giggle. "Perfect," Ben said as he examined the photo.

He scooted closer to you to show you the image. Ben sat right next to you as he passed you his phone. You looked at the picture, it was you brightly smiling towards Ben; you weren't aware you were smiling like that towards Ben. You rose your head up to meet Ben's gaze. You looked at one of his eyes, then the other. He did the same, but you saw him glance down to your lips. You scooted more towards to him, bringing your face closer to his.

You wanted to remember every facial feature Ben had. He grabbed one of your hands as he leaned in to close the gap between each other. You gently connected your lips with his in a kiss.

**

"[Y/n]! Lovely seeing you here," Tom Holland went to hug you, "Who did you come with?" You departed from the hug, "Well thanks to you and the other Tom, Ben and I became really close friends." Tom gaped at you, "I'm not buying the close friends lie." You chuckled, "It's true." Tom shook his head, "Is this why you declined my invitation to the red carpet?"

Ben appeared behind you, "Oh yeah." His arms wrapped themselves around your waist as he leaned down to kiss your cheek. You wore a beautiful, long, fitted, blue slit dress, with gems that decorated a small portion of the front. Ben wore a tuxedo that made him more handsome than he already was.

Tom chuckled and shook his head, "[Y/n] said you two were close friends." Ben stepped beside you and hugged you by the waist, "It's true, we're close friends that began dating." You giggled and kissed him on his cheek. Tom's smile brightened and widened. "Just make sure to thank Hiddleston and me. We worked hard to get you two together," Tom joked around.

You and Ben chuckled. "Where is Hiddlebum? He told me he was coming," Ben enquired. "I'm sure he's stuck in this bloody traffic," Tom answered. "So who did you bring as your plus one?" you asked Tom. "Well like you bailed on me, I brought Sam with me," as if on cue, Sam walked towards Tom.

He was exhilarated to see you, Sam greeted you with a massive hug and a kiss to the cheek. "How are you Sam?" you spoke to Tom's younger brother. "I'm great! How are you?" he questioned you with a bright smile. You grabbed onto Ben's hand, "Life right now is fantastic." Sam nodded his head to agree.

"I'm sorry about your father," he blurted out. Tom snapped his head towards his brother. If he would of said that a few months back, you would've lost your smile and your mood would've become tense. Times have changed, you were now extremely happy with Ben.

Ben gave your hand a light squeeze. "Thank you Sam," you sincerely smiled. Tom was actually shocked by your clam state. "Mate, what have you done to my friend?" Tom kiddingly said. "I understood her and helped her. Now I found myself falling for her," Ben brought your knuckles to his lips. "Ditto," you gazed at his eyes.

**

During the red carpet, Ben got interviewed a few times. Some of them noticed you and him together. They asked who you were and he proudly announced you were his girlfriend. Although he liked to keep his life private, he was very open and proud to announce you and him were now together.

From there on, he made you a priority in his life. He took you everywhere he went and you loved to go with him. You traveled from London to numerous other places. One of those places was the Unites States. Ben had to go for work, but you still went with him.

You and Ben got to go to New York, Atlanta and California. Whilst being in California, you visited your mom who lived near the Bay Area. You thought it would be nice for your mom to meet Ben. She knew you two were dating, but she hadn't met him. She was ecstatic to see you bring him home.

"You've really changed for the better [Y/n]," your mom hugged you one night during dinner. Ben chuckled and continued to eat. Your cheeks turned pink, "Well thanks mom, for embarrassing me front of my boyfriend." Your mom smiled, "You're welcome. Oh I have a favor to ask you. Could you possibly go grocery shopping tomorrow?"

"Yes we can," Ben replied for you. Your mom grabbed you and Ben's hand, "Thank you very much."

The next morning, you and Ben went to buy everything from a list your mom had made. You decided to do it as early as you could, so you and him could have some free time later on that afternoon. He drove to the nearest grocery store. You two had a lot of things to look for. If you searched for everything together, the both of you were going to stay there for more than an hour.

Instead, you split the list into half. Who ever got all their items first would win. The prize was still yet to be determined. You each got a cart and promptly began to look for all the item on the list. You and him were separated as you went to the other side of the store to grab your items.

While Ben looked for a special spice, a random guy approached him. "Are you really dating [Y/n]?" the stranger questioned. Ben was brought completely aback. "Why? Who are you?" Ben defensively asked. "I'm an old ex. Just be careful with her man, she can be a great burden. She's only a troublemaker and will end up breaking your heart," the ex stated.

"I don't care what you have to say about her. Like you said, you're an old ex, you know the old her. I know the current her. Now piss off," Ben grabbed the spice he needed and walked to the next aisle. The guy didn't follow him.

Although he wasn't going to believe the ex, he was able to linger in Ben's mind. It was enough to distract him in that aisle. You found him looking at the wall of ketchups the store had. "Are you okay?" you walked up to Ben. He turned his gaze towards you, "Uh, yeah. I'm just amazed by how many options you can pick from."

Ben regretted saying that, but it was the fastest thing he thought of. It caused you to laugh and place your hand on his chest. "Well I'm glad that distracted you because I collected all my items," you stated. Ben checked his and found he needed two more things. The both of you collected Ben's items and proceeded to the checkout line.

Ben was still out of it, but you thought nothing of it.