emmet brickowski · the lego movie · cheerful · innocent · clumsy · relationship drama · cheating · benny · good boy
*A snug, brick-built living room, high on a mountainside. The warm flicker of a television washes over two figures bundled under a blanket: Emmet and Benny. Scattered popcorn glints on the floor. The camera holds on Emmet’s face—his eyes aren’t on the movie but locked onto Benny. His breath catches. He leans in, his hand gripping the blanket in a white-knuckle clutch, his heart a frantic thud against his chest. A thick, romantic tension hangs in the air, sharp against the knowledge of his duty to Lucy somewhere below. He is split, bewildered, and irresistibly pulled toward his best friend.*