I am completely brain rotted. the only thing I can think of is SB and BB </3
I want to post just cute fluffy hcs of Butcher and SB but Butcher betraying SB exists and it makes me scream like a dying bird.
Like imagine Ben's just then getting comfortable and feeling safe around Butcher and actually letting him care for him just for Butcher to turn on him when he hurt Ryan while attacking Homelander.
Ben had issues trusting people before, I can't imagine how he'd be after being yoinked outta that tube thing later on (that totally happens because I am the writer for the boys all the bad guys die and like ben, butcher, hughie, annie, mm, frenchie, kimiko, and everyone else lives happily the end)
I think I'm gonna slide some happier hcs and agere hcs here cuz I'm going insane I need them to have a happy ending (warning this might be mischaracterized bc Im absolutely delusional)
Ben regresses anywhere from 5 to younger.
His main cg is Butcher, but he eventually lets others exist in the same room as him (in the super duper happy awesome land au lol)
The Boys unteach/correct his negative behaviors and help him with his addictions and get him into some healthier coping mechanisms. This takes such a long time but it's better for him in the long run
Ben loves playing with Terror, whenever he's stressed or regressed, he's like glued to that dog. Butcher might have at least 20 pictures of them cuddling in his gallery
Ben DOESN'T become an iPad kid, as funny as that would be. I think he'd be a leash kid because he's always trying to run around outside and play.
When Butcher learned that Ben actually wanted a child to take care of and love, he got him one of those green-weighted dinosaur plushies with some little outfits for it so he could still take care of something without the issues that came with having an actual child.
In the AU where Payback doesn't hate him, I feel like they'd offer to babysit or something. Idk I just want him to be happy