PAIRING: benjamin x fem!reader
WARNINGS: none
GENRE: fluff
SONG INSPIRATION: hold my girl by george ezra
WORD COUNT: 592
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it had started out small, like super small.
benjamin had kindly opened a door for you, he had also slid his hand down to the small of your back and had guided you through as you walked in front.
with a rushed thank you, you scuttered back to your room, leaning against the back of your front door as it shut behind you. your hands pressed to your cheeks, still slightly smiling.
next, it had been him correcting your posture as he trained you one-on-one.
how his hands brushed against your hips.
how he was so close that you could feel his breath slightly graze across your face, which made you wobble on your feet a bit. he of course balanced you back out again, making sure you were alright, only replying with a timid nod before continuing.
the two of you grew closer after you had gotten settled into the kingdom, ben being only a couple of years older made it a perfect excuse for you both to get to know each other better.
that leads to now. you had a bad dream. it had felt so real. you had knocked on his door looking for some sort of comfort.
not hearing any movement in the room, you knocked a little louder, careful not to try and wake up henry.
after a little while you had finally heard the sound of soft footsteps make their way to the door and sure enough it was benji. a very sleepy one at that.
“i’m really sorry, i didn’t wanna wake you b-but—” that’s when the tears started falling down your cheeks again, he immediately brought you inside and wrapped his arms around you, your shoulders shook as you cried into his chest.
actually feeling him made you feel a bit better, knowing he was alright. you both had stood there in the same position for a couple of minutes, ben stroked his fingers through your hair letting you know that he was there and that everything was okay.
later pulling back, sniffling still. you looked up at him, only a candle lit the room, but you could still see the worry and sincerity in his eyes as he wiped the tears away from your own.
“you know you can always come to me no matter what, and no apologising for the way you’re feeling, i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again,” he whispers.
he had grasped your hand in his and led you over to his unmade bed, sitting close.
“it’s honestly really stupid— i had a bad dream. a horrible, horrible dream. a group of us had gone out on a supply run, including the both of us. as we w-were getting things, a herd h-had swarmed us from the back of the place.
i was looking for you, i couldn’t see you anywhere. that’s when i-i heard your screams behind me, you were being torn apart by them. there was so much blood and i c-couldn’t help you, somebody was dragging m-me away from you. it felt so real ben. i was so s-scared.” the tears had resurfaced. benjamin just pulled you closer to him.
“it’s okay y/n, i’m here. i am so sorry you had to wake up like that, but i’m very much still here, see?” he grasped your hand in his and placed it on his chest, feeling his heartbeat pound against your palm.
PAIRING: benjamin x fem!reader
WARNINGS: strong language
GENRE: angst, fluff
SONG INSPIRATION: paper rings by taylor swift
WORD COUNT: 1.2k
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i woke up at the same time as i did every day, putting on my clothes and armour, gearing up for the same old supply runs, i normally went with jerry and some others if needed. the real reason i go on these runs so often? was for him, but i don't think anyone really has to know about that...
making my way over to the car thinking over what we needed to get, trying to memorise it not that i needed to, but it was a force of habit, it would also definitely come in handy if the list ever got lost.
kicking the rubble off the ground as i looked down at my boots continuing to go over the things needed, i was way in my head but was abruptly brought out of my thoughts when i had accidentally bumped into someone - losing my footing, closing my eyes waiting to be met with impact of the gravelled floor, however, that never came. only with something softer?
i opened one eye and then the other realising it was benji who had caught me. my hands covered my face as he helped me stand up right with a soft smile, a obvious blush spreading across my cheeks as i apologised profusely.
he brushed it off and saying it was fine and something like these things happen, but i was too caught up in my own head to even care.
as soon as i got myself semi-situated, i got into the car, closing my eyes to try to calm myself down from what had just happened, that’s when i heard a snicker in the seat infront of mine.
he chuckles to himself, “kids these days.”
"y-you didn't see anything, right?" this day simply couldn’t get any worse.
"please you can't tell him-" and with that said the door of the car opened and benjamin slid in beside me. "can't say anything to who?" ben asked while getting into his seat, shutting the door behind him.
your mouth opened and closed like a flipping fish, the sound of my heartbeat in my ears - luckily jerry saved my ass.
"y/n was just saying that she had forgotten to grab something on the last run and didn't want the king to find out, isn't that right?" he placed his arm on the passenger seat and looked into the back seat area, waiting for your response.
"y-yeah jerry’s completely right," completely lying through my teeth as i looked over at ben. then again, it’s not the first thing i’ve lied to him about...
"okay, so are we just waiting for Ezekiel?" I nodded my head at him then averted my attention to out the window towards the people who were folding their laundry, others starting their days farming, little kids running about playing together.
the king did eventually get into the car, but not before finishing a conversation with a woman of the community about her queries, "let's get going! shall we?" he spoke with a huge smile on his face, slamming the car door and then we were on our way.
jerry knocked loudly on the door to the store, we were all listening out for the sound of any walkers inside, all that was heard was our breathing on the outside of the shop.
"alright, come on, but be careful, there might still be some at the back that didn't hear us." he opened the door slightly, then a little more when the coast was properly clear nodding to us. we all walked in one by one.
i kept a lookout behind us making sure no walkers would sneak upon us. scanning the room for more walkers and detecting none, me and benji split off in a different direction from the others to make it easier and more efficient.
"okay so we need to get as many cans of soup as we can find more stuff like canned pudding and fruit. i need to grab a couple of sanitary products and other things for the women then some medical supplies. so i’ll be right around the corner, is that alright?" my words trailed off as i noticed how intensely he was staring at me with his hands placed on his hips. he wasn't just staring at me but mostly at my lips.
"hey dummy, you in there?" i jokingly shook his shoulders and he snapped out of his trance, "um- what were you saying sorry?" he sheepishly scratched the back of his neck.
"canned soup, fruit, pudding and anything else you can find, got it?" he nodded and tilted his head so his hair would be in his face hiding his flushed cheeks.
"thought i lost you for a second. okay well i'm going to go. i’ll be back in a minute!" he nodded once again then started putting the soup into his bag, my guard was still up, knife out of my holster. turning around the aisle that i needed to be in.
i had to put my knife away for a second whilst i unzipped my bag, throwing in pads, tampons, pregnancy vitamins, antibacterial wipes, rubbing alcohol and finally cotton pads.
as i was zipping up the bag, slinging it over my shoulder i heard shouts coming from where i had left benjamin, i once again grabbed my knife running over to where he was. seeing that he had a couple of zombies surrounding him.
he froze up in fear, i ran over to them, kicking the walkers nears from under them and stabbed them in the head, before making my way over to him and holding his face in my hands.
"are you okay? are you hurt? i shouldn't have left you alone benj i'm so sorry!" i was too worried checking him over to see if he had actually gotten hurt to have had realised he was back to staring at my face.
my hands were still on his cheeks, "i should've been here to help you-" my words were soon cut short letting out a noise of shock as he leant in and pressed his lips to mine, my arms wrapped around his neck and deepened the kiss.
"took you guys long enough," ezekiel randomly spoke from beside the two of you rolling his eyes jokingly as did jerry.
"guess i didn't have to say anything, after all, y/n" jerry cheekily winked, a cheesy grin was plastered to my face as i buried my face into benjis chest as i felt a little embarrassed.
"oh my god, that makes so much sense now. I'm so dumb!" benjamin groaned leaning his head back, still holding onto me tightly.
the king smiled, looking over to ben giving him a nod of approval, "i'm just glad you two are alright, i can see that you handled yourselves alright,"
"dude i’ve been telling you, friends don't look at each other that way." ezekiel playfully nudged jerry with his elbow.
you were finally back in the safety of the car making your way back to the kingdom as he leaned into your side and whispered into your ear, "so i'm gonna take this as that you like me as well?" he grins cockily, i turned to him and smiled.
"come here you big dummy." tightly grasping the collar of his shirt bringing him down to my level and locking lips with his, smiling into the kiss,
PAIRING: benjamin x fem!reader
WARNINGS: strong language
GENRE: angst
SONG INSPIRATION: cigarette daydreams by cage the elephant
WORD COUNT: 675
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you followed him. yes, it’s as creepy as it sounds. he had barely any survival training or instincts, ben didn't know how hard it was to survive outside of the walls. of course he had to sneak out right before the sun was about to set.
you eyed him around the corner of some building before the wooden gate to the kingdom, making sure he couldn't see you; you waited a couple of minutes before running over to the gate as he had left, machete close in your holster.
you kept your distance, watching him make his way - weaving the thin forest, having to being careful not to snap and twigs and alarm him. he shakily held his gun to his side. he bumped into carol? they talked, she seemed kind of pissed, but he soon walking away.
you approached her as he left, “carol!” you whisper yelled, she quickly turned around and sent you a knowing smile, “he shouldn't be by himself, keep an eye on him y/n.”
“why do you think i’m here? i gotta go before i lose him, i miss you C” you gave her a quick pat on her shoulder smiling at her - which was followed by me rushing over towards benjamin.
i soon found him fighting off two walkers, he pulled his gun out and put two shots in each zombie, one in their neck from a misfire and one in the head.
they both dropped to the floor with a thud, benji smiled quite happily to himself then turned on the safety of the gun. i slow clap as i start to walk out of the tree line, “wow good shot idiot.”
he quickly turns nearly knocking himself off of his feet. “w-w-what are you doing out here?” he stammers whilst staring at you.
you kick at the dirt beneath your boots, “i’m the one that should be asking you that, anyways i saw you sneak out and wanted to make sure you were alright.” he looked hurt, a little betrayed even.
“come on it's going to get dark soon and it only gets worse at night.” benjamin didn’t really put up much of a fight.
you both fell into a comfortable silence as you walked side by side, no words were spoken until you got back inside the gates, they were fully sealed shut tight.
the whole time on your way back all i could think about the what ‘if’s’. none of them good of course, what if you hadn’t followed him? what could’ve happened to him?
you stopped and stood infront of him. tears stung in your eyes as you looked into his.
“you're so stupid benji! you could've gotten yourself killed out there and what would i have done if you had? huh?” your hands hit and pushed at his chest with force, him being quiet and taking the small jabs.
your hits becoming weaker; however, your sobbing had gotten stronger as you fell against him in defeat and his arms wrapped around you.
“im sorry y/n. i really am, i'm just so tired of being so weak and useless around here.” ben's voice cracked, tears of his own ran down his rosy cheeks, his arms wrapped around you tighter than before.
“i want- no i need you here with me so please don't go and do something fucking stupid like that again, okay?” he nods as the pads of your thumbs swiped away his tears, he hiccupped making the both of you giggle. “jus’ kiss already!” jerry yelled from behind you both, you swivelled around to where his voice was heard and there was a lot of people gathered around.
“guess we were a bit too loud-” your words were cut short when you felt benjamin's hands on your waist and his lips were on your own, a shock of electricity ran throughout you, you soon melted into it, your arms wrapping around his neck deepening the kiss. hearing cheers surrounding you both.
words couldn’t describe how much you loved this man.
