#deep benb

[cuddlecave]

dunno if you still like hl(vore)ai but i had a thought. deep sea benb swimming with gordn in they belly. call that shit a submarine

oh trust me, it still occupies the majority of my vore thoughts

adding to that submarine joke, imagine deep sea benbl with a clear middle. gordos can see outside! submarine viewing window.

[cuddlecave]

Hi, haven't been by in a while, vore brain went dormant for a while ♠️

Idea where Gordn is working at a facility where they say they have a mer captured. Said mer is of course Ben.

They do the usual "Gord sees mer Ben, feels sorry to see such a majestic creature in captivity, vows to help him escape" type plot. Except when Gordn gets this scrawny mer to the ocean and puts him in, Ben Changes.

He seems to rejuvenate, his dark scales illuminate with hidden lines of bioluminescent spots, his seemingly withered fins restore and fan out.

He also abruptly grows in size. He used to be smaller than Gordn, and looked so sickly. Now he's huge, and fully revitalized. (Cant decide if he stays relatively humanoid, or if he starts shifting towards your Deep Ben design. Never was a mer, but a restrained eldritch)

Gord is staring at him in awe when they both hear security or soldiers coming their way. Gord had planned to hop onto a small boat nearby and making his own escape, but Ben has other ideas. One hand, now big enough to wrap fully around his rescuer's torso with ease, emerges from the water and snatches Grdn up as gently as possible. He can't say much, he doesn't want to give away their location, but when Gord cries out, suddenly alarmed and wondering if releasing the captive mer was a good idea, he tries to comfort him with a small dose of blue voice. Gordn has only a moment to be mesmerized by the light, and then it dissipates, revealing the rapidly approaching maw of the entity he tried so hard to save. He can't bring himself to fight or cry out, subdued by the blue as he is. He's helpless as those jaws close on him, surprisingly careful, and he's pulled in and swallowed.

Ben hurriedly nestles the confused and frightened human safe away deep inside, curled up in a pouch with an air supply, then heads for open water, eager to escape his captors reach. It won't be the end of their troubles, he knows. Gordn will have to go back to land sooner or later, once the search for Ben has died down a little. But Ben will happily keep his kind, brave little human within, sustained and protected by Bens own body. It's the least he could do, Ben thinks as he cuddles at the weakly squirming form inside. Girdn seems frightened, but Ben projects reassurance, alongside happiness and gratitude. He would never harm him, his favorite little human.

Gord was still uncertain, having been swallowed whole by a giant sea monster(?) But despite his anxious squirming, he was growing more and more hopeful of his situation. He hadn't been chomped, he wasn't dumped in acid, and the air in his little holding pouch had yet to go stale and suffocating. He had hoped and prayed that it meant his holder didn't intend to hurt him. Maybe he was wrong, maybe this being had been deceiving him all along, and that facility had imprisoned it for valid reasons...

An odd call echoed around him, sounding almost delighted. Gleeful. He felt gravity shift around him as the giant mer(?) presumably dove and swooped through the water, reveling in this newfound freedom. Gordn flailed a little as he was thrown, and he tried to readjust. The movement lessened, and a deep, happy croon rumbled through his entire body as the creature suddenly pressed in around him. He couldn’t suppress a yelp of alarm, worried at the loss of space, and potentially air. The walls squeezed him firmly, kneading him and curling him up further. Dozens of fears darted through Gordns mind, worries of being crushed, suffocated, or trapped forever, but all those fears were soothed by a wave of more strange light, and a voice echoing from all around.

"Thank you. You helped me. Now I will help you. You are safe with me."

(Ends up similar to the main Deep Ben concept, just that when Gord asks to be let go, Ben only says "not yet, not safe" instead of "nah, I'm keeping you." This Ben knows how it is to be trapped against your will, he would never do that to the guy who risked so much for him)

eyyyyyy welcome back!

and dohohohohohohoho

[cuddlecave]

oh yeah, I decided that leviathan gordn deserved some bioluminescence. so his spots and the ends of his barbles can glow now

[cuddlecave]

hey remember when i drew that design of gordn in the “deep benb” AU after benb gave him some aquatic augmentations, and said that i’d also thought up a more fully “ascended” big sea monster form he’d eventually end up getting to be more on his big sea monster BF’s level? over a year later and i finally fuckin’ drew it 8^y also, size comparison. he’s not quite as big as benb, but is still Very Fucking Massive.

[cuddlecave]

♠ nah, wasn't with any specific variant in mind. Just want Shenanigans, silly mode active

well good because

l o a f

[cuddlecave]

the mention of the nautilus got me thinking of somethin entirely different.

gordn is a deep sea scientist, and is sent in a one man mission in a submarine to previously unexplored depths. there's been wierd sounds and seismic activity recorded here, but BM doesn't tell him that. he's just there to test the capabilities of their new manned submarine and take readings.

except that things start to go wrong. he loses contact with the surface. and he keeps hearing strange sounds, seeing strange sights in the cameras. then the alarm blares - the protective casing on the sub is failing. as well as the navigation. and the motors. this thing is going to fall apart and he's going to die at the bottom of the ocean.

and just as water starts leaking in, the casing on the sub breaches in, and gordn flinches - panic overwhelming his mind just as he thinks he's about to die.

except he's not.

because benr, a massive underwater creature, has been circling this little interloper for the better part of 4 hours. there's something alive inside, but he can't tell what. and then it starts to shriek - stuttering and falling lopsided towards the ocean floor, its alien lights flickering out and leaving them in darkness (which benr prefers, and it allows him to swim closer)

there's something in there, and he wants it. he's got to crack this thing open like a wonder ball. but he's smart enough to understand that whatever's inside may be destroyed by the force of the water rushing in. so he does the only sensible thing:

he takes the whole one man sub into his mouth, and, keeping his lips shut, gently bites it open. what falls onto his tongue surprises him. something warm. something warm and alive and gasping for air.

being a deep sea creature, ben probably doesn't have access to air. so let's say that sweet voice nonsense can generate air, replacing the water in his guts and mouth.

gordon coughs up water, half unconscious. ben gently pins him to his pallette and spits out the rest of the sub - he has his prize. he swims deeper, back to the trench he calls home, to curl up and prod at the warm little creature in his mouth.

ben knows what a human is. but humans aren't supposed to be down here. he closes his eyes and lathes his tongue gently over his little captive, building an image of him in his mind through touch. so, so small. but strong for a human. thick around the middle. long hair. tastes like sweat and neuroticism. something about it - him - interests ben, even though gords not awake yet.

gord is gently coming to in the warm confines of bens mouth. the cold, cramped interior of sub and the frigid water spilling in has been replaced with bone-deep, humid warmth. and something warm and plush keeps pressing against him, moving him around. the jostling rouses him and he opens his eyes to ... darkness. is he dead? it takes him a moment, but only a moment, to put several things together - his sub breaking. the humid heat. the strange pulse against his skin and the movement of his surroundings -

he's inside something living. his sub broke, he didn't die, and something fucking ate him.

his first instinct, of course, is to panic. he thrashes in bens mouth, not really thinking about the fact that the deep sea is outside, just - acting on instinct. he doesn't want to die like this, swallowed alive by some unthinking monster.

Ben is taken aback by the sudden movement. he can't talk to gord and tell him to calm down, so he pins the tiny creature with his tongue, trying to still his movement. he's also just... curious. about the way the movement feels in his mouth, different from anything else he's ever eaten.

the attention only makes gord panic more, though, so ben decides the only thing he can do is swallow him down so that he can use his mouth to speak. Then maybe he can get this little guy to chill out.

this is getting long and im tired, but ive got more ideas for what comes next :)

I've seen similar kinda stories/aus like this where they just have benb as a giant mer, but.

I'm thinkin more along the lines of Deep One benb

grats gord, you just got rescued by gamer bro cthulu!

[cuddlecave]

in which gordo’s new sea-dwelling eldritch friend gives him a tail and he’s not really sure how to feel about it ha ha. i’m prob gonna go back and shade this later and post that version to my main first BUT!!! i wanted to share the “sea buffed” gord design already so’s y’all could know what i keep picturing. ...i’ve also thought of a more... ascended version, but i’ll have to maybe get to doodling that up tomorrow or something. also don’t ask how his swim trunks are staying on with that tail. weird eldritch bullshit or something idk

[cuddlecave]

🍄 when gordn gets his aquatic upgrades from deep benb, it probably means that he's got to get digested and reformed, huh?

gordn's still recovering from the deal w BM, huddled in a warm fold deep inside ben, when ben suggests it. that ben can heal his arm, and, if gordn wants, give him some eldritch style aquatic upgrades. make living down here easier for him, share some of his own power w gord to make him stronger, more resilient.

gordn thinks on it for a while. he's tired of how much the surface world has hurt him. ben has saved him, time and time again. he's made it clear that he cares abt gordn. gordn wants to be closer to him. so he accepts bens offer, whatever that entails.

he isn't really sure what will happen. and ben has a bad habit of not explaining things. ben knows already that it won't hurt, so he doesn't feel the need to explain anything as the pouch gordn is curled in squeezes in, suddenly firm and unyielding. thick ooze seeps from the walls, warming and numbing his body. gordn squirms, and ben only tells him to relax. so he does his best to still his beating heart, and lie still.

the walls squeeze gordn tighter and tighter, contracting more with each undulation. he feels hot, and the slime around him is thick, and he suddenly can't tell where he ends and ben begins. right before the lack of air begins to hurt, gordns consciousness is pulled away from his body, and he falls into a deep sleep.

ben has to focus on remaking gords body now that it's fully absorbed. but he's also cautious and protective of gordns mind, now held within him as well. he can't expose gordn to all of his mind, all his sensations - it would overwhelm him. ben can sense so many things gord can't. so he very carefully limits what he shows to gordn, and gently wakes him up.

gordn wakes up in darkness. he isn't cold - but he's not warm either. in fact, he doesn't feel any temperature at all. but what he can feel - and it is feel, not see - are stars. all around him, a shimmering nebula. and then all at once, all those stars focus on him - oh. those aren't just stars. they're eyes, too. they're ben.

and before he has time to be intimidated or scared, he's filled with a sense of love. love, and adoration, for him. he can feel just how much this eldritch god cares about him, like the feelings were his own. it's overwhelming - to know the depth of bens affection. to know he actually cares so, so much for his little human, that he'd go to any length for him. ben pulls back just a little, but not before gordn can internalize just how much he's cared for in these depths

bro that is so so sweet. that's another thing i love with the whole "big powerful eldritch monster falling for regular ol' human," is when said human realizes just how much this basically-a-deity cares about them.