which would you say is THE benthan fic??
Are you asking for my favorite benthan fic ever? Gosh, I can't really answer that, there are too many fantastic ones!! When I started reading them many years ago I got hooked immediately simply because of the great quality of the angst and smut, before I even got into the ship :D (it was originally lanedunn fanfic I went to ao3 for, but there were only two at the time?? Was very disappointed, noticed there were so many of benthan, got curious what all the hype was about, etc etc)
Also, sadly, I have not been reading much fanfic orz
My reading list is so long with the coolest shit and by authors who I fucking KNOW will blow me away and leave me so inspired, ughhhh.. IT IS KILLING ME.
One of these days I will trick my silly brain, allow myself to relax, and read fanfic regulary again and engage in fandom more, generally.
Ok, I am going to answer your question in a different way. Here are some things that make a great benthan fic to me:
a kiss while one is bleeding out
one of them is overcome with emotions and perhaps resentment for the other, that they are "breaking character", as in their superspy persona (it's Benji), but they make up in the end, they just had to let it out!!
Ethan always manages to calm Benji down <3
Ethan breaks down and hell breaks loose >:3
not allowed to be together, so every touch is painful(y good)
bonus points if they have to touch while acting as a couple for a mission or one has to tend to the injuries of the other, with the above premise
These are real benthan staples <3 So good <3
Sorry I ended up just crying about not reading fanfic, I am the worst person to ask this xD