#benally

This scene is so buzzy for no reason when you look at Ben, Newt, and Minho staring at Thomas and Gally....

why are yall so THIRSTY 😭😭😭😭 Bro they're wrestling and sweaty and dirty and stinky while yall are just staring and drooling 💔💔💔💔💔

One of the squares on my bingo card for @fanartfrenzy was to comment on a fic for a ship with fewer than 100 works. Ben/Gally fits the ticket! I decided to pick a few works I like the looks of and comment. Here are the ones I read:

You Between My Arms by @faiasakura Or, unrepentant fluff involving a sunset. (AU where everyone (except WCKD) lives and makes it to Safe Have/Paradise. Everyone.)

Of the ones I read, this one was my favourite. It's very fluffy, with some funny moments sprinkled in. I love an Everyone Lives AU, and it's nice to see all the characters interacting at the safe haven together as Ben and Gally work themselves up to the sweetest love confession imaginable.

everything under the stars is in your arms by @makuroshi When Gally moves to a new town, he doesn't expect to have his heart stolen by a ballet dancer whose messy blond hair and clear blue eyes make him lose all ability of coherent speech.

This was my favourite Ben/Gally AU I read. It gets into the complexities of Gally's emotions and insecurities, amid a backdrop of art and domestic-type moments. Despite being in Gally's POV, Ben got to have quite a lot of feelings as well. Very beautiful.

Greenie Builder Day by @astralpenguin Gally was excited about Ben’s day with the Builders.

Our canonverse rep for these two. Nothing very eventful happens, but it's a good exploration of how this relationship could've started, and slots right into canon in a totally believable way. A good starting point for daydreaming other stuff that could've happened between them in the Maze era. And it's nice to see Gally get a happy moment amid, well, the Maze.

rules by @astralpenguin It didn't matter that Gally loved him

Also canonverse. The fic is only 3 sentences long (this is by design), and boy does a lot of emotion fit into those three sentences. Explores Ben's Banishing from Gally's perspective. Angsty but thought-provoking. Worth reading from both an emotional and structural standpoint.

A little piece of something by PeonyMoon Sunshowers, morning cuddles with your boyfriend, and no work. What more could Gally ask for?

Really fluffy fluff, seemingly set in a high school AU, where Ben and Gally get to snuggle in bed together. So cute and so sweet.

wake up to the sun by @faiasakura Ben and Gally watch the sunrise. (AU where everyone lives. Everyone.)

Another oneshot with Ben and Gally cuddling together, but post-canon. Two cakes, you guys!!!

art by @astralpenguin Ben's been acting strange around Minho ever since Gally and he got together.

A high school AU. Definitely the funniest of the fics I read. Minho is SO chill and so big hearted. Bonus Minho & Newt friendship.

Bonus:

From Now On by anglophileadventures Gally reconnects with his childhood best friend, Ben.

This one is 19K, and I didn't have time to read it for this bingo square, but I've marked it for later. If you'd like to give it some love in my stead, please feel free!

Content warnings for mild homophobia, anaphylaxis, and trauma.

[Podfic] Flowers For Your Heart by writing_moonchild What if the Flare was just hanahaki, and nobody had figured it out yet? (Newt/Thomas & Ben/Gally)

Attacking another Glader was a banishable offence.

It didn't matter that Ben had been stung; it didn't matter than on any other day he wouldn't so much as hurt a fly; it certainly didn't matter that Gally loved him.

The rules were there for a reason, and there were no exceptions.

rules: recommend us three of YOUR fics, one that is the "most popular" and two that are "hidden gems"

Most popular fic:

Thominewt love

This is quite simply 734 words of thominewt fluff, exploring the dynamics of their relationship together. Post tdc, canon divergent, newt lives (obviously) but I don’t explain how just trust it sksksk

Hidden gem 1:

Ethereal

Explicit Teresa/Brenda fic, alternate universe modern setting. Teresa and Brenda meet in a bar and Thomas is an excellent wingman 😌. I also spent a lot of time researching cocktail names for this and I’m very proud of them give it a read!

Hidden gem 2:

You’ll be okay

Ben/Gally modern setting fic, created this for the glade bingo. Gally loses his childhood friend Ben and every year, on the anniversary, he receives a note. You’ll be okay. I think this is quite soft considering what it is. Benally vibes

Hi! Thank you for your ask, but those prompts were for an event and it is now closed. I'm still writing them right now, but I can't add more since school has started and I have a lot of writing project to get through. Besides, it was only open for Thominho, Nalby and Zarpan, since those are my favorite TMR ships and those I feel more comfortable writing for.

But I can give you a short Benally drabble (not or Benho though, I don’t like this ship).

And thank you for your comment, it's really sweet and I'm so happy you like my writing! It means a lot!

Ben knew that Gally had a long day today and that he would come back late, but that didn’t mean he didn’t miss his boyfriend. He had done all his assignment for his classes, and out of boredom he even cleaned the bathroom and the kitchen.

He was about to go clean their bedroom when he saw one of Gally’s hoodies on the floor. He picked it up and brought it to his face. It still smelled like him. He put it on and immediately, he felt a bit better. It was as if Gally was there, hugging him.

With this feeling, he went back to the living room and laid down on the sofa and put on some youtube video on his phone, like he often did with Gally.

It was hours later that he heard the front door opening. He almost tripped while running get greet his boyfriend.

“Hey, baby,” Gally said when he was suddenly attacked by a surprise hug.

“I love you,” Ben replied. It was something he always said whenever he had the chance.

“I know baby,” Gally responded with a smile. “Hey, is that my hoodie?”

Ben blushed “Huh … yeah… I was missing you and…”