#twd benjamin

Benjamin felt jealous. It was a foreign feeling for him and one that he didn't like, at all. He was sat on a bench cooling down from a training session with Morgan and he could see you tending to the crops. It had made him smile, seeing you completely in your element. Gardening had always been something you loved and Benjamin loved that you got to do something you were good at.

The moment was cut short, however, when the person Ben least liked you interacting with pulled you into a conversation. Riley was a pain in his ass and he hated it when the guy would try to be around you all the time. Despite the fact everyone knew that you and Benjamin were an item and had been for some time, Riley liked to ignore that and would flirt with you. You never saw it as flirting and would tell Ben constantly it wasn't but he disagreed strongly. Ben knew what flirting was and that's what Riley would do to you constantly.

He felt a jolt of anger go through him as he watched Riley place a hand on your shoulder, leaning in closer to you as he spoke. Laughter bubbled up through you at the other man's words and Ben stormed away, not wanting to see the scene any more. He angrily took a shower, scrubbing away any grime from the previous training session, then settled down onto his bed and tried in vain to forget about what he'd seen by reading.

A little while later you stopped by Ben's room, lightly knocking on his door before letting yourself in. A smile instantly reached your face when you saw him, he always made a warm feeling spread through you.

“Hey.” You greeted sitting down on the end of the bed, resting your hand on his crossed legs.

All you got was a tilt of the head in acknowledgement which you thought was strange, a frown overcoming your features.

“Ben?”

When he didn't say anything to you and just continued to read his book, you began to worry. A sick feeling settled into the pit of your stomach. He had never just blanked you before.

“Ben?” You tried again, moving closer to him. “Are you okay?”

“Fine.”

Your frown deepened at his blunt answer and tried once again to get more than one word out of him, which proved difficult.

“Just talk to me.” You snapped, growing tired of his silent treatment.

Ben finally looked up from his book and towards you, there was a lot of emotion in his eyes which shocked you.

“Do you love me Y/N?” He asked, his voice quiet.

“Yes, of course I do.”

“Really?” There was a disbelieving tone in his words and you were completely knocked for six.

“Are you serious Ben? Really?” You practically shrieked at the man in front of you. “After everything we've been through, you still don't think I love you?”

All Ben did was shrug and go back to his book. Your heart was racing and you felt sick about the whole situation. You had no idea where all of this come from and with how vague Ben was being, you could only guess what had brought all of this on.

“Please talk to me.” You pleaded, tears gathering in your eyes. “Please.”

Once again the man in front of you didn't say a word, leaving you with nothing but silence. It broke your heart that the person you loved most in this world was being so cold. You had no idea what you had done wrong to get this treatment from him.

When you work up the next morning, you were in bed, no sign of Benjamin and you knew he must have gone with them. You laid there for a moment, then shot out of bed, getting your clothes on and boots. Your plan was to go after him. You rushed to the kitchen, not realizing that Henry wasn't there to wake you up for school. You stopped dead as you saw Ben cooking. He glances and smiles at you, "morning, or more afternoon" he chuckles.

"Morning" You replied, still frozen in your spot. He looks at you again and frowns, before he can ask if you're okay, you take a seat at the table. You didn't fancy going into why he didn't go, it would just turn into an argument again. Although you didn't know that.

"I've taken Henry to school, do your work in the Kingdom for you, and now I've made breakfast. You deserve a day off. I spoke to the King..." As Ben went on you stopped listening as you watched him dish out the breakfast. You knew this was his way of saying sorry, but you hadn't had a fight for so long that you had forgotten how sweet he could be. "...and when Henry comes back, he is going to clean that room" he pointed with the spatula in the direction of Henry's room.

At around 6 pm Ben came back with Henry, they had been to training. Both you and Ben had made the decision to sign him up for the classes, he was getting older now and the earlier he learned how to protect himself the better. There were no disagreements when you brought up that topic to Benjamin. Unfortunately, you both knew the full extent of the world, even if you were 'safe' behind these walls. Benjamin kissed you as you made dinner, you hadn't heard him come in. "Henry!" You shouted before he could disappear into his room.

"Yeah?" He said, walking into the kitchen.

"Can you clean up your room for me please?" You asked. He huffed, "Henry" You warned. He looked to Benjamin. It was a trick he used before the whole outbreak, but it wouldn't work anymore.

"Listen to Emily, we made a deal, didn't we?" Benjamin said, pointing to Henry.

"Yes," Henry sighed, then walked up to you, hugged you and apologized.

When Henry was out of earshot, you laughed, "He could at least pretend he meant it."

"One day, he will" Benjamin hugged you from behind and kissed your cheek, leaving you to finish the dinner. You liked your space when it came to cooking. Benjamin had learned that the hard way.

"Boys! Dinner!" You shouted as you placed the plates on the table. Henry was the first at the table. "Do you want me to cut that for you?" You asked Henry. He still had trouble sometimes but that was due to not having much meat in the outbreak.

"Yes please," Henry nodded. You smiled, you were happy he had some manners, you and Ben wanted to bring him up as normally and properly as possible, which was tricky in an apocalypse. Benjamin took a seat and smiled at the two of you, not that you saw it.

"We're pretty lucky to get rabbit, everyone was going for the chicken today. Which is strange, its normally the other way around" You explained as you began eating. After the meal you allowed Henry to stay up later as he had cleaned his room. You watched him and Ben played chess, or Benjamin was trying to teach him how to play it. Ben didn't like playing with you, you always won. You looked at the clock and it was now half 10. "Right" you began as you stood up from the sofa, "come on, it's time for bed" you ruffled Henry's hair, who groaned but didn't argue.

After you had put him to bed, you watched for a while. You wished you had children of your own. You knew you were young, everyone in the Kingdom says you and Ben are too young to look after Henry. But, they were wrong. You and Ben are his family; therefore, you need to care for him. In this life, there was no such thing as too young anymore. You felt Benjamin behind you and after a moment he hugs you from behind and rests his chin on your shoulder. "I wish we had kids" He whispered.

"Then why don't we?" You asked in a low voice, turning around in his arms.

He laughed a little but stopped when he saw you were serious. He nodded and a smile formed on his face, "when shall we start?" He grinned.

"When you learn to be a little more romantic about it" You joked, pushing him to the side and walked down the hall to sit on the sofa.

"How many do you want, kids I mean?" He asked, sitting on the sofa with you. There was a light in his eyes and you knew he had been thinking about this for a while. You shrugged, you hadn't thought about it that much, you just wanted children. "I think three," he said, then added, "I don't care about the sex, I just- I just want them with you" He stuttered and you knew he was about to get romantic. "Because, you know... I love you, Emily, I've loved you from the moment I met you. Before all this," He motioned around him, then got down on one knee and held out a ring. He didn't need to ask you, you had already answered.

Fast forward five years and you were now attempting to get your newborn daughter to sleep while Benjamin was trying to tell the boys to stop fighting. Three boys and one girl, god help the girl, you thought. "Benjamin, I think we should stop now" you laughed.