Ben has been Klaus' a lot longer than since his death. They had been bonded by having terrible powers that they didn't want, one tortured by a total inability to control it, the other by the knowledge that there was only control or mayhem and death for everything he loved. Then he had died and-
And Klaus was his everything. Still is. Maybe always will be. Ben knows he can't claim Klaus—Klaus belongs to no one but himself—but that's never overly worried him because he knows Klaus will always come back for him, because Klaus is all Ben has.
If he's crying, he's doing it silently and without noticing and the warmth of tears is easily lost to the heat of steam and water. It's far more important that Klaus is crying and hugging him like a teddy bear and wants him here. "I'm right here now," he promises. "I'm not leaving. I won't. You've got me."
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Date: 2019-05-27 02:25 am (UTC)And Klaus was his everything. Still is. Maybe always will be. Ben knows he can't claim Klaus—Klaus belongs to no one but himself—but that's never overly worried him because he knows Klaus will always come back for him, because Klaus is all Ben has.
If he's crying, he's doing it silently and without noticing and the warmth of tears is easily lost to the heat of steam and water. It's far more important that Klaus is crying and hugging him like a teddy bear and wants him here. "I'm right here now," he promises. "I'm not leaving. I won't. You've got me."