Last year I was home alone for a week that became 2 months and in that week I played The Walking Dead and had a million feelings about Kenny and Ben that I shared with my friends.
as much as i like the idea of ben and travis being absolute band besties before the apocalypse, ben did not show any sign of sadness or guilt or grieving or ANYTHING!! at ALL!! when that dumbass "umm actually my dad was special forces stfu ik what im dewing...." died...
...which is why i think travis was killed off too soon, also i like his voice, so in this essay i will-
Could you possibly do a Ben Paul x Reader where Reader is Kenny’s daughter?
Like, Reader forgives Ben for everything that happened with her family and Kenny is furious (but eventually comes to except it).
-Much love potential 💙 anon
HIIIIIIIIII I AM TERRIBLY SORRY IF THIS TOOK SO LONGGGG I'VE BEEN BUSY FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS AND I WAS SICK FOR SO LONGGGGG. But anyways, Of course! Also i am very sorry if this is not what ur looking forr [sobs]
It’s been months since the world fell apart. The dead walking around and gobbling up those lucky or unlucky enough to be alive. Things had been tough for you, trying to survive with your family and your group. Things had changed dramatically when your group met Ben Paul, a young teenager who was the same age as yours. He was a nervous guy but always willing to help. But to Kenny, Ben was the reason why your family was gone.
Whenever Ben came around, the atmosphere changed. Kenny would turn into an angry person and you could feel the tension in the air. You knew that Kenny was grieving and he was lashing out, but it wasn’t fair to Ben. Clementine tried to talk to Kenny, try to get him to see that Ben wasn’t to blame.
It was on one of these days that you found yourself alone with Ben, trying to steal some supplies from a grocery store. You two had formed a great bond over the weeks and you were finally starting to feel something towards Ben. You and Clementine were the only one who understood Ben. And he understands you. It was the time you kissed Ben. It wasn’t anything special, but it was the start of something new, something hopeful. Ben was shocked but smiled, "I-i've been... Hoping you'd do that... For a long time."
You couldn’t help chuckle but smile back. “You have no idea how much I wanted that too.”
From then on, you and Ben were dating. It was a slow start, but having someone to care about, someone to love made all the difference in the world. However, it wasn’t all roses and unicorns. Kenny would still become angry whenever he saw the two of you together. It wasn’t until one night when Kenny was drunk that they realized how much he was hurting.
“We lost our damn family because of him,” Kenny slurred, pointing at Ben. You could see the pain in his eyes, the agony he was going through.
"Dad, please!"
"Please what? Huh?!" He yelled.
"It's not Ben's fault!"
"It damn well it is! He was the reason our family died!" Clementine flinched at his yelling. Lee had to interrupt.
"Woah, Kenny-" Lee was interrupted by Christa's hand, but he shoved it away gently. "No need to yell."
"I can yell whenever i want to!"
"DAD SHUT UP!" Your yelling made everyone in the room in complete silence. "We're lucky, y'know? We get to see our family in their last moments. And Ben? Ben doesn't even fucking know where his family is! So stop blaming him for everything! What he did, did not kill mom and Duck! He's staying, where you like it or not." You pulled Ben out of the room.
"You okay?"
He nodded. "Thank you..."
"You're welcome as always." A smile on your lips.
Sleepiness overcame you. You woke up in the lounge room. The first thing you saw was Kenny hugging Ben, you smiled at them before sleepiness took over your body once again.
what do you think Ben's role would be throughout the series if had he survived >s1?
ooooh i love this question <3333
I think ben’s biggest role in the series, had he survived s1, would’ve been a protector role for clementine. and I don’t mean that physically, because I think clementine would be much more capable than him (sorry he’s the loml but he scrawny). but I mean it socially. I think ben becomes slowly more socially aware and becomes the one clementine goes to so she has someone to vent to.
he wouldve done everything to take care of her :(
and if he needed to, he would always be protective of AJ, too.
hi! Do you have any underrated/unpopular favs in TWDG?
Ben and Marlon!
There something about Ben being one of the most realistic depictions of a teenager (Besides Sarah and her anxiety disorder) being thrown into the end of the world that drew me in years ago! Not being perfect, but trying his hardest to earn his place and keep people safe. Never having bad intentions but never having your efforts go completely in the direction you hoped for was just really... relatable?
Marlon was just a cool ass character from the start. He never had bad intentions, like Ben but got roped into a bandit/raider conspiracy all the same. He never wanted anything that happened to happen, just like Ben he was a scared kid forced into a really f*cked up spot suddenly (worse that the spot they were already in) and I love how they both had their own breaking points, too.
Hey! i saw that you write for Ben from twdg. there is like NO content for him and i was wondering if you could write a fluffy oneshot for him?
Could you make it where Ben and reader are in the RV after lily shot Doug/Carly and reader is comforting him?
Thank you so much!🫶
SURE THING, ANON#2!! sorry for not getting to work on this sooner, but I'm back for now, lol. I've been trying to think how to write and which sounds good or which sounds bad, yk? But, anyways I hope you enjoy this anon#2!! <) (master list at the bottom)
WARINGS!: FRIST TIME WRITING FOR HIM, FRIST TIME WRITING FLUFF, COMFORTING BEN, GN!READER, MENTIONS OF SOMEONE DYING, AGANST
Sleep It Off
Word count: 661 Letter count: 2739
Everyone in the RV was silent. The only thing you could hear were the walkers that we drove past. No one spoke a word of what events had just happened, especially Lee and Ben. Y/n turned their gaze at Ben. He sat at the mini dining table at the back of the RV. His face in his hands, his leg moving up and down out of stress. Y/n noticed how shooken up he was. They carefully moved through the moving RV towards ben.
They sat across from Ben at the mini table. Y/n just realized how this affected Ben. He didn't want this to happen. Hell, all he wanted to do was save his friend. He didn't mean to put his entire group in danger. He didn't mean to get someone killed. “You okay, Ben?” they ask, scooting their hand across the table, setting it near him. His breathing was shaky. “I-I didn't mean for this to happen! I just wanted-” he paused himself, his breathing getting a bit worse. “Hey, hey. Breathe, Ben. Breathe.” Ben looked at them, with a panicked look. “You just have to calm down ben.” Y/n says trying to reassure him. “How can I calm down when someone died because of me?!” Ben yells, getting Lee’s and Katjaa's attention.
Ben hides his face once again in his shaky hands. Y/n shifted their gaze at Lee giving him an apologetic look, then shifted back to Ben. “Do you want to talk about it?” Ben's head shakes left to right. Y/n scoots a bit in their seat moving a bit closer to him. “I'm not going to push you, but it would be alot easier for you to get this pressure off of you if you just talked.” Y/n comments, looking at Ben with a reassuring look. “I d-don’t want to talk about i-it right now..” Ben's voice, sounding less shaky than it did before.
An hour or two past by, Ben sat there in the same spot before still holding his face in his hands. He hasn’t gotten a second of sleep. Everytime he tries too, he just jerks right back up out of his slumber. Y/n laid across of him, head in their crossed arms for some comfort. “You okay Ben?” They said in a groggy, tired voice. Ben quickly flinched, being surprised to see Y/n awake. “Jesus! I thought you were asleep..” “I couldn't sleep.” Y/n replies, resting their back against the seat behind them. “I don't think I can sleep after what happened..” Ben comments. “Same here.” They both sat there in silence. Ben thought it would be awkward, but for some reason it felt oddly comforting. “I think I might have a way for us to sleep easier.” Ben let out a hum in confusion when Y/n stood up.
They went searching in one of the cupboards looking for something. After a few moments of struggling, they found what they wanted to find. A blanket. There were also a few extras, too. They grabbed three of the extra blankets and went around the RV to give them away. Lee and Clementine shared one, and Katjaa and Duck had gotten one as well. Y/n walked back towards Ben with the last blanket. They hold it out in front of him. “You can keep it y/n, I’ll be fine.” Y/n moves a lot closer to Ben by sitting next to him. “We can just share ben.” Y/n wraps the blanket around the two of them. Ben went to protest, but slumber began to take over. “Good night, Ben” Y/n yawns out, resting their head against Ben's shoulder. “Night y/n.. Thank you for everything” After a few moments of silence, the both of them had drifted off to sleep.
THE END! ONCE AGAIN, IM SORRY, THIS IS MY FRIST TIME WRITING FOR BEN AND ALONG WITH FLUFF, BUT I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT, ANON#2 <3!!!