Do U Have Any Hc For Ben Hargreeves?? I Love Him So Much And Theres Literally Not Enough Content For

do u have any hc for ben hargreeves?? i love him so much and theres literally not enough content for him :(

Sure! I have a couple, though not many considering that he’s rarely featured…

Ben has… many mental issues. 

BPD I would say, because he seemingly really enjoys being spontaneous but at the same time can NOT handle other people’s shit 

Also most likely had undiagnosed anxiety as a kid because he would say stuff like “my stomach hurts :(” (aka how children can communicate their anxiety because they literally don’t know the word) and everyone would go “sHiT rUN” bc eldritch monster.

He was wearing a hoodie when he died, which would have been an act of rebellion at the young age that he was, right? 

….Reginald would never allow him to wear that on a mission

THEREFORE

I head canon that Ben did not die on a mission, but while running away.

Which would be why Klaus blames himself (”I didn’t sign up to save him or you!”) since he probably ran away multiple times before ben did and knew the risks

Reginald sat Ben and Five on either side of Vanya because he believed they were the strongest of the rest of them and could kill control her if she had an outburst 

He never learned to drive but man he really really wanted to

Died and realized that physical laws didn’t apply to him anymore so he went absolutely buck wild for a little bit there 

I’m talking full on standing between walls like a glitched out video game character for no reason other than its so fuckin funny

And driving Klaus INSANE with the I’m not touching you game 

Also him and Klaus were really close as kids because Ben was the only one who believed his off the wall bullshit 

Like when Klaus freaks out thinking that they’re all robots like Grace because they get cords attached to their heads at night - he’s sEEN IT GUYS - but they all think it’s just another one of his nightmares

But no, Ben’s like “hmm that might be legit”

And yet they can’t prove it because Reginald catches on to them and monitors them in different ways 

He’s smart but not like…. in a competitive way, you feel me? Luther and Diego learned a lot through trying to one up each other (like Diego criticizing Luther’s knowledge of spacial phenomenons and Diego taunting Luther with his knowledge of specific wrestling terms)

And not in an identity crisis way, like Five, who needed to prove to HIMSELF that he was capable of great feats

Nope, Ben just wanted to learn stuff for shits and giggles

And lemme tell you just how much that pissed Reginald off  :)