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Ben: Zach, there’s a monster under my bed

Ben: it’s the most hideous thing I’ve ever seen

Leo, from the bunk below Ben's: why you gotta be like that man

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Desk + Ben Huston

So he 100% doesn’t rank high enough to have a work desk … I can tell you that as long as he’s been working there (probably like four years?) he hasn’t once emptied his mailbox and it is just completely overflowing … I feel like if he had a desk at work, it would be just piled with stuff he’s ignoring haha. 

His desk at home, however, is better organized. (It’s still a little chaotic – it is Ben, after all). He’s got all of his info re: his latest independent movie projects stacked in folders. At any given time, there’s probably at least 2 empty coffee mugs and a few dishes that he keeps forgetting to take to the kitchen. Def has an apple laptop and a desk lamp that are permanent fixtures. Probably has a framed picture of Harambe for inspiration and an unflattering picture of Leo just because. 

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House of H ❛ I’d go with you, but… I don’t want to. ❜

Zach looked up from his bowl of cereal, somewhat apologetically. “Sorry.” 

Leo turned to Ben, as if he actually thought he could hope for a more positive  response from him. It took Ben a moment to even realize that Leo was waiting for his response. 

“Oh … yeah … that’s a hard no from me also.” 

Leo sighed. “So are you guys really going to make me go this thing by myself?” 

A beat. No answer. 

‘This thing’ was Kayla’s birthday party. Leo had been given an invite because Ben and Leo may had insinuated to Kayla that Leo was interested in her, romantically. (They still hadn’t mentioned this little detail to Leo.) 

Zach looked over at Ben, “We really are terrible friends, aren’t we?”

“Oh, the worst.” 

Leo exhaled, “I can’t not go … she’s our supervisor … and she’d definitely take it personally if I don’t show up. There’s enough drama with her without adding this to it.” 

Zach placed a hand on Leo’s shoulder, “Yeah, just go and suck it up. It’s only a few hours of your life.” 

Ben laughed, “Ha, you say that like it won’t feel like an eternity.” 

Leo just stared at Ben, “Thanks for that.” 

“Oh, no problem.” 

As soon as Leo walked out of the room, Zach turned to Ben, “God, I am feeling kind of bad. I mean it is our fault that he got invited to this thing at all … ” 

Ben put his hands up in protest. “Whoa … are you actually considering going now?” 

Zach nodded, “I’m thinking about it, yeah.” 

Ben groaned, “Ugh … Zach … damn you and your conscious!” 

Zach shrugged, “C’mon, it might actually be kind of fun in a weird way … like … what would a party that’s hosted by Kayla even be like?” 

Ben laughed, “God awful.” He shook his head, defeated. “Okay, but I’m not going sober.” 

“Oh, there’s no way in hell that any of us are.” 

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Leo + Ben & Zach: ❛ I’m not sure I’m interested in that. ❜ ❛ No, I am sure. I’m not interested in that. ❜

Ben shot Leo a disappointed look and shook his head. He turned to Zach, “Why are we even friends with this guy?”

Zach shrugged, “I dunno. But friend is kind of a strong word for our relationship with Leo. We’re just co-workers that live together. Unfortunately.”

Leo poured some milk into his cereal. “You’re right.”

Zach laughed, “Obviously. I’m always right.”

“Don’t know why you’d want to take some random guy who isn’t your friend out though … so aren’t we all okay with the arrangement that you guys go and I stay?”

Ben threw his hands up. “Ugh, Zach. See what you do? I told you to let me handle this.”

“Like you were doing such a great job. You’re the one who asked why we were friends with him in the first place.” He turned back to Leo. “Hey, buddy, you know we were just kidding, right?” Zach pleaded, “We love you. Please come.”

“No.” He didn’t even bother looking up from his bowl this time.

“Dude, drunk Leo is the greatest,” Ben said.

“Drunk Leo once gave Charlie the impression that I was going to murder her entire family.”

Ben and Zach exchanged nervous glances, “Yeah … haha … um that may have been us.”

Leo just stared at them as if to say “I’m not sure what I expected”.

“Yeah so … it isn’t drunk Leo that’s the problem,” Ben began, “It’s … us.” He laughed, “Uh, the real question we should probably be asking, is why is Leo friends with us?”

“We aren’t friends. We are just co-workers that live together. Unfortunately.” He stood up from the table, “And … who occasionally go out and do stupid shit together.”

Zach looked hopeful, “Does that mean you are coming?”

“Yeah, but I’m not gonna like it.”

Ben and Zach exchanged glances again, “We’re cool with that.”

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Have a nice day!

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[faint] leo/ben

“Oh my god.”

It was Monday morning at 8:30 in the morning and Leo Harris had walked into the bathroom to find Ben Huston passed out on the tiles.

“Just walk over him.” Zach advised, stepping over Ben to get to the sink as though he was a towel someone had left on the ground and not an unconscious person.

“Is he okay?” Leo asked, looking concerned.

Zach laughed, “We lost track of how many beers he had last night. There’s no way in hell he’s okay.”

Ben started to stir. “Ugh, shut up. Get out of my room.”

“Dude, It’s the bathroom.”

Ben’s eyes flickered open and he took in his surroundings. “Oh … my bad.” He tried to stand up and could only managed to get his head off the ground and utter a, “Nope.” before he was back down on the floor. “I had too much faith in myself.” He managed a chuckle, “But hey, this could be worse.”

“It could.” Leo commented dryly, “At least you have pants on this time.”

“Oh, true that.”

“What happened last night?” Leo asked.

“Well you would know, if you’d just go out sometime!” Zach interjected, pointing his toothbrush at him. “Just know that it was awesome and you missed out on what would have probably been the greatest night of your life.”

Leo took a second look at Ben, who looked like he was dying. “I’m good.”

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zach hall + ben huston: “So, is there anyone you’re secretly crushing on?”

“Uh, well, Got a couple crushes, yeah. But literally none of them are secret. I’m pretty sure that they are all 100% aware that if they ever wanna make a bad decision, I’m there for them.” He looked up from his phone at Zach, “And if this is your way of casually letting it slip that you like Kelsey, dude, we all know. Everybody knows.”

“I don’t — “

Ben didn’t let him finish and instead shouted upstairs to Leo. “Hey, Leo!”

“Yeah?”

“Did you know that Zach likes Kelsey?”

“Yeah.”

Ben gave Zach an ‘I told you so’ face before going back to Twitter.

“Shut up.”

“Yeah, didn’t say anything.”

Zach exhaled, “Okay, but this wasn’t supposed to be about me and Kelsey … this was supposed to be about you and Meg.”

Ben’s smug grin faltered for a moment. He did like Meg. He liked her, if he was being honest, more than all the other girls combined … but she wasn’t at all interested in him, that way, so … that was that. He certainly didn’t want to talk about it with Zach. So instead, he did was he always did. He laughed it off.

“How long did it take you to put those pieces together?” He asked raising an eyebrow. “Don’t look so pleased with yourself,” He said, laughing, “I’m not a hard puzzle to solve. There’s only like three pieces, maybe four.”

Zach smirked, “Eh, it’s more like two.”

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zach hall + ben huston: “Did you really just insult Captain America in front of me?”

“Did you really just insult Captain America in front of me?”

“Captain America is probably my least favorite of the Avengers.” Ben said, casually, taking a bite of cereal.

The room went dead; the silence only broken after Zach, shooting daggers at his best friend, said, “Did you really just insult Captain America in front of me?”

Ben hadn’t realized when he’d said it, just how much the comment was going to offend Zach. But now that he, he couldn’t help but smile a little. “Uh, yeah. I sure did.”

“You are dead to me.”

Ben laughed, “And Captain America is dead to me. Because he is definitely the worst Avenger.”

Zach stood up from the table, dramatically, pointing his cereal spoon at Ben. “Dishonor on you! And your cow!”

“Goddamn it, Zach,” Ben said, trying to be serious, but he couldn’t help but smile. “Not the cow!” He pleaded. “What the fuck am I supposed to do with a dishonored cow?”

That’s when Leo walked in, surveyed the scene, and left without saying a word.

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👍 which muse would you most likely get along with

So many!!! But I’m gonna say Ben Huston since he’s actually based off of a irl friend :) 

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BEEP! Ben Huston & Leo Harris

17. a comforting text

ben: this is it she’s gonna crazy murder me i’m literally hiding under my desk rn

leo: come on, thea’s not that bad…

leo: she’s more likely to just lightly maim you

ben: very funny

leo: thanks, i thought so

ben: what am i going to do??????

leo: you’re going to be super quiet while i call her and give her misdirections.  then you’re gonna run to your car and you’re not going to look back.  you’ll be fine.

ben: thanks bro i owe you

leo: ok stop changing the combination on my room lock

ben: read at 3:47

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My favorite thing to do when someone asks me to perform a simple task is to say “No” while doing it

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headcanon meme: leo harris + bad things his roommates have done to him

zach occasionally puts hardware in his food his that one time they were at that one restaurant and he found some screws??? in his food????

one time ben and zach figured out leo’s padlock password, changed it, and figured out a way to use it to lock the fridge

once took ben grocery shopping bc ben’s car was in the shop and leo ended up getting stranded at the store when ben drove leo’s car home (w the groceries) alone

occasionally falls asleep only to be awakened by the radio blasting near his ear and a wet towel dropping over his head

once brought went out on a date which got crashed by his roomies…and the lady ended up leaving him to go home w them

once got locked IN his room when his roomies figured out his padlock info (this one may have been an accident tho)

when vn and odr come on, leo often comes home to find himself locked out of his room w his roomies inside watching the shows

there’s that propaganda vid circulating at work that makes it look like leo is the actual devil

one time leo was away on vacay but he got a sudden call in the middle of the night from his roomies that there was an emergency and he needed to come home IMMEDIATELY…

only to find the house locked and his roomies nowhere to be found

apparently they had figured out whatever it was and gone out on the town…and forgotten to call leo back

once leo got a call from a family member who had just had a baby and zach came in and hung up so that he could use the phone to call in a pizza order

the goat song covers fiasco of ‘17

sooooo many more!!! i can’t even think rn

honestly just…every bad roomie situation you can think of…leo has lived it

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leonardowayn:

When Ben began talking, Leo was taking him at his most sarcastic.  By the end of his speech, Leo was a believer.  “Oh God,” he said.  “Shit, man, that heart…I mean, I love nature as much as the next person but…what even was that.”  Leo had had multiple nightmares about that night, usually ending with him tied to a piece of furniture in agony a la Misery.  “Is she gone?” he asked.

“Definitely,” Leo was saying, relieved to be thinking about pizza instead of hearts for dinner.  Walking to the fridge, he pulled out the delivery box.  He threw a couple slices on two plates and handed one to Ben.  Some people liked hot pizza, and Leo was one of them, but he could eat it either way.  Any pizza, in his book, was a great pizza.

Leo’s was at his wits’ end with Kayla.  He wasn’t sure how to be clear with her, now, that he was uninterested, without being downright rude.  He’d tried everything - even things Zach and Ben had suggested, against his better judgment - and still she would not be rebuffed.  “You know, I literally said to her the other day, ‘I just want to be friends.’  I literally can’t think of a clearer way to say it.  I mean, ‘just friends’ says it all, doesn’t it?  I mean, I don’t want to be rude or unkind…but I just can’t eat another venison heart, Ben,” he said, shaking his head.  “It’s just a fucking muscle, I know, but…still…”  Somehow, eating a heart felt a little on the nose.  

“I mean, ok, say it was you…Say it’s Thea harassing you or, fuck, say it is Kayla.  What would you do, Ben?”  Leo knew it was a terrible idea to ask his roommates for suggestions in this case…but he was out of better options.

Glaring at Ben, Leo chewed irritably on his pizza and thought of that uncomfortable night he’d had out with Charlie and couldn’t think of a single thing to say.  “Hey, Ben,” Leo said, once he’d swallowed.  “You two didn’t have her thinking I was a serial killer or something, back then, did you?” he inquired. He frankly wouldn’t be surprised either way.

Ben shrugged, “I don’t know. Kinda don’t wanna find out in case she isn’t. I think the best plan is to stay in here, keep the lights off, and just wait her out. Eventually she’ll leave. Or freeze. Or run into Zach. There is no downside to this plan.” 

He shook his head, “I don’t know. I mean, I shouldn’t be surprised because it’s ... Kayla. And yet, every time she does things like this it still ends up surprising me. It’s wild.” He paused, “Also. Question: what did they taste like? If you say chicken, I’m eating the rest of this pizza myself.” 

Ben exhaled, as though he was as frustrated as Leo with Kayla’s behavior. But the truth was, he’d told Kayla that when Leo says he just wants to be friends, that’s about as explicit as he gets and that that means he’s basically in love with her. “Dude, I wish I knew. As someone who has lots of experience dealing with crazy chicks, there’s not much you can do. They don’t function like normal people. A normal person doesn’t give another person a heart to eat. So yeah. I wish I had some advice for you. But don’t ignore her. That’s the worst thing you can do. Give her lots of attention. If you ignore her, then she thinks you are playing hard to get and it’s even worse.” 

“Uhhhh,” Ben paused, considering, “Oh, that’s a very definite possibility.” He laughed, “But she’s a smart girl, right? Like she can’t actually believe that.” Part of ben believed that, but part of him desperately wanted to be wrong. 

He was a terrible friend.  

Expectation vs | Leo & Ben

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“Oh, no, I’m not taking the fall for this.  Thea is,” replied Zach, grinning.  “I thought maybe she could use some distraction after that thing with the lollipop, earlier.”  Thea had turned around in her seat, staring Ben straight in the eye, and eaten a lollipop in the most outrageously suggestive way possible, earlier, managing to completely gross out Zach.  This seemed to be her version of flirting and it was, frankly, more than Zach could take.  

“Given their…status, he seemed like the best target of opportunity.  She’s stubborn enough that, with the right push - supplied by yours truly - she not only won’t tell Jackson she didn’t do it, she’ll claim she did.”  He grinned his best magnificent bastard grin and held his arms wide.  “They’ll be so busy arguing for the rest of the day, that I won’t have to watch whatever freaky weirdness it is you two have got going, for another 24 hours.”

He nodded to himself, “The trap is set.  No way this is going to backfire on me, now,” he added with a great deal of confidence, despite the fact they both knew it was highly possible it could backfire.  These things had a way of doing just that.  “Anyway, I’m not afraid of Walt.  Even an angry one.”  This wasn’t 100% true, but it was at least 79% true (mostly because Zach often lacked common sense) which was close enough for Zach.

“Dude, same,” replied a zealous Zach.  “The entire day will be ODR prep before it comes on and, after it does, the rest will be rewatching and analysis.”  Amongst other things, Zach had a crazy crush on Guinevere Fontaine and rooted for the Drake boys like nobody’s business.  Team Beaumont frankly freaked him out, but he loved it that way.  “God, and where they left Alexandir, last season!  And Celia!  And damn, that whole thing with Rob and Dezód what on earth?!  Who is the dragon’s daughter?  Ok: prediction time.  What happens next?”

When Ben suggested the similarities between Lynessa and Thea, the excitement died on his face.  “Shit,” he said, instead, eyeing his friend.  “Thank God she clearly isn’t doing that to you, given that you have…nothing of value,” he added, glibly, though frankly the thing that had really disturbed him about her earlier display hadn’t been the display itself: it had been the fear that his best friend was about to get black widowed…and not the sexy scarjo variety as seen on the mcu…the nature kind, the kind that had made Walter a shell of a man (or, at least, that’s how Zach liked to put it now for dramatic effect the jury was still out on what made Walter Walter).  “She might still crazy murder you, though.  I don’t think that’s ever out of the cards.”

Zach nodded.  “It’s a plan,” he agreed.  “Ok, what’s the best way to distract Leo?  Should we tell him that his mom’s stuck on the side of the road we don’t know exactly where and needs him to pick her up?  Or have we used that one to many times in the past year?”

“Fucking A, dude,” Ben said, laughing, when Zach told him that Thea was going to take the fall for his prank. It was moments like this when Ben looked at Zach and thought: I’m never going to find a more perfect person. (As a side note to this thought, he wondered why he couldn’t have said something that sounded that gay when he was trying to supplement the rumors he’d planted about him and Zach dating to throw Thea off.) 

“Oh, god,” Ben groaned, remembering the lollipop incident. “I wish I didn’t find that a very confusing combination of both repulsive and hot.” But that’s kinda of what he thought about Thea Coyle, in general. “So yes, this is a good distraction for everyone. No one needs to think about that longer than we already have. Plus, I’m always down for a little Thea-Walter argument. Should I make the popcorn this time?” 

Ben laughed, “Well, then --- you’re an idiot, because I’m pretty sure that Walter would also straight up murder you ... and then me, just because we’re friends. That being said, someone at this station is going to murder us one day, so it might as well be Walt and it might as well be today.” He said, smirking. “Even though,” He began, slightly louder as he turned to the rest of the room, “I think we can all agree that Leo is going to murder all of us one day, so ... yeah. I like to think that we’re taking something away from him by letting Walt do it instead.”

Ben shook his head, “If they kill Alexandir for something he didn’t even do, I will be so pissed, dude. I don’t think they will, but Brian Young is also one sick fuck so ... yeah, I can also see it happening. But if it does, I want Avelina to die first. I hate her so much. She’s so annoying. I really don’t want her to have the satisfaction of outliving him.” 

Ben laughed, “Rob is so stupid. Like if you are that fucking stupid, how do you survive in a place like Aragoth for so long? I need answers. I’m just waiting for this whole deal with Dezód to backfire. Someone like Rob just can’t go up against someone like Dezód and expect good things. It’s gonna be a disaster. It’s gonna be awesome.” 

Ben leaned back in his chair, assuming the most serious expression he’d had all afternoon -- because Zach had asked him a very serious question: what happens next on ODR? 

“Okay, well Dmitrei is gonna fuck over the Beaumonts. At least I hope he does. A lot of people are gonna die. Horribly. James is going to do something stupid -- while doing something badass at the same time -- and ruin everything. Oh, and I hope Arthur dies. I can’t stand him.” 

Ben laughed, “Everything of value that I have is actually technically Leo’s so ... you aren’t wrong. But yeah. I’m aware. I feel like she doesn’t need a reason to murder me. Or at least a good one. And I’m probably giving her a good one by rejecting her ... while also kinda leading her on. Damnit, I’m an asshole.” 

Ben paused, considering. “Okay, so telling Leo his mom is on the side of the road somewhere always works, if we wanna be lazy.” The only thing they had to do for that one is switch out her number in his phone to a disconnected one and then he couldn’t call her to confirm where she was, either way. They’d done this one before (several times, in fact). Leo had always known that the chances that they were lying were high, but he was such a good guy that he never wanted to take the chance that they weren’t lying and so he’d circle around town looking for his mom for hours until he finally figured out that she was okay. “But ultimately, I feel like that one is a little overdone and I feel like Leo needs a little more excitement in his life, so maybe we should switch it up this time?” 

Trouble | Zach & Ben