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whoever the story needs me to be ([personal profile] fullupwithfire) wrote in [personal profile] rthstewart 2022-01-23 09:22 am (UTC)

The Umbrella Academy (TV), Ben Hargreeves

The morning of their thirteenth birthday is chaos that even Dad can't stop, with everyone waking up and looking each other over for the mark that should have appeared overnight. Even Ben, who hasn't thought about it all that much except when the others talked about it, can't help but start to get excited, watching them find their marks one-by-one: the small spot on Diego's left shoulder, the handprint that wraps around Allison's arm, the strange shape of the streak across Five's cheek.

Ben is the last one to look, and his heart sinks slowly when, even with help, he can't find that bright spot where his soulmate will touch him first.

He has to tear himself away from searching eventually, when Dad gets tired of waiting and demands they all come down for training. He's distracted through the usual drill, and Klaus gives him a sympathetic smile as he splits away from the group, moving far enough that the tentacles won't interfere with anyone else.

The bright orange striping across the inside of two of the tentacles is a whole new distraction. He hears a mutter behind him, and then another, but he can't take his eyes off the tentacles waving in front of him, ready to unleash damage and unmistakably displaying the mark he'd been looking for all morning.

"Number Six!" Dad snaps behind him when they go away again, but Ben doesn't stop laughing long enough to answer.

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