I hope this community isn't as dead as I think...
Hello, I just joined but I admit that I've been stalking the site for a few days now. Wish I had known about this community years go...
I loved the Ben 10 series (even though I refuse to watch the Omniverse and whatever the reboot series is called) and the Bevin pairing but never made anything for it for fear of it being awful until yesterday when I finally wrote a small story.
Primarily, I focus on writing short stories (or ficlets, I think they are called?) because it's easier than multichaptered fics, and faster I might add.
Anyway onto the story.
Title: Bittersweet
Rating: T (mild cursing, implied intimacy, SLASH)
Pairing(s): Kevin/Ben, past Kevin/Gwen
Words: 520
Notes: Future fic, Characters are older
Slightly based of the song "Bittersweet" by Ellie Goulding.
Summary: At first Ben had refused to admit it but as years passed it only solidified. It became a heavier weight on his chest, feeling like he was going to burst at any moment. Then, he finally got what he wanted but... why isn't he happy about it?
In the dark of the night, the 22 year old breathed out slowly as he lay curled on his side and lightly pulled at a loose string of the bed sheet.
His throat felt uncomfortable. Swollen, as if the Omnitrix has timed out while Upchuck was gorging himself, but that wasn't the case, he would have known, he hadn't used the device for three years now.
Listening to the soft snores of his bed partner, he quietly turned towards him.
He had done it. He had finally confessed to the black haired boy, now turned into a young man, and spent the night with him, but then... how come he wasn't happy?
It's not like they were cheating. Kevin had broken up with his cousin almost a year ago. Why did it feel like he was betraying her?
He surely couldn't be feeling regret.
He wanted this!
Looking at him he felt tears prickling at his eyes but he refused to let them fall.
I waited for years and yearned for this! He screamed in his head. Why can't I have this?!
It was like having a debate with Bellicus and Serena all over again.
Why wouldn't you let me have this?
Sitting on the bed he rested his arms against his legs, hiding his face and trying to stop himself from crying out in his anguish.
He had loved Kevin for years. It had been strange when he was a kid, unfamiliar with such a feeling and at the time the mere thought of same sex relationships seemed wrong, taboo. But as years passed and the ache from Kevin's betrayal hadn't receded, he started to wonder.
He couldn't compare the pain to any other. It even hurt more than when he broke his arm doing stupid stunts on his bike.
And when he found him again? The broken pieces slowly arranged themselves to fit the husk of what he once was.
At first Ben had refused to admit it but as years passed it only solidified. It became a heavier weight on his chest, feeling like he was going to burst at any moment.
Then Gwen started to show interest in the ex con, and he broke once more but he pushed through, happy to have found Kevin again even if it meant sharing him with his cousin.
He sometimes felt like a leech; a blood sucking parasite on their love life, waiting for the moment that they broke up so he could sink his teeth in.
He had fantasized so much about this and now that he had it...
Breathing deeply, he lifted his head and glanced towards the still sleeping man.
The sun was starting to rise and stray rays were spreading across the room, the blinds only doing so much against the insistent light.
He quietly left the bed and picked his scattered clothes from the floor and dressed, all the while avoiding looking at the sleeping figure on the bed.
Maybe it was never meant to happen, he thought as he closed the door of the motel room and only then, he let the tears fall.
Hope you liked it