[ fortunately, ben doesn't take a decade to catch up on all the hot water he's missed, and eventually makes it back to where he left klaus, trusting him to not get up to too many shenanigans while unsupervised.
except, when he gets there, his hands in the pockets of his jacket, it's not klaus who's there. ]
... Vanya?
[ there's some cautious hope in his expression, and yet, he hangs back — when for years and years, no one sans their brother has been able to see him, it's something that's hard to shake. and so a big part of him is resigned to vanya not seeing him, to waiting until klaus comes back from wherever he's wandered off to, in order to talk to her. ]
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except, when he gets there, his hands in the pockets of his jacket, it's not klaus who's there. ]
... Vanya?
[ there's some cautious hope in his expression, and yet, he hangs back — when for years and years, no one sans their brother has been able to see him, it's something that's hard to shake. and so a big part of him is resigned to vanya not seeing him, to waiting until klaus comes back from wherever he's wandered off to, in order to talk to her. ]