𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇

𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐈𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 ⬩𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞 ⬩(𝐨𝐨𝐜: ⧓) 𝟏𝟔+ 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

𝓑𝓸𝓷𝓳𝓸𝓾𝓻!

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@lifefrtheliving A small blush crept up Ben’s cheeks at Actor’s words. “You flatter me, sir.” He finished stroking thro his master’s hair before picking up a serum from the vanity and rubbing his hands with the liquid. He slicked it thro Mark’s hair. “How’s that?”

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@lifefrtheliving “I fear there’s too much free thinking on sets these days. Nothing gets done when there’s no proper chain of command.” He tapped Actor’s shoulder playfully. “They could learn a thing or two from me.” He snickered

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@lifefrtheliving “Long day at work, sir?” Ben mused as he brushed the tangled out of his hair

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@ThePinkMenace_ He was a broken man. A mess. He didn’t know what to make of himself anymore. The police would be here soon enough and he’d have to choose to explain as little or as much of this as he could

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@ThePinkMenace_ Ben blinked at the man in shock as he came just as quickly as he had left. He let out a laugh. A snort laugh, followed, the most ungentlemanly noise he’d ever dared to make. He continued to laugh at the absurdity of it all until he was left in a pile of tears again +

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@ThePinkMenace_ Ben looked at the penny in his hand, then back up at Wilford, his face red from holding back his tears. He pursed his lips. “I wish my master would come home…”

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@ThePinkMenace_ Ben sniffled, wiping his tears on his sleeve trying to pretend like he wasn’t before bending down and picking up Wilford’s coin. He held it out to him. “Here…”

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@ThePinkMenace_ Tears were streaming down his face, staining this man’s shoulder before he pulled away watching the man look for his penny

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@ThePinkMenace_ Ben held on a bit harder than he perhaps should’ve, taking in the warmth of someone who had hurt him, his master, so many others and he was telling him to go, to run, to avoid punishment. Ben couldn’t understand why he was doing what he was doing but somehow it felt right +

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@ThePinkMenace_ Ben paused, eyes refusing to make contact with the man who’d caused him so much pain and suffering. He nodded so barely he wasn’t sure if the man would notice

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@ThePinkMenace_ Ben blinked a bit incredulously. He had a choice to make & he was hating that his gut was leading him in the opposite direction than he wanted it to. He took the paper from Wilford’s hands. “I think you should leave, sir.” His voice was calm, sympathetic even

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@ThePinkMenace_ “I— um, you signed it the way I remember you used to sign all of master Mark’s finances” He tapped the bottom of the page

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@ThePinkMenace_ Ben hesitated a moment, uncertain if he should hand over the only lead they’d gotten in who’d killed his master in two years. Despite his fears, he slid it off the desk for Wilford and held it out to him gently.

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@ThePinkMenace_ He set the reliever down gently after confirmation the police were coming. Perhaps if William was less dangerous in this state than as the Colonel. “Why’d you write me that letter?” Ben asked slightly more calmly, letter opener still in his hand but more relaxed

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@ThePinkMenace_ Ben had never understood what fully happened to William after the death of his master. He saw his decent into madness first hand but he’d never fully known why. The utter disconnect between this man and his actions baffled Ben +

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@lifefrtheliving “Of course, master Mark.” Ben nodded with a quiet expression. He took the wayward strands of his master’s hair and brushed them out of his face first with his fingers, then began to stroke through his hair with the brush

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@ThePinkMenace_ Ben picked up the receiver with frantic desperation, tapping the buttons on the switchhook. “Hello?! Operator! Give me the police! I have a murderer who’s broken into Markiplier manor!”

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@lifefrtheliving Ben took the brush, their fingers grazing lightly as they exchanged the item. “Would you like it back, like usual or something fancier?”

[𝐵𝑒𝓃𝒿𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝓊𝓉𝓁𝑒𝓇 @ButlerBen1901]

@ThePinkMenace_ Ben stepped back terrified hands fumbling on the desk for the letter opener he knew was there. “Bloody hell! Get out of my head you demon!” His voice was panic stricken. “I’ll call the police! If you can read my thoughts you know I will!” He pointed the sharp implement at Wilford