In the morning, Mat crept cautiously into the bedroom. Ben was sitting up in bed, holding the side of his face and looking at him in confusion.
"Mat" he said softly "why did you sleep in the spare room? did we have a fight?"
Mat edged closer, this seemed to be normal Ben (as oppsoed to psycho Ben from yesterday) but he wanted to be sure
"yeh we did, sort of, you were a bit strange yesterday"
"was I?" Ben frowned and then winced "I don't really remember yesterday"
Mat sat on the bed "have you looked in the mirror?"
"no"
"you should"
“jesus, what happened to my face?” Ben looked in the mirror at the bruise staining the side of his face
“I hit you with a lamp” said Mat
Ben turned “YOU hit me??”
“yes”
“but why??”
“don't you remember anything?”
“not really, I mean I know I was at the studios and everything but other than that not a lot”
“right – you need to listen to this then...”
As Mat told him what had happened, Ben variously cringed, groaned and eventually hid his face in his hands
“oh god, oh god” he moaned “how could I have done and said those things? Everyone’s going to hate me”, he looked at Mat “and you had to hit me, I’m so so sorry”
“you also accused me of fancying Larry”
“Christ, what the hell came over me?” really, he couldn’t believe he’d done what Mat said he had.
“I don’t know, you were fine, well not fine as you were massively hung over but you were you – until Jim hugged you...” Mat frowned, Simon had gone weird after Jim had hugged him as well
“Ben” he said “you don’t think that maybe it had something to do with Jim hugging you do you?”
“but Jim’s hugs are meant to make you feel better, not go mental”
“yes but don’t they kind of take away your bad qualities and magnify your good ones”
“well that’s the theory, oh” light dawned in Ben’s eyes “do you think there’s some kind of problem and its taking away the good stuff and magnifying the bad qualities?”
“well think about it. Yesterday you were arrogant, rude, impatient, sarcastic” Ben cringed again “and although you are like that sometimes, it’s only in very small doses. Normally you are charming, polite, confident, assertive, and laid back – and that stops you behaving like you did yesterday. I think the hug took the good things away and left the bad bits”
“shit, we need to talk to the others – oh and make sure Jim doesn’t hug anyone until we’ve figured out what’s going on”
“I agree”
“right, let’s go – oh but we need to stop off at Waitrose along the way, I’ve got a lot of apologising to do”
They got to the studios, Ben laden with flowers, chocolates and various bottles of wine
“now it’s really important that Jim doesn’t.....oh fuck”, Jim was hugging Larry.
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timeasmymeasure
Fill Jimothy's Magic Hugs AU 5b/?
Date: 2011-11-17 09:59 am (UTC)"Mat" he said softly "why did you sleep in the spare room? did we have a fight?"
Mat edged closer, this seemed to be normal Ben (as oppsoed to psycho Ben from yesterday) but he wanted to be sure
"yeh we did, sort of, you were a bit strange yesterday"
"was I?" Ben frowned and then winced "I don't really remember yesterday"
Mat sat on the bed "have you looked in the mirror?"
"no"
"you should"
“jesus, what happened to my face?” Ben looked in the mirror at the bruise staining the side of his face
“I hit you with a lamp” said Mat
Ben turned “YOU hit me??”
“yes”
“but why??”
“don't you remember anything?”
“not really, I mean I know I was at the studios and everything but other than that not a lot”
“right – you need to listen to this then...”
As Mat told him what had happened, Ben variously cringed, groaned and eventually hid his face in his hands
“oh god, oh god” he moaned “how could I have done and said those things? Everyone’s going to hate me”, he looked at Mat “and you had to hit me, I’m so so sorry”
“you also accused me of fancying Larry”
“Christ, what the hell came over me?” really, he couldn’t believe he’d done what Mat said he had.
“I don’t know, you were fine, well not fine as you were massively hung over but you were you – until Jim hugged you...” Mat frowned, Simon had gone weird after Jim had hugged him as well
“Ben” he said “you don’t think that maybe it had something to do with Jim hugging you do you?”
“but Jim’s hugs are meant to make you feel better, not go mental”
“yes but don’t they kind of take away your bad qualities and magnify your good ones”
“well that’s the theory, oh” light dawned in Ben’s eyes “do you think there’s some kind of problem and its taking away the good stuff and magnifying the bad qualities?”
“well think about it. Yesterday you were arrogant, rude, impatient, sarcastic” Ben cringed again “and although you are like that sometimes, it’s only in very small doses. Normally you are charming, polite, confident, assertive, and laid back – and that stops you behaving like you did yesterday. I think the hug took the good things away and left the bad bits”
“shit, we need to talk to the others – oh and make sure Jim doesn’t hug anyone until we’ve figured out what’s going on”
“I agree”
“right, let’s go – oh but we need to stop off at Waitrose along the way, I’ve got a lot of apologising to do”
They got to the studios, Ben laden with flowers, chocolates and various bottles of wine
“now it’s really important that Jim doesn’t.....oh fuck”, Jim was hugging Larry.