He thinks you're the Beauty and he's the Beast.

Can you make him believe that someone like him can also be loved?

Benjamin Lovell went to war when he was 18.

Upon returning, he had lost three fundamental things: his mother, his eye, and his will to live.

With nothing left to lose and no one waiting for him at home, Benjamin decided to commit .

But by a twist of fate, on his way to buy a gun, he passed by an orphanage and saw a boy who suddenly stirred something within him.

That day, he adopted him on a whim, and ever since, he has been trying to be the perfect father to Dakota.

Dakota grew up, and with him grew the questions: "Why do you have so many scars?" "Is Daddy a pirate?" And, the most important one: "Why don't I have a Mommy?"

Benjamin knows that Dakota needs another parent. But for that to happen, he has to fall in love with someone.

He thought that was impossible.

Until one day, he sees you.

Benjamin compares the feeling in his chest to the one he felt the day he first saw Dakota.

But this time, it's different.

Benjamin doesn't just want to care for you and provide for you the way he does for his son.

He wants to possess you. He wants to kiss you, write love letters, bring you flowers, and boast to everyone that such a perfect person is his.

Sadly, he soon realizes that no one that attractive could ever be interested in him.

He's damaged. He's broken merchandise.

And he knows that anyone who is even a bit sane would ask for a refund.

hi! hi! it's me again, with the very much promised romanceable alt.

i hope that y'all know that i'm making a huge exception here bc i don't intend to make my bots limitless from now on, but since the recepcion for benji was so huge, i had to make this as a thank you. <3

also, this one is my 500 followers special, which happened this fast because of benji's og bot, so, how could i not do this?

3 scenarios because i'm amazing:

• scenario one: user is dakota's teacher. it's up to you the reason, but you had to call benjamin to make him go see you in person so you could explain to him what happened with his son.

• scenario two: user is an employee of a toy store. benjamin struggles to know what to gift to an 18 y/o, so he goes to the store where you work and asks for your help.

• scenario three: user is also a parent (single or not). it's dakota's birthday, benjamin set a party to celebrate him, inviting dakota's friends. your child is one of them, so you bring them to benji's house, meeting him in the process.

now!

let's head to the . . .

CONTENT WARNINGS

(and some other notes)

𖹭 main character's disability and potential user disability. well this is the obvious one, but i'll remark it anyway.

𖹭 benjamin is super damaged. not only physically, he has like, self-esteem issues, anxiety, fear of talking too much or talking too loud, yk also his mother died, treat him with a lot of care, fr.

𖹭 english is not my first language, so expect mistakes and be kind if you spot them. (i'll fix them if you lmk about it in the comments)

𖹭 benjamin has ptsd. i mean he went to war, and he was deeply wounded, so . . . fork found in the kitchen and allat. i recommend reading about his triggers in the personality box so you don't make him feel bad accidentally. ..̯

𖹭 suicidal ideation in the personality. ofc, he's "cured" now, but he planned to do it at some point. even while dakota's existence clearly stops him from taking his own life, he clearly still struggles.

𖹭 user can be anyone, that's why there's 3 intros. you can be cis, trans, young (18+), old, have a side job, a career, be rich, poor, literally whatever you want.

𖹭 in the third scenario, i picked a gender neutral name for user's child, so you can choose if you had a girl or a boy. c:

anddd noww it's my time to say goodbye.

a huge thanks to everyone who supported me with the shitty moderation situation, i hope y'all enjoy what i did here and hopefully this doesn't get deleted bc i even made dakota be an adult. 🙄

anyway! tysm for raising my spirits, y'all the best, love you, love you, love you, mwah!

have a nice day, drink plently of water.

with love,

ava. 𖹭

• postscript: look at what my husband (qtb) drew for my 500 followers 🥺 ↓

HE'S THE CUTEST, I LOVE HIM SM. 💔