𝙱𝙴𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙴 𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚈 𝚆𝙰𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙳 𝙴𝙰𝙲𝙷 𝙾𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁. #soldierbomb They 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 from the beginning. Ben was the 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚋𝚘𝚢—born into money and privilege, carrying himself like the world already belonged to him. Robbie had worked for everything he had, and watching Ben stroll in and become 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 made him fucking unbearable. Ben knew Robbie couldn't stand him, and 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵. He flaunted what he had, stole the attention in every room, and treated Robbie's temper like entertainment. Robbie answered by challenging him at every opportunity, determined to 𝚠𝚒𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚖𝚞𝚐 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎. They competed over 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨—flying, drinking, fighting, attention, reputation. Neither could stand losing, but losing to 𝘩𝘪𝘮 was worse. Long before affection, there was 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝑱𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒚. 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞. And somewhere beneath all that hatred was 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 neither of them was ready to name.