Hmm. Gotta be. We should... check the items that have gotten close ups. Make sure they haven't been replaced with close replicas or... changed or bugged or who knows.
[ And he starts making a mental note of which objects the camera seems to linger on. ]
Small silver lining, yeah, but I'm definitely not getting a perv vibe off this. None of this stuff they kept is like, me getting dressed or undressed or coming back from the shower or whatever, so they're not, like... holding onto that sort of thing.
[ It hardly makes the rest of it that much better, but it's something, and Ben's at least relieved over that, because Peter's one thousand percent too young to need to be worrying about any shit like that.
Another few days pass in the footage, Ben reading books, Ben sleeping, Ben not sleeping when he ought to be sleeping, Ben laughing to himself as he reads some message on the device - probably one from Peter, honestly. He has to pause, after that moment, because the look on his own face in the video is so happy, so unguarded. So blissfully sure he was alone and unwatched.
Ben hangs his head for a second, rubbing at the back of his neck and taking a few slow breaths, trying to will away that crawling awful feeling. Before Peter can even worry he says: ]
I'm fine- I'm fine I just. Need a sec.
[ God, they really are going to have to kick the shit out of whoever is responsible for this. Ben's not going to feel comfortable anywhere until they do... ]
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[ And he starts making a mental note of which objects the camera seems to linger on. ]
Small silver lining, yeah, but I'm definitely not getting a perv vibe off this. None of this stuff they kept is like, me getting dressed or undressed or coming back from the shower or whatever, so they're not, like... holding onto that sort of thing.
[ It hardly makes the rest of it that much better, but it's something, and Ben's at least relieved over that, because Peter's one thousand percent too young to need to be worrying about any shit like that.
Another few days pass in the footage, Ben reading books, Ben sleeping, Ben not sleeping when he ought to be sleeping, Ben laughing to himself as he reads some message on the device - probably one from Peter, honestly. He has to pause, after that moment, because the look on his own face in the video is so happy, so unguarded. So blissfully sure he was alone and unwatched.
Ben hangs his head for a second, rubbing at the back of his neck and taking a few slow breaths, trying to will away that crawling awful feeling. Before Peter can even worry he says: ]
I'm fine- I'm fine I just. Need a sec.
[ God, they really are going to have to kick the shit out of whoever is responsible for this. Ben's not going to feel comfortable anywhere until they do... ]