FreeBatch OneShots!!

Running Lines

A/N Hey My Lovelies!!! Hope you guys like these FreeBatch oneshots!!! I hate writing Sophie to be a bitch but it feels weird writing them as though she is okay with Ben being with Martin...Idk maybe that's just me being difficult lol....I really love Sophie irl...but...FreeBatch....Enjoy<3

Hey! – BC

Did you get the new scripts? – MF

Yeah, they just arrived – BC

Have you read them yet? – BC

Just glanced at them – MF

You? – MF

Same – BC

Want to meet up later and run lines? – MF

Sure! 😊 – BC

Great! My flat? Say 8:30? – MF

Sounds great! You're in Dartmouth, now right? – BC

Yeah. I'll text you the address – MF

Ben grinned, pocketing his phone and picking up the thick envelope that contained the new Sherlock scripts. It was a bit of a tradition with him and Martin to run through Sherlock scripts together, and it was honestly his favorite way to practice. Martin was a genius when it came to learning lines, and he always made it fun.

He pulled his phone out and dialed Sophie, hoping that she wouldn't start another fight. She hated how close him and Martin had become.

"Hello?"

"Hey Darling. Listen, I'm going out tonight so I'm not sure when I'll be home."

"Where are you going?"

"The new Sherlock scripts came in-"

"You're going to his place, aren't you?" Benedict sighed, rubbing his hand over his face. He didn't want to fight. They were supposed to be trying to make this work.

"Please don't do this Sophie-"

"Don't do what? I'm not the one racing off to 'run lines' with my best friend-"

"Why do you have to say it like that? Martin and I are-"

"'Just friends', I know. I've heard that before."

"Sophie please-"

"No. Go be with Martin. I'll see you later." The line went dead and Ben sighed, tossing his phone onto the bed beside him and dropping his face in his hands. He loved both Martin and Sophie, and it hurt knowing that his wife didn't like his best friend.

He pulled out the first script and decided to start practicing. Maybe this time he would have the lines figured out before Martin.

Martin fussed with the sofa cushions for the fifth time in the last hour. It was the first time Benedict was going to be seeing his new place and he wanted it to look like he was at least trying. Ben knew about his and Amanda's split, but still didn't know about the divorce. Martin always tried to avoid talking about his marriage with Ben, not missing the slightly pained expression that would fill the younger man's eyes. His phone rang and he scrambled to retrieve it from the counter before he missed the call. It was Amanda.

"Hello."

"Hey Martin. Listen, I was wondering if you could take the kids for a few hours tonight? Some of the girls wanted me to go out with them and I figured I would ask."