Summary: Tybalt and Benvolio in 50 sentences
Play: Romeo and Juliet
Ship: Benvolio/Tybalt
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters I don't think this is what Shakespeare had in mind when he wrote Romeo and Juliet
Rating: PG
Beta read:dollarformyname
Blood
Benvolio doesn't know what it is about Tybalt that makes his blood burn, that turns him from peacemaker to fighter. All he
knows is that he lives for those moments, those moments that make him feel alive.
Hero
Tybalt is not the hero-he knows that much. But if he is to be the villan to Benvoilo's hero, he is happy to take the role.
Hope
With every encounter they have, Benvolio hopes it will be different, that somehow this time cooler heads will prevail.
But in his heart he knows it will not.
Party
He knows going to the Capulet party is a bad idea, but he is as bound as Romeo in the desperate need for a glimpse of his
love, no matter the consequences.
Bittersweet
Mercutio's death is a triumph for his honour but a devastation for his soul. Benvolio's face is forever etched with grief, and
Tybalt cannot take it back.
Confession
If Benvolio's name passed through Tybalt's lips in the dark, cool, comforting walls of the church, then only Friar Lawerence
knew.
Balance
Benvolio was all garish colour and jokes, while Tybalt was sleek blackness and cold contempt. Somehow they balanced
each other out.
Sides
No matter how much Benvolio yearned for peace he knew he was a Montague; he had never felt that more than when
Tybalt had killed Mercutio.
And he'd never felt it less than when Romeo killed Tybalt.
