ben spent most his life living on some university campus or other so he'd have no problems with the smell and when they share a smoke and laugh over 7th grade idiocy, trust ben would be laughing to tears. i don't yet know what his flat looks like, but ben's talked about his neighbour dropping off her children at his door before so i'm guessing an apartment building? but not one very fancy. and ben's the disgruntled pushover always stuck babysitting people's kids and carrying new sofas up stairs so if a dish is left in the sink, it probably wouldn't stay there long. when i'm free later i'll create an ooc