Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) is about to hit the self destruct button again in EastEnders as a face from his past turns up – and immediately gets under his skin. 

Ben is surprised to see former friend James, and the audience will be worried for Ben – who is already in a great deal of turmoil. 

As Ben and James share a passionate encounter, the reunion has an even darker edge as it emerges that James is a dealer and a vulnerable Ben is soon seeking solace in what he has to flog. 

After James enters the Arches as a customer, Ben takes him to the car lot to purchase a car, and James begins to flirt with him leaving Ben uncomfortable.

Later, feeling he has nowhere to turn, Ben takes James back to the Arches and succumbs to passion to try and numb the pain of everything he is going through. 

Left distraught by another rejection from Callum Highway (Tony Clay), Ben is gutted to feel that his husband has moved on when he clocks him enjoying a night out with Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty).

And it’s not just James’ body that Ben is seeking solace in as James soon offers him drugs, which Ben takes. 

With horrific influences leading him to the path of ruin, Ben leaves loved ones in terror at how far he is falling.

And there seems no end in sight…

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