authors note: oops this happened. I love simon spier with my whole entire heart and will just screams the same disaster gay energy. also, will deserves happiness so I wanted to write a fic where he gets that. also, is this gonna be byers? or will it some other cute guy? who knows. get ready for a bunch of angst, fluff, romance, drama, and weirdness. please leave some comments/kudos to let me know if I should continue. by the way this chapter is incredibly short but future chapters will be longer. just wanted to introduce will and what's going on :) P.S. this will contain mileven! absolutely no hate on either ship all these characters deserve love! I just really want to explore both dynamics because ALL!THESE!CHARACTERS!DESERVE!LOVE! anyways, hope you like this first chapter! most of the story will follow the movie/book but I promise it will be different. also you don't have to read the book or watch the movie to understand/follow this but there will be references P.S.S. I was going to change will's alias to volonté because it translates to 'will' in french but i feel like jacques works better,,,also it might be a major plot point


Will didn't even notice he was being blackmailed. The subtleness of it took him by complete and utter surprise. If Troy freaking Harrington didn't repeat what he just said moments ago Will would of never realized it.

"What do you mean you took screenshots?"

Troy shrugged as if taking screenshots of someone's secret email account wasn't wrong. It was beyond messed up to even read an emails that didn't belong to you and here Troy was, threatening to release the emails for some god forsaken reason. Why else would he take screenshots of them?

Instead of answering Will's previous question Troy deflects it. "I thought it might interest you to know that my brother's gay."

"Um." Will blinks in confusion, struggling to think of an appropriate response that won't result in a) Troy outing him and by default Blue to the whole entire school or b) Troy punching him in this face. "No, not really."

That was obviously the wrong way to reply because the look Troy had on his face was leaning toward option B. It's not like Will had anything against Steve. He was a pretty cool guy but just because he was gay (or bi or pan or whatever label he wants to use) didn't mean Will was interested. Besides, he was pretty sure there was something going on between the the older Harrington and Will's older brother. And perhaps Mike's older sister. Will didn't really understand what that was all about. It was none of his business.

Just like the emails was none of Troy's business. Will let out a soft sigh. He was secretly glad and terrified that he no one else was around. Glad because no one could hear what was going on. Terrified because no one else could hear what was going on which meant he was definitely about to get blackmailed or punched. All he wanted to do was to stop by the vending machines for something to drink before his AV club meeting. Now Will doubts he'll even make it to the meeting.

"What are you trying to say?"

"Nothing. I don't have a problem with it. It's just not that big of a deal. Unless…" Troy trailed off, a small smirk on his face. Unless what? If he didn't bow down to whatever sick and twisted thing Troy wanted the emails will be leaked? The other boy to say it for it to become clear.

On one hand, if Will was outed by Troy it wouldn't be so bad. Awkward, sure. One giant holy box of awkward that he would have to deal with until he graduates next year but he could deal with it. Maybe. But Blue? Will had no idea how Blue would react. The thing about Blue was that he was an incredibly private person, more private that Will himself, so their secret (and not so platonic) emails being released to the whole town of Hawkin's, Indiana would be a fucking disaster.

A few months ago there was this post on Hawkin's Tumblr confession blog where someone admitted to being gay and left their email. Will was only planning on writing one email to this mysterious user before deleting his account. He just wanted to say it one time. Dear Blue. I'm just like you. Except I have one huge ass secret: I'm gay. However that one email turned into two, which turned into months of constant contact via emails. Will still had no idea who Blue really was but in a way it didn't really matter. It was nice having someone to share your deepest fears with. Which also meant that Will highly doubted that Blue would like these emails publicized. They didn't just include fears, they included weird obsessions and embarrassing stories from middle school. Even a few instances of shameless (and borderline sickening) flirting. Yeah, Will could not let these emails get out.

"Unless what?"

"Unless," Troy started, "you set me up with your sister. You're close with her right? Eleanor?"

Jesus christ. Eleanor. His stepsister, who was most definitely in a committed relationship with Mike Wheeler. The same Mike that has been friends with Will since kindergarten. It was the same Mike who Will had a massive crush on. It was a crush that Will wished he could say was no longer truly active. He was truly a horrible person before, quietly harboring a crush about his goddamn step sister's boyfriend was bad but actually thinking about plotting to rip them apart and push her together with Troy of all people was absolutely despicable.

"I don't have a choice in this do I?"

Troy shrugged. "Not really. Unless you want these emails leaked. But I don't see what the big deal is. It's not like anyone will care. People would probably be cool about it."

Oh joy. Will was getting coached by a straight dude on how to come out. The same kid who used to push Will around and call him gay slurs when they were in middle school. How the tables have turned. Everyone will be cool about it? What the actual hell. Will had to roll his eyes at that.

Betraying the people he cared about was wrong but Will was going to do it. Or at least try to. He had to, right? For Blue. It was his only choice.


To: bluegreen118
From: frommywindow1
Subject: hey
Dear Blue, I'm just like you. For the most part my life is totally normal. I have a step sister and brother that I actually like, not that I'll actually tell them that. Last year she decided she wanted to try out for cheerleading and now her popularity has skyrocketed so I don't really want her ego to get any bigger than it already is. And then there's my friends. Three of them I've pretty much known since kindergarten. One of them I met a few months ago but it feels like I've known her forever. We do everything friends do, we drink way too much iced coffee, we watch bad 90's movies and hangout at the arcade dreaming of college and blasting fictional monsters. So, like I said. I'm just like you. I have a totally perfect and normal life. Except I have one huge-ass secret.

Jacques

To: frommywindown1
From: bluegreen118

A secret huh? Is it the same as mine? If it is when did you know? And have you told anybody yet?

Blue