Title: Kidnapping Hearts
Fandom: Days of Our Lives
Pairing: Will & Sonny
Disclaimer: I do not own Days of our Lives or any of characters affiliated with the show.
Summary: Sort of an AU during the recent kidnapping story line for the website plot. Will is recently out, and this is about him and Sonny realizing that their feelings for the other just might be more than friendship while two of their best friends are in danger. This just popped into my head while re-watching the kidnapping episodes. Italicized lines are quotes from the show itself. I won't be quoting all scenes that involved the kidnapping, just the crucial ones that have Sonny and Will. The kidnapping episodes aired on Thursday December 8, 2011 and Friday December 9, 2011.
Sonny walked into the pub to see Will sitting at a table.
"Hey." said Sonny
"Hey." said Will
"I Haven't really seen you around." said Sonny sitting down, "Not since our conversation the other day."
"You mean the conversation that included me coming out to you?" asked Will
"Yeah that one." said Sonny with a friendly smile towards Will.
"I've been keeping to myself." Said Will "Well not really. I've been having similar conversations with Gabi, Mom and Rafe, Grandma Marlena, Grandpa, my great-grandmother, Aunt Carrie and Austin, Aunt Maggie, Chad and Abigail. I even called my dad and told him."
"How'd they all go?" asked Sonny
"They all went really well, including my dad." said Will with a smile "I racked up some long distance minutes, but it was worth it."
"I'm glad." said Sonny with a smile
"Having those talks, it was really good for me. I even worked up the courage to do this." Said Will showing Sonny his phone.
Sonny looked at Will with interest, and then looked at the page on Will's smartphone. It was Will's online profile.
Name: Will Horton
Age: 18yrs
Employment: The Brady Pub (Server)
Education: Studying at Salem U
Relationship Status: Single
Sexual Orientation: Gay
Sonny's eyes stayed glued to the final line. "Wow." said Sonny "That's a big step."
"I had to." said Will "I did it for myself. No one else, I don't want to hide myself from me or anyone else. That's that and people can deal with it."
"I get it." said Sonny smiling at his friend "You can always talk to me."
"Thanks," said Will "you're probably the only one who truly understands what I'm going through."
"Well I understand it the most." said Sonny "That's for sure, and that's why I'll always be here for you."
"Thanks." Said Will as Artie, the weird hacker dude ran in panicked and straight for Will and Sonny who were getting coffee.
"Will, Sonny, I need to speak with you." Said Artie in a hushed tone, he definitely was freaking out about something or another.
"Slow down, slow down." Said Sonny "What's going on?"
"They're gonna kill us." said Artie "That's what's going on."
Will and Sonny looked at each other, wondering if Artie was over reacting to something.
"Artie," said Sonny grabbing the paranoid boy by the arm "hey you helped us uncover the gambling ring attached to our website, we owe you one all right. So if you're in trouble you let us know and we've got your back."
"It's not just me, it's all of us." said Artie looking around the pub "Where's your friend? The tall guy?"
"Chad?" asked Will "I don't know, I haven't seen him all day."
"Then call him." Said Artie "Call him right now."
"All right Artie," said Will clearly not seriously "tell us what the hell's going on."
Sonny and Will were both shocked when Artie grabbed Will by the jacket "If you don't find him your friend is as good as dead." Said Artie with force and fear
"Hey man come on." Said Sonny
"Artie," said Will calmly "Artie let go of me."
"I'm sorry," said Artie surrendering "it's just that you don't understand. Me, you, Sonny, Chad, we're all dead meat if we don't act fast."
"Is this about the website?" asked Sonny "Don't worry we already shut it down."
"That's the problem." Said Artie
"There was illegal gambling going on." Said Sonny "We had to."
"I tried to warn you." Said Artie "The guys who are running this gambling site are very very bad people."
"Okay," said Sonny clearly not fully understanding Artie
"The kind of people who chop of fingers and make their enemies disappear." Said Artie "Don't you see? You cut off their cash cow, now they're going to make us disappear."
"Artie," said Will very seriously "are you on drugs?"
"What?" asked Artie shocked at the very question
"Sonny and I are fine." Said Will extremely calmly "I'm sure Chad is fine, you're fine, nothing bad has happened to us."
"Not yet." Said Artie
"Look," said Sonny "not only is there illegal gambling going on on our website, but they're fixing games. Guaranteeing that every bet they are placing, they are winning. We had to shut it down."
"Yeah well taking down your site might have cost you your life." Said Artie "They probably already got your friend. You don't believe me? Try calling him, he won't answer, go ahead he won't pick up."
Will took his phone out and decided to humor Artie, but got worried when Chad's phone went straight to voicemail, it was never off. "All right you got our attention." Said Will as he and Sonny backed up to a corner in the pub to make the conversation a little more private. "Okay Artie, how bad is it?"
"The gambling site that is linked to yours is a lot more complex than even I had originally realized." Said Artie "The guys running it had a whole infrastructure set up, complete with offshore access."
"Which means?" asked Sonny
"Which means bookies from all over the world can gain access through the portal on your website." Said Artie "And now that portal's closed."
"Because we cut off their cash flow." Said Will looking at Artie very carefully
"If you don't get your website up and fast-"
"You think they're going to kill us." said Will cutting off Artie.
Artie left as Sonny and Will both took out their phones. Sonny texted Chad and Will called him, multiple times. After a few minutes both boys gave up.
"Not picking up." Said Will putting his phone away
"Not answering my texts." Said Sonny
"We need to find him." Said Will "If something happened-"
"Don't panic, just don't panic" said Sonny "Think about where he could be. Where could he be?"
Will couldn't think, where would Chad be, did the guy have plans with Abigail today? "Uh-"
"He's with Abigail," said Sonny suddenly "at her awards ceremony. That would explain why he's got his phone off, he can't text us back. Let's go down to the town square and I'm sure he'll be there."
"All right let's go." Said Will
A/N: This is my first Sonny/Will FanFic (as well as my first Days FanFic). I know there aren't a lot out there for Sonny/Will yet, and who knows where the writers will take these two amazing characters, but the plot bunnies took over my brain and this is what was put onto paper.