Write my love and draw my heart

Story idea by: fangirlingatthreeam

Solangelo Highschool Au where Will is like basketball team captain and really popular and sun shiny and Nico is that one art student whoes drawings are amazing black and white and red but theyre really dark and creepy and they kinda scare people so a lot of people avoid Nico but then Will gets assigned to write a creative piece from his advanced english class for like a school showcase so he talks (read:bugs) Nico into helping him and their exhibit just wows everyone even if it freaks them out a little.

And if Nico is later seen wearing Wills varsity jacket before a big game? Well, no one comments.

Will Solace has always been well liked by everyone who knows him and he has a way of getting along with pretty much everyone, he's kind, caring, and athletic, so it went without saying that he was very popular.

Nico di Angelo is the dark and lonely artist type that most people stay clear of because they are a little scared by his dark clothes and quiet personality but most of all his drawings that are always done in red and black ink on stark white paper making the images more dramatic and horrifying.

No one would have ever expected these two to ever have anything in common or to even get along, so imagine the surprise when these two pair up for a class project and get closer than anyone could have guessed.

Ch.1

Senior year had been going pretty well so far; Will was captain of the basketball team, his grades were going well, he had plenty of friends and he thought that he could handle anything that came his way, that was at least until his AP English teacher assigned a project that required partner work and he got paired up with Nico di Angelo, his secret crush.

The project was a writing assignment that could include any accompaniment such as artwork, dioramas, video trailers, or dramatic reproductions (read: short plays). Will had some confidence in his writing abilities but he knew that with Nico working with him then they were sure to get an amazing grade if Nico's artwork was involved.

…

Will had admired Nico and his artwork for years now.

It had all started in freshmen year when Will had been taking a breather after first trying out for the basketball team and had decided to catch his breath over on the bleachers. He had been about to head to the locker room to shower and change before heading home when he thought he heard the sound of music playing faintly somewhere nearby. He stood and looked around and as he got closer to the edge of the bleachers the sound became clearer and when he found the source his heart skipped a beat.

Sitting beside and a little behind the bleachers in a small alcove was a boy about his age dressed from head to toe in black with headphones around his neck, the music playing loud enough that Will could hear it from where he stood. The boy seemed too absorbed in what he was working on to notice Will though.

Will was curious about what he seemed so intent on so he moved closer to get a better look.

As he got closer he saw that it was a sketchbook that the boy was holding, and he had his supplies sitting next to him Will noted as he saw a pencil, eraser, and black pen that went with the red one that he was currently using on whatever it was he was working on.

Will loved art and was really interested in what it might be that this boy was drawing with only these two colors so he decided to announce his presence.

"Um, hey there… what are you working on?" Will felt bad when he saw the boy jump when he heard Will speak to him. "Oh sorry, I didn't mean to startle you like that. I heard your music and saw you drawing something so I was curious."

The boy looked up at him and Will couldn't believe that he had never noticed this boy before, his eyes looked a little sunken in and had faint dark circles under them like he had lost sleep recently but those same eyes drew Will in even more, they were on the larger side and were so dark he couldn't tell were iris ended and pupil began, they were like twin pools of shadows that he felt like he could get lost in…

Will snapped himself out of his oddly poetic thoughts when he realized that he was staring and likely making the other uncomfortable as a result.

"Sorry, I guess I should probably introduce myself or stop bothering you and mind my own business…" he trailed off when he received no response from the other. "Sorry I'll just go and leave you alone now." He could feel his face burn from his embarrassment as he turned away to head over to the showers like he had planned on doing before.

"It's okay; you can look at it if you want."

Will stopped dead in his tracks when he heard the other boy speak to him, what really caught his attention was the faint accent that he couldn't place. Will turned back to see that the boy had set down his pen and was just holding the sketchbook in his lap, he seemed kind of shy though so Will tried his best not to act too excited about getting permission or that the boy had spoken to him so he calmly walked over to where the other sat and took the sketchbook when the boy passed it to him.

He looked at the page that it had been open to; he assumed that it was the one that he had just been working on. Will was totally mesmerized by what he saw, the bold outlines, the shark angles, the bright red ink mixed with the black ink and white paper gave the image the illusion of leaving the page. Will was blown away by the level of skill he was seeing and though he wasn't quite sure what it was that he was looking at exactly, he still knew that this was incredible talent.

"Wow you are amazing; I've never seen anything so cool. What is this?" he smiled as he looked at the artist sitting in front of him. Apparently this talented artist wasn't used to receiving such praise because his face turned as red as the ink on the page.

"A demon..." he said it hesitantly as though he was sure that Will would criticize him for his choice of subject, but Will just looked closer at the drawing and now that he knew what he was supposed to be looking at he was even more blown away by it.

"Whoa seriously?!" Will smiled even brighter at the boy sitting in front of him, now looking at Will as if he was some kind of strange creature.

"What?" clearly he was confused by Wills response.

"This is amazing! I don't think I've ever seen anything like this before. It would look so cool in a horror movie or in a video game or something! Do you always draw things like this?"

Now the other boy was completely speechless and could only nod in answer to Will's question.

"Really, can I see?" Will was excited to see more of these drawings and the amazing work like this. When the other nodded again Will flipped to another page and saw a drawing of a skull with what seemed to be a single red rose and black thorns encircling the two, again Will couldn't believe the awesome artistic skill shown on a single page.

Will sat down next to the other boy and showed him the page that he was looking at "This is so cool, does it have some sort of meaning behind it?"

But then he remembered being told that an artist's sketchbook could be the same as a diary or journal and therefore should be treated as such "Oh sorry, I guess that's probably personal. But really you have so much talent! Oh and by the way my name is Will, nice to meet you." He held out the sketchbook to hand back to its owner.

"Nico." Well now he had a name to go with the face.

But before Will could say anything more the coach blew his whistle and signaled that tryouts were over and that it was time to head home for the day.

"Well I guess it's time to go, I'll see you around Nico." Will said as he stood up and headed over to head to the showers.

He hoped that he'd get the chance to talk with Nico again sometime.

…

Over the next few years following their first encounter Will and Nico had sat together and talked from time to time.

Nico liked to sit in that same spot and draw whenever he found the time; he claimed that it was secluded enough that people, other than Will that is, wouldn't bother him there. It also meant that when Will finished with practice he'd have a bit of time to talk to Nico and see more of his artwork.

You might be able to call it a friendship but they didn't talk much other than during these times or spend time together any other time. Will blamed it on the fact that he was always busy with something or always talking to someone and couldn't get close to Nico, but his heart soared when in his final year he walked into his AP English class and saw that Nico was in his class. He hoped ever since for a chance to spend more time with Nico and get to know him better.

When their teacher announced this writing assignment Will saw it as a gift from above.

"And the best story and accompaniment will be displayed in the upcoming school wide showcase so I want all of you to put your best effort into this with that in mind."

Well that was unexpected but Will wasn't worried, as long as he could convince Nico to draw some illustrations to go with the story that they come up with then they were sure to do well.

…

The bell rang and the class let out for lunch.

Will quickly packed up his things and headed out to meet Nico by his locker, it was close to the gym which Will had learned one day after leaving practice and finding Nico standing at his locker grabbing a pencil case before heading back to where he had left his sketchbook at his usual spot.

Will was glad to see that Nico was still by his locker when he finally made his way over to him through the crowded hallway.

"Hey Nico!" Will called cheerfully, causing a few curious passersby turn and look at the two of them, as far as anyone else knew these two were as different as night and day so seeing them talking to one another was an odd sight.

Nico turned when he heard Will call out to him. "Oh hey Will, is this about the English assignment?"

Even after four years Will still loved hearing that slight accent when Nico spoke, it had taken some time but Will had eventually learned that it was Italian, though what with Nico's last name it was no surprize. "Huh? Oh yeah!" Will chided himself for getting distracted again but he always got distracted when talking to Nico.

"So I was thinking that we could come up with the story together and you could add some drawings to go along with it, I'm sure that whatever we come up with your drawings would be incredible!" but Nico didn't seem as sure about it as Will did.

"You're the only one who would think that Will." Nico said as he grabbed his bag from his locker, it was only lunch but Nico looked like he was getting ready to leave school for the day.

"But it's the truth, your art is so amazing I'm sure it could really help bring our story to life better than anything else could." Will tried his best to sound convincing.

Nico still didn't seem willing to go along with it though. "I don't know Will, but could we talk about this some other time? I have somewhere to go this afternoon so I won't be here after lunch, good luck in your game later."

Will was a bit surprized by that last part but then again Nico's favorite spot was in the gym so it should come as no surprize that he knew that Will had a game today after school… "Huh? Oh right thanks."

But before Nico could walk away an idea came to Will and he pulled out a pen and reached out for Nico's hand stopping him as he was about to leave and Will wrote his cell number on Nico's arm. "There, this way you can text me later after you've had some time to think things over, no rush though. Just brainstorm some ideas for our story if you want." he gave Nico a bright cheerful smile before turning and heading to his own locker.

Hey everyone, this story is based on a head cannon from tumbler, so the story is mine but the original idea was someone else as I've said before.

I'm sorry for not posting any updates for a bit but my life is kind of spiraling downwards, my mom might be losing her job, I'm still jobless and can't afford to go back to school, my hamster died, my grandpa collapsed, things just aren't going well so my writing has kind of been left to the back burner.

(p.s. this was posted a while ago now and since I'm back and correcting some errors I thought I'd make an update: I currently have 3 job (don't recommend) not planning on going back to school just yet, no new hamster, grandpa is better but still worries about him, mom still has her job, and I'm doing my best to get more things written when I have the time and thought process.)