Seven

Sonny was thankful for the first time in weeks that he could lift something without his back hurting. It had been almost a month since his attack and the decision to stay to work things out seemed to be going well. He had been tempted to leave town for a little while and visit his brother in Phoenix but then he had thought of all the love he had for Will and knew he had to try. It still felt fragile but it was better than it had been and that was something. He saw Will walk through the doors of the club a sad look in his eyes making him frown.

"Hey," Sonny greeted wrapping his arms around him.

"Can we talk privately?" Will asked his eyes wide and the brunette could see that he was fighting tears.

"Yeah," he whispered.

Sonny led his husband to the office afraid of what was going on. The blonde looked like he was ready to cry and Sonny didn't understand it. He was surprised when the office door closed and Will threw himself at him. Sonny was surprised and wrapped held him tightly to him offering comfort knowing that his husband needed to cry and would explain when he calmed down.

"You want to tell me what is going on?" Sonny asked when the sobs seemed to stop and Will was just breathing heavily against him.

"I told Zoe that I wasn't going to hide my marriage anymore and she said that it worked with Paul Narita so I would just have to deal with it. She basically admitted that she had me sign those papers in hopes that I would sleep with Paul and write about him being gay," Will cried, "I know it isn't an excuse but still."

"Jesus," Sonny growled angry at Zoe but held his husband tight in his arms when the blonde tried to pull away thinking he was angry at him.

"I'm sorry I know it isn't an excuse," Will tried to explain wiping at his face.

Sonny took a minute to hold his husband to him and look into devastated blue eyes. Will had revealed to him during a therapy session that he had felt like he had to sleep with Paul just to get the story not because he wanted to sleep around for a story but because his boss had made him sign those confidentiality papers and promise not to wear his wedding ring. He shook his head because it wasn't an excuse and Will acknowledged that fact but he agreed that it was suspicious that the owner of Sonix and Zoe held a meeting just so he could sign some papers agreeing to not wear his wedding ring.

"No but at least we know now that they were trying to trick you," Sonny said calmly running a hand down his back in comfort.

"I quit," the blonde admitted softly.

"What?" the brunette asked thinking he had heard wrong pulling back to look into blue eyes.

"They said I had to keep my ring off and I refused. I agreed once and it almost cost me you. I would rather be jobless than have to live without you," Will explained eyes wide and fearful.

"I don't want you to regret doing that," Sonny whispered feeling so elated that the man he loved had chosen him over work but also not wanting him to end up resenting as the years passed.

"I'll figure something out as long I have you," Will told his husband wrapping his hands around the back of Sonny's neck stepping closer to his space.

Sonny nodded his head in understanding and let out of sigh of relief. He pulled his husband the rest of the way to him and pulled him into a kiss that he deepened by nipping at his bottom lip. The month following his attack as well as the truth about his one night stand being revealed had ended with them not being intimate anymore. They slept in the same bed taking comfort in each other but never once did they make love like they use to and there was a part of Sonny that was still afraid even now of taking that step and having to back out because he would be consumed with thoughts of Will and Paul. The other part of him just wanted to consume his husband like he use to and never let him go. He knew he would have to figure it out soon for both their benefit otherwise what was the point of working on them.

~Shattered Hearts~

Will walked through the square until he came upon the private park that he and Sonny shared so many moments in. He stopped looking down at the bench and smiled remembering the night he found out about Gabi and Nick. He had been so angry that Sonny had known and kept it a secret that he had stormed out without another word. Sonny was determined though and found him with Ari worried out of his mind that he had lost the man he loved. Surprisingly enough it had been EJ that had talked sense into him and he listened as the man he loved explained his reasoning. It wasn't the first fight they had nor was it the first time they had made up in this area but it was special in its own right. He didn't hear the footsteps until a hand had grabbed his shoulder and he jumped.

"Sorry but I wanted to get your attention," Paul apologized looking at him.

"It's fine I was just thinking," Will told him sighing not really wanting to talk to the other man but knowing it was inevitable.

"Look we need to talk," the ex-baseball player said hands in his pockets.

Will frowned at him not wanting to talk to him but instead go home to his husband. Unfortunately Paul was right because they did need to talk especially if he wasn't leaving town. He was afraid that this was when he admitted that he was going to do whatever it took to get Sonny but he knew if he thought like that he was going to do something irrational so he pushed it down and instead focused on the talk that he was dreading with every fiber of his being.