Five
Sonny walked into the apartment doing his best to remain calm. He his hand hurt from punching Paul and he was angry as hell because his husband hadn't told him that part of the story. He sighed running a hand through his hair wanting to scream because Will should have told him but then again they didn't really have a chance to talk about every single thing yet. He wasn't trying to be angry at Will and he knew that the blonde wasn't really to blame for being blackmailed but he just didn't like what he had learned.
"Hey I didn't think you would be home yet," Will greeted with a very awake little girl in his arms.
"Well I got T to cover for me so I could come home and see my favorite people," Sonny told him holding his arms open to take Ari smiling at the way she tried to jump into them.
"So we get to spend the rest of the day together?" the blonde asked with a frown and the brunette sighed knowing his husband had seen the bruised hand.
"Yes I figure but I just want to spend it inside I'm not up to feeling like going out," he told his husband waiting for some type of backlash because before the man had left for LA, Will had always wanted to go out.
"Sounds good to me," the blonde said instead wrapping his arms around his family.
Will could see the way that his husband had been surprised by his answer and knew that was yet another thing wrong in their marriage. He had become an asshole once he got a writing article and always wanted to go out to do something. He hadn't seen how it was affecting his marriage or his husband but now that all the damage had been done he could see it. He wanted to ask about Sonny's bruised hand but decided to wait until Ari was asleep so that he could spend time with his family and enjoy it.
~Saving Love~
Sonny lying on the bed with his back turned to Will facing the window. Lately it had been him holding Will because of all the break downs and earlier today having his husband hold him in a reassuring manner made Sonny ache for it again. Will wasn't the only one that needed to be reassured and comforted but after Will had come back from LA it felt like Sonny never got any type of comfort. It was petty of him but he was testing his husband to see if he would figure it out or if maybe they didn't know each other as well as they thought. Sonny didn't have to wait long for his answer because soon the bed was dipping and arms were wrapping around him hesitantly but it was enough.
"Is everything okay?" the blonde whispered.
"No," Sonny answered closing his eyes and leaning back into his husband feeling the arms tighten around him and the blonde settle closer to him offering comfort.
"Talk to me I can't do anything if I don't know," Will told him kissing the back of his neck but stopping there because he knew that while progress had been made Sonny was not there yet.
"You're already doing it," he said silently telling Will that he had been tested without his knowledge.
"I know we have a long way to go and I know that we usually can tell when the other is upset and needs comfort but I'm human Sonny. I might know something is wrong but I need you to give me some signal sometimes," Will admitted closing his eyes.
"You're right I know I guess I was just being petty and trying to see if you could actually figure it out which isn't fair but it's been a while since I've been held like you held me earlier today so I guess I just want to see," Sonny started but trailed off as he tried to find the right words to convey what he had been thinking.
"You wanted to see we still knew each other instinctively or not," Will finished for him with a small laugh.
"It's funny now that I think about it I know but I just felt like being," Sonny tried to explain the day once again catching up to him as tears tried to fall out and he closed his eyes tightly wrapping a hand around Will's and squeezing it.
"How did you hand get bruised?" the blonde asked picking up said hand and running his thumb over it softly.
"I found out that Paul blackmailed you and I punched him," the brunette admitted an edge to his voice.
"It wasn't really the best blackmail," Will said weakly thinking that Sonny was going to push him away.
"He blackmailed you and you didn't say anything. I know I was angry before I left but you should have told me Dammit Will," Sonny said turning in his arms to face the blonde.
"I cheated Sonny it wasn't like he blackmailed me into cheating again though he tried he just blackmailed me into staying or I wouldn't get the story," the blonde said tears in his eyes.
"God Will I'm not making excuses for the cheating but I'm trying my best to not be so hurt by it and when I said I wanted the truth I meant the whole truth about everything. I know that Zoe made you take off your ring which I think there is something up with that but that's just me, I know that you cheated only once so I think I deserved to know that you were blackmailed into staying otherwise you wouldn't get the story," Sonny said softly bringing a hand to run through blonde hair.
"Point taken and we still have a lot to work through but I have to admit finding out that my husband punched somebody in my honor is kind of heroic," Will admitted with a laugh.
"We are such a mess," he whispered sighing gripping the blonde hair like it was lifeline and leaning his forehead against his husband's.
"I know we are mess and everything but I really want to kiss you. Can I kiss you or is it too soon?" the blonde asked looking into chocolate eyes.
"Just a kiss but nothing else not yet," the brunette agreed with a sigh wanting to feel his husband's lips on his own but also still hurt over the betrayal.
"I understand I promise," Will agreed just needing a kiss to keep him going.
Will leaned his head forward slightly and kissed his husband on the lips. It was soft with no tongue but it was enough and the brunette sighed into it leaning further into him. The kiss felt like a promise between the two of them, a promise that both of them loved each other and that they would work to fix things between them. Saving their marriage was what mattered but would it be enough?