"Paul," one assistant called. "We need you for a brief phone interview."

Paul huffed as he moved off the bed and away from Will. They had just finished up their photoshoot. Paul was itching to spend some time alone with his boyfriend. All the kissing and touching in front of an audience got him worked up.

"Brief better mean brief," Paul grumbled. "I'll be right back," Paul told Will.

Paul grabbed the offered phone. He stood a few feet away from Will.

Will watched Paul walk away with a shy smile. Now that he was alone the embarrassment took over.

Burying his face in his hands, Will groaned.

'I can't believe I let that happen in front of all these people,' Will thought. His shoulder stung from where Paul bit it. His neck itched where Paul rubbed off the makeup.

"Hey, Will," Jake said. He waved Will over. "Come take a look."

Will, arms crossed over his bare chest, wandered over to Jake.

Jake and the photographer, Natalie, were looking at a laptop. Natalie had already uploaded the photos she took.

"Oh, wow," Will mumbled. "Is that really Paul and me?"

"Everyone told you this would be a good idea," Jake sing-songed. "This is going to be the most talked about campaign out there."

Will stared at the pictures of him and Paul.

'Oh my god,' Will's face heated up again. He licked his lips. This time he wasn't embarrassed.

'God, Paul's so hot,' Will exhaled shakily. 'And I look good next to him. We look good together.'

"You look relieved," Jake remarked.

"I am," Will confirmed. "I thought I was going to look ridiculous next to him," Will explained.

Natalie showed another picture.

Jake choked.

"Yeah," Jake said staring at Will's head thrown back. Paul's mouth attached to Will's skin. "You do not look ridiculous. You look…" Jake trailed off.

"Right," Will smiled. 'Huh, I guess I am pretty sexy.'

Paul glanced over at Will and Jake. His lips pursed in annoyance.

'Why are they laughing?' Paul wondered.

"I'm sorry," Paul said into the phone. 'You're giving an interview.' "Could you repeat the question?"

"I'm pretty sure Paul should be the focus though," Will reminded Jake.

"Oh, right, him," Jake teased.

Natalie continued to scroll through the pictures. The more Will looked, the more confident he felt.

"I'm thinking this one," Jake decided. It was the last series of shots. The ones with Will's bruises on display and Paul's hands on Will's throat.

"Kate will have to approve, of course," Jake continued. "But I'm thinking this is our winner. Paul looks very heroic," Jake decided.

Will nodded in agreement. Even though the bruises showed Will didn't mind. The way Paul was staring at him in the picture took away all Will's fears.

'Jake's right though,' Will mused. 'It definitely sells the hero storyline.'

"What winner are you talking about?" Paul asked as he came back over.

Paul, unsubtly, placed his arm around Will's waist. He yanked Will as close to him as possible.

Jake rolled his eyes.

"Our picture," Will answered. He didn't notice anything between Paul and Jake.

Paul looked at the screen.

"Damn," Paul commented, eyebrows raised. "We look good."

"I know, right?" Will agreed.

Paul squeezed Will's hip. He loved when Will felt confident.

"I'll email the picture to Kate but I'm certain she'll agree," Jake said.

Natalie got up to pack her equipment.

"Uh," Paul hummed. "Can you send me all of them?"

Will laughed. "What are you going to do with those?"

"Gee, I don't know," Paul mused. "I do have the real thing at my disposal."

"Disposal?" Jake questioned. He started browsing through the pictures once again.

"Yeah," Will elbowed Paul.

"Hey," Paul muttered. "Is it so bad that I want to have my cake and eat it too?"

Will made to slink his arms around Paul's neck.

Paul smiled before something on the screen caught his attention.

"What is that?" Paul demanded.

Will lowered his arms and frowned.

"What?" Will asked. "That's me."

"I know that's you," Paul dismissed. He glared at Jake. "Why are you looking at it?"

Jake shrugged innocently. "I'm just looking," Jake insisted.

"Stop looking at pictures of his ass," Paul ordered.

Will huffed. "He can't look at a picture of me? How do you expect to handle seeing our picture in an ad?"

"Pretty sure plenty of men and women are going to do a lot more than just look at your ad," Jake added helpfully.

"They don't piss me off. You do," Paul stated flatly.

"Paul," Will grabbed Paul's forearm.

"What?" Paul huffed.

"Let's go back to the dressing room, hmm?" Will encouraged.

Paul wanted to argue. But he saw Will batting his lashes and the impish grin on his face.

"Fine," Paul relented.

Jake shook his head at the two, amused.

"Have fun," Jake chuckled.

Jake really did enjoy annoying Paul.

Will pushed Paul into their dressing room roughly. He locked the door and leaned against it.

"Have I ever told you how hot it is when you get all jealous?" Will asked. He started walking towards Paul. Will popped the button on his jeans as he went.

"You might have mentioned it," Paul said with a leer.

"Did you want to pin me to that bed earlier?" Will wondered. He had a bit of trouble getting his jeans down, they were so tight. "Take me in front of everyone? In front of Jake?"

"Uh huh," Paul nodded, entranced.

"You had me so distracted," Will finally kicked off the pants. "I might have let you."

Paul growled and reached out for Will. Their lips met in a wet kiss, hands gripping, teeth biting.

"Mine," Paul whispered into Will's ear. His hot breath caused Will to shiver.

Paul shoved Will onto a makeup chair and dropped to his knees.

"And soon enough," Paul added. "Everyone is going to know it."

Will's mouth dropped open, head thrown back, as Paul started working him over.

Will and Paul set off to pick up Ari from daycare. The two were back in their regular clothes. Although, they both sported unmistakable glows.

Paul, waltzing with a certain swagger, listened to Will.

"I was thinking," Will linked his arm with Paul's. "That this weekend you could come with us to see Gabi."

Will flashed Paul a winning smile.

"Sure," Paul agreed.

"Good," Will nodded. "This will be great. Ari is going to be so excited."

Paul hummed and hmmed when necessary. But the truth was Paul felt nervous.

'I have no idea who this Gabi person is,' Paul thought. 'She could hate me. I'm sure she's heard all about what happened with Will and me before. Probably even about what happened with Sonny.'

Paul just smiled and agreed with Will though. Paul didn't want to bring Will down from his high just yet.

"Oh yeah," Will said as he unlocked the door to the apartment. Will stepped aside to let Ari and Paul inside.

"I forgot about that box," Will commented.

"Oooh, the present," Ari giggled. "I open now?"

Will stepped aside to let Ari and Paul inside. Will, Ari, and Paul all stomped their feet on the mat to get off the snow. Ari threw her things on the floor before running for the couch.

"Ari," Will scolded. "Pick up your things."

Ari grimaced. "No want to," she said.

"Up," Will admonished. He crossed his arms and lifted his eyebrows, challenging Ari.

Ari held Will's gaze before pouting and getting off the couch. She helped hang up her things in the closet near the door.

Glancing at Paul out of the corner of her eye, Ari grabbed his hand.

"Come, come," Ari ordered. Her annoyance at having to clean up already forgotten. "I show new game."

Paul looked at Will helplessly. Ari, too excited, squeezed Paul's hand and pulled him to her room.

Will chuckled as the two walked away. He knew how hard it was to say no to playing with a determined, enthusiastic Ari.

Will moved over to his desk. He nearly forgot about the package from that morning. The photoshoot and what transpired in the dressing room after took up all his attention.

Will rubbed his lips together. He remembered how Paul made him feel. How confident Will felt once he relaxed.

'How good Paul looked on his knees,' Will snickered to himself.

Will could hear Ari and Paul laughing in her bedroom.

'He's so good to us,' Will hummed happily.

Will picked up the box and took it to the kitchen. He found a pocket knife in his utility drawer. Slicing open the box, Will wondered what could be inside.

'It's pretty heavy,' Will thought.

The knife easily sliced through the thick tape. Inside were several crumbled pieces of newspaper and something that surprised Will.

"Huh," Will said as he picked it up. "It's a plant."

Will sat the plant on the counter. The plant had long stalks and arrowhead shaped white leaves.

Attached to the planter was a white card with Will's name printed on it.

Will read its inscription. "The word 'calla' is Greek for magnificent beauty. Nothing suits a calla lily or you more, your Secret Admirer."

Will pursed his lips. He wasn't sure what to make of the plant or the card.

'Secret admirer? Magnificent beauty?' Will frowned. 'Is this a joke?'

Will moved over to Ari's room.

"Daddy, you play?" Ari asked happily. She was teaching Paul how to build a tower of blocks into a castle.

Paul, in the middle of rescuing Ari's princess, smiled at Will. His eyebrows furrowed when he saw the peculiar expression on Will's face.

"What?" Paul questioned.

"Did you send me something?" Will asked Paul.

That was the only explanation Will could come up with. Paul must have sent the plant.

"No," Paul answered. "Why? What was in the box?"

Will handed Paul the card.

Paul read over the card with a frown.

"You don't know who sent it?" Paul got up from the floor. "I'll be right back," Paul assured Ari.

"No," Will shook his head. He showed the box to Paul. "No return address. But the newspaper stuffed inside is from today's issue of the Chronicle."

Paul rolled his eyes when he caught sight of the plant. He put his hand on Will's forearm.

"Who even has your address?" Paul wondered.

"No one really," Will replied.

"Yeah," Paul mumbled. He felt a little weirded out. "I don't know, baby. Maybe it's just someone with a crush. You're pretty famous now."

Will crinkled his nose.

"I don't want someone having the hots for me because I almost died and I have a hot boyfriend," Will informed Paul.

"Just wait until the ad comes out," Paul teased. He got serious again. "We should probably watch to see if you get anything else though. I don't want anyone creepy hanging around you."

"Yeah," Will bit his lip.

"How about we just forget the plant," Paul suggested. "And get started on dinner."

Will nodded his agreement. Something about the card and the plant bothered him. Will just couldn't put his finger on it quite yet.

Kate walked out of Victor's office with a triumphant smirk on her face.

"That went well," Jake commented following after her.

"Very well," Kate confirmed. "We need to get the ad to the printer now."

"Natalie is finishing the touch ups," Jake assured her. "Then we'll get everything complete."

Kate and Jake continued down the hallway towards the front door at the Kiriakis mansion.

Kate tapped her nails on her arm.

"Do you think we could compile all the extra photos and make a commercial?" Kate wondered.

"That's not a bad idea," Jake said. They both moved forward when the front door opened.

"Excuse me," Jake said when he had to step sideways to let someone inside.

Kate sneered when she saw who came into the mansion.

"There's no need to be polite with him," Kate informed Jake. "If it was up to him Will would be alone and miserable for the rest of his life."

Sonny turned to glower at Kate.

"You just keep thinking that," Sonny snorted before heading for his uncle's office.

"Who was that?" Jake asked once they walked outside.

"Will's ex-husband," Kate sighed.

"Oh," Jake lifted his brows. He waited a few seconds. "Will definitely upgraded, didn't he?"

"I suppose we'll find out," Kate huffed.

Sonny knocked on Victor's door and waited.

"What is it?" Victor shouted instead of answering.

"It's me," Sonny said. He opened the door to peek his head in. "Can I come in?"

"Oh," Victor sighed. "Yes, come in."

Victor waited until Sonny sat down.

"What did you need?" Victor barked gruffly.

Sonny pressed his lips together, thinking about how to phrase everything.

"Does Paul still work for you?" Sonny questioned first.

"Yes," Victor confirmed. "He just finished a new photoshoot today."

"So," Sonny continued. "He might need to go away for a while. On a promotional tour perhaps?"

"I suppose," Victor replied. "Why?"

"I have a favor I need to ask you," Sonny revealed. He gave his uncle a sly smile.

Victor leaned back in his seat.

"I'm listening," Victor said.

"Night, baby girl," Will told Ari as he brushed her hair off her forehead.

"Night, night, Daddy," Ari sighed. "Love you."

"I love you too," Will promised.

"Where Super Paul?" Ari asked, lashes fluttering.

"Right here," Paul said. He was leaning against the door jam.

"Nighty, night," Ari called. "Tuck Daddy into bed."

"I'll keep him snug as a bug," Paul promised. He couldn't help but melt a little watching a sleepy little Arianna.

Will patted Ari on the back a few times until her breathing evened out. When he was certain she was fast asleep, Will fixed Ari's blankets.

Will watched over Ari for a few more moments. He'd been doing his best to get over what happened with Ben. But all Will could think about while looking at Ari's chest rising and falling was missing out on this.

'I was so close to never seeing Ari again,' Will thought. 'Never seeing her grow up.'

Will bent over and kissed Ari's forehead.

"Love you," Will whispered one last time.

Paul held his arms our for Will.

"You OK?" Paul asked when Will collapsed in his arms.

"Yeah," Will replied. "Just appreciating life."

Paul hummed. He kissed Will briefly before letting him go.

"I love you," Paul stated. "And I love her. And I love being with you both."

Will grinned. "I'm pretty sure it's safe to say the same about the two of us."

"I know you love me," Paul agreed. "Don't know about Ari though."

"She calls you Super Paul," Will pointed out. "I don't think you have to worry about your place in our life."

"I do like that nickname," Paul smiled.

Paul turned towards the kitchen to make Will some more tea.

"What's up with my Horton's giving me nicknames?" Paul questioned with a laugh.

"I dunno, puddin' pop," Will shrugged. "You're just lucky, I guess."

'Don't I know it,' Paul thought.

As Paul waited for the water to boil over, Paul caught sight of the calla lily plant on the counter.

Paul glared at the plant.

"Do you want me to get rid of it?" Will asked Paul.

"Huh?" Paul turned back to Will.

"I can toss it if you want," Will offered. He nodded towards the plant.

"You don't want to keep it?" Paul questioned.

"It's nice. I think I've seen them growing somewhere," Will admitted. "But I don't need it. Besides, we don't even know who sent it or why."

"I think the why is obvious," Paul stated blandly.

Will blinked blankly at Paul.

Paul sighed. "Whoever this secret admirer is they want you. Not that I can blame them or anything," Paul said. He poured the boiling water into a pot of tea leaves.

"That's crazy," Will remarked.

Will grabbed two mugs and headed towards his room.

Paul, carrying the tea pot, followed after him.

Will placed the mugs on his side table and sat on his bed.

"Why do you do that?" Paul wondered. He put the tea pot next to Will's mugs. Paul joined Will on the bed, taking Will's hand.

"Why would it be crazy for you to have a secret admirer?" Paul questioned.

"Well," Will lifted one shoulder. "I don't know. I mean, besides Sonny and you no one's ever really expressed an interest in me before. I guess the guy in LA but I like to forget about him."

Paul looked at Will dryly. If he didn't know better he would assume Will was fishing for a compliment. Unfortunately, Paul did know better.

'Will is oblivious with little to no self-awareness,' Paul recalled.

"OK," Will said. "I mean I know guys have hit on me. And in high school all Gabi's friends thought I was hot. But this is different."

Will started playing with the blanket under his legs.

"I got used to Sonny being the desirable one," Will admitted. "I was always the one standing around wondering why he would be with me. Why would he want me when he could have you? Or Brian or anyone else he wanted?"

"I don't know," Will finished. "I feel better about myself now for the most part. I don't worry about you wanting me, loving me. But loving myself is harder than loving you."

Paul smiled sadly at Will. He moved closer to Will, pulling him into his arms.

"When I met you I might have still been hung up on Sonny," Paul reminded Will. "But I still wanted you. I saw you and I wanted you."

Will nodded. He gave Paul a bashful look.

"You were pretty seductive," Will said.

"I pulled out all the stops for you," Paul confirmed.

Paul grinned devilishly.

"I think once our ad comes out you won't have to worry about feeling undesirable any longer," Paul bragged. "Everyone is going to see just how sexy you are."

"How can you like that but be jealous of Jake?" Will chuckled.

"It's faceless, unnamed people," Paul replied. "But we know Jake. It's different."

"Are you jealous of my alleged secret admirer?" Will asked curiously.

"That remains to be seen," Paul responded. "I know you love me so there's no competition."

"There really isn't," Will agreed. "I have everything I want here with you."

Paul grinned.

"Your little admirer can try all he wants," Paul assured Will. "You and I are just fine."

Author's note:

Short one this time.

Any thoughts?

Thanks for reading!

PS, big thank you to iluvh0rs3s for pulling me out of my slump. Also to aphass as well for constantly offering suggestions. You two are life savers.