Sonny gently guided Will into the apartment. He was unnerved by how silent Will was the whole car ride over. Will kept his head tucked against Sonny's chest, forcing Sonny to sit plastered against him in the backseat. Paul would catch Sonny's eyes in the mirror, exchanging worried looks. No matter what questions they asked Will wouldn't answer.

As Sonny was gently depositing Will on the bed Paul retrieved a bottle of water for him. Sonny glanced over at Paul a bit oddly when he extended the bottle towards Will before pulling it back and opening it for him. Will's eyebrows scrunched together briefly before he got a drink.

Now that Will was here Sonny really wanted to start talking about his and Paul's idea. But with the way Will was acting Sonny knew it wasn't the best time.

Paul stepped closer to Will and removed Will's backpack from his shoulders and threw it to the floor. Sonny smiled serenely when Paul took off Will's jacket next. There was something so heartwarming about the careful way Paul was attending to Will. 'Such a turnaround from what I was feeling last week.'

Sonny scooted closer to Will, placing his hand on Will's shoulder and squeezing, "Do you want something to eat?"

For the first time the entire day Will finally reacted to him. Will's red rimmed eyes stared at Sonny's hand. His eyes teared up a bit and he breathed in through his nose loudly. Paul's hand grabbed Will's other shoulder; Sonny could see his long fingers lightly caress Will's collar bone. Practically shivering Will nodded his head.

Paul nudged Will's shoulder with his own and stood up, "I'll just run to the pizza place across the street real quick. I know it's your favorite." Paul grabbed his wallet and keys from the desk he tossed them on when they came in. Paul turned from the door and strode back to the bed. He bent down and gave Will and Sonny both a kiss on the cheek before walking out the door.

Sonny chuckled softly with a fond smile. Will, meanwhile, lifted his hand to his cheek absentmindedly before looking over at Sonny with wide eyes.

"Hey, there you are," Sonny said, sliding his hand down to Will's hip. "I was wondering where you were?"

"Yeah," Will croaked out, practically choking on his words.

Fingers petting Will's side lightly Sonny asked, "Long day?"

Will practically collapsed into himself, "You have no idea."

Sonny prodded Will's water back into his hands, satisfied when Will took another long swallow. "You want to talk about it?"

"I don't know," Will shrugged. "I already talked with EJ earlier."

"OK, what's even going on there anyway," Sonny couldn't help himself from asking. "I thought you two weren't close anymore."

"I didn't either," Will agreed slowly sinking into Sonny's side unconsciously. "But he ran into me yesterday and it just kind of escalated."

"He mentioned that, yeah," Sonny recalled. He still didn't know what to make of his encounter with EJ earlier. All Sonny knew was that he had to find Will. So, he gathered Paul and they hunted all over town. When Will went into that car with EJ Sonny felt like a part of him was being stolen away.

"What? When did you talk to EJ," Will asked in a strained voice. 'Oh my god what did he do?'

"He came in for coffee this morning asking about you. It was pretty cryptic really," Sonny admitted warily. 'What would Will even think about what EJ implied?'

"Oh," Will breathed out, "That sounds like EJ."

"Anyway, you can talk to me about anything, you know that," Sonny urged Will. Pulling him closer to his side Sonny rested his cheek on Will's head.

"I think my mom and EJ are back together again," Will blurted out.

"Wait, really? What about Rafe and stuff," Sonny asked, trying to keep up with Sami's love life.

"Well, when I left they were seconds away from a big reunion so I don't know," Will said, still unsure how to feel about the situation.

"How did that even happen," Sonny questioned confused.

"EJ's been helping me and my mom got the wrong idea when we were just fooling around. EJ told her he loved her and wanted us all to be a big happy dysfunctional family," Will sighed wearily. 'Did this mean EJ was only helping me to get back with Mom?'

"Wow," Sonny said. "Um, OK. That is weird. What did she think was happening with you?"

"She thought I was sneaking out of the house to have sex with EJ," Will admitted with a grimace just thinking about it.

Which, of course, is when Paul opened the door, three pizza boxes in hand, "Excuse me?" 'What the fuck did I just hear?'

"Yeah," Will continued as if Paul didn't interrupt. "We were joking around and I fell on the floor. I was pushing off of him to try and stand up and she came in thinking I was blowing him. I mean, what the hell. Of all the people in Salem why would I be with EJ?"

Paul and Sonny locked eyes and smirked. Paul thought to himself sinfully, 'Maybe if you were calling him Daddy you'd want him.'

Sonny, tried not to sound as amused as he was, "So, your mom freaked?"

"Uh, it's my mom, so yeah, of course, she did," Will stated rationally. 'How else does my mom react to things?'

Paul and Sonny chuckled. Everybody knew Sami Brady was infamous for overreactions. Paul, fresh off his own encounter with Sami, could only imagine the devastation she would cause. Looking over at the two on the bed Paul smiled at the sight. Noting how comfortable Will looked, Paul went to the cabinet to grab some plates. Dishing up the pizza Paul brought his two favorite guys their dinner.

The three ate in comfortable silence. Before he knew it Will was on his fourth slice. He knew EJ would be upset with him for being with Sonny and Paul but he couldn't help it. He tried to stay away from them and he couldn't even last a day. In fact, every time he tried something ridiculously awful would happen to Will. 'Maybe it's a sign.'

Sonny and Paul kept sneaking glances at each other over Will's head. They were both extremely anxious to finally get to talk to Will. 'Especially now that he seems better,' Sonny thought. His left leg was bouncing up and down nervously. Sharing a nod with Paul, Sonny decided to get the ball rolling.

Putting his plate on the floor Sonny turned to look at Will. He couldn't help but smile tenderly at the specs of sauce on Will's chin. Thumbing the sauce away Sonny grinned when Will's cheeks heated up and he bowed his head. 'OK, now or never.'

"Um, you know, Paul and I were really hoping to talk to you today," Sonny began hoping he didn't sound as timid as he felt.

Will nodded, cheeks still rosy, "Yeah, I gathered from all the messages and stuff."

"Wait," Paul interrupted, confused, "If you saw them why didn't you answer them?"

Will's face looked down at his feet and he shrugged uncomfortably. "I just, I've been told, ugh, OK, I've just had a lot of people getting on my case about you guys."

"On your case about what," Sonny demanded tensely. 'I swear to god if my mother is involved in this…'

"Just that I'm getting in the way," Will whispered. His ever present insecurities flaring up inside of him. 'Oh god, I shouldn't be here.'

"That's bullshit, Will," Paul barked out, getting upset, hating to see Will look so small.

"And that's kind of what we wanted to talk about," Sonny interjected, taking Will's plate and grasping his hand, thumb stroking his knuckles.

Will, remembering all the accusations and harsh words thrown at him today, yanked his hand away quickly and stood up. "You don't need to explain. That's why I tried to stay away. I know I'm just your stupid friend that's in way over his head. I won't get in the way, I promise."

Paul stood up quickly practically running to Will's side, "No, Will, you've got it all wrong."

"I don't, I know I don't. I'm just going to ruin everything," Will insisted, backing away from Paul's outstretched hands trying to touch him. 'I don't deserve to be touched by him. By them. I'll just taint them.'

"Hey," Sonny told him firmly, "That's not true, Will. Now just tell us what's going on? Who told you all this?"

"Everyone," Will screamed out, back against the far wall, "Everyone, OK. They all know what I'll do. What I feel. I have to stay away before I destroy everything."

"Who is everyone," Paul demanded. "What does that even mean? You aren't destroying anything, baby." 'Who the fuck has been messing with his head?'

"Stop it! Just stop trying to make this better for me. This is the problem," Will yelled out in frustration, "You can't just call me those things or talk to me like that. It's not fair!"

"Did my mother do something to you, Will," Sonny questioned hotly, "Did EJ?"

"Yes, OK. I told you, everyone knows. Everyone knows what I am," Will cried out feeling humiliated and scared. 'Why are they doing this?'

"What did she say, Will," Sonny growled angrily. "What have they been doing to you?"

"It doesn't matter, she was right," Will whimpered, "They're all right."

"Damnit, Will," Paul screamed loudly, "Just tell us what's going on!"

Will jumped, pressing himself against the wall. 'I knew it. They hate me. They're going to hate me. I knew it, I knew it,' Will thought to himself, eyes closed tightly.

"Knock it off," Sonny argued heatedly with Paul, "You're scaring him." Sonny carefully walked over to Will. Lightly he reached up and cupped Will's cheek. "Hey, it's OK. Just tell me what happened. I promise nothing will change."

Opening his eyes Will practically sobbed when he saw the obvious concern spread across Sonny's face. Will threw himself into Sonny's arms and cried. His feelings of guilt and horror plus the emotional encounters he had dealt with one right after the other caught up to him. He finally was letting it all out.

Sonny, stumbling backwards, managed to catch Will. He held on fiercely to Will before catching Paul's eyes. Paul carefully steered Sonny and Will back to the bed. The three tumbled to the bed, Will refusing to let go of Sonny.

Paul wrapped his arms around Will, pressing against his back and started whispering comforting phrases in his ears, "Hey, it's OK. Everything will be fine." He refrained from calling Will 'baby' again.

Will shook his head weakly against Sonny's neck. 'Nothing's ever going to be OK.'

"Please, Will, just tell us what's going on," Sonny begged, eyes locked with Paul's confused and horrified by what was happening. "What did my mom do?"

"She, she told me, she gave me," Will tried to tell them between sobs but couldn't get the words out. Paul rubbed his back soothingly while Sonny scratched the base of his neck until he relaxed. "She found me at school. Tried to set me up with this guy. She wanted me to sleep with him so I'd leave you alone." Will sobbed again, mortified beyond belief.

'I'm going to kill her,' Sonny promised himself. 'I will fucking kill her.' Too angry to speak Sonny kissed the top of Will's head and shushed him.

"Then, then tonight," Will continued, needing to get it out, needing them to know he wouldn't, he couldn't, "He saw me with his friends. They wouldn't stop laughing and teasing me. I didn't want him to touch me, I didn't."

"What," Paul demanded, shaking with anger. He started gripping Will a little too hard, releasing the pressure when Sonny kicked him in the leg.

Will sniffled weakly, "He wouldn't stop talking about wanting to pass me around after Neil used me." 'Please don't think of me like that, please.'

"What else happened Will," Sonny asked, voice a little too calm. 'I'll kill him later. I'll kill them all later. Every last one who ever hurt him.'

"He grabbed me," Will admitted, finally looking up at Sonny's face, "I, I ran away. I didn't want him to. I didn't." He glanced over his shoulder at Paul, desperation painting his face.

"Of course you didn't, Will," Paul promised between clenched teeth.

"That's not everything, is it Will," Sonny questioned with dread. "Something else happened."

"My mom," Will whispered, tears still dripping from his eyes, "She thought I was, she thought I would. She thinks I'm a whore."

"Excuse me," Paul growled venomously. 'Sami Brady of all people? She said she would make my life miserable not Will's.'

Will leaned his head back against Paul's chest, eyes looking up at Sonny, "I was going to meet EJ and I didn't want her to know. She thought I was coming here. She thought I was going to sleep with Paul behind your back." Will grabbed Sonny's hand desperately, "But I wouldn't Sonny. I promise I wouldn't. I couldn't. Not ever. Especially not to you. Please believe me, Sonny, please."

Sonny cupped Will's cheek again, strongly holding his head in place, "Hush, Will. I know, OK. I know that would never happen. You don't need to panic."

"Oh god," Will cried, body crumpling in relief.

Paul wrapped his arm around Will's chest, splaying his hand over his heart, "We know you, Will."

Will swallowed with a grateful smile on his lips.

"Wait," Sonny started again, "Your mom said that and then she saw you with EJ and flipped out?"

"Yeah," Will sniffled, "Apparently I'm not very picky about who I sleep with."

"That fucking woman," Paul hissed quietly. He knew he shouldn't say anything bad about Will's mother but damn. 'And Adrienne too! What was wrong with them?'

"If that happened tonight, why were you avoiding us all day," Sonny clarified. 'What else could he have gone through since the night Paul punched Neil?'

"I had to avoid you. Everyone convinced me I was going to do something horrible. EJ made me promise to stay away from you both so I wouldn't be tempted," Will confessed, reaching up to hold Paul's hand on his chest. "He told me I needed to give Neil another chance. That if I tried hard enough I would like him and then I wouldn't ruin you guys."

"Oh my god," Paul said in frustration, "This is so far off it's not even funny."

Sonny sent Paul a sharp look, "Will, you don't have to do that. We both want you around us, all the time. Nothing bad will happen."

"And stay away from that douche," Paul added, scrapped knuckles tensing just thinking about that smug bastard.

Will let out a surprised giggle. "I promised him I'd stay away from the two of you. I couldn't even last a day." Will yawned widely, feeling peaceful for the first time in days.

"Well," Sonny began with a grin, "There's obviously a reason for that." He looked up and grinned at Paul excitedly. 'OK maybe now we can put all of his fears to rest.' "Will, Paul and I were talking about our relationship. And how things haven't been right for a long time. We think we know what will make everything better. Make us whole."

Paul beamed at Sonny, glad he was the one doing the talking. If it was up to Paul he'd just end up kissing Will and making everything worse.

"Um, Will," Sonny asked after he received no response. He looked down and sighed to find Will fast asleep. "Well, that just figures doesn't it."

Paul laughed rolling his eyes. "At least we cleared a few things up first. Let him sleep. He deserves it after the hell he's been through these past few days." Paul snuggled in closer to Will, pressing his nose to his hair.

Sonny disentangled himself from Will reluctantly and collected the plates and the leftover pizza off the floor. He turned off the lights and got back to bed. He couldn't stop the wide smile from erupting across his face when Will threw a leg around Sonny in his sleep. Sonny reached across and squeezed Paul's arm.

"Soon," Paul promised with a small smile. He closed his eyes, arms locked around Will.

'Soon,' Sonny agreed. He let his hand rest across Will on Paul's waist while he tucked his head next to Will's enjoying the soft exhales on his cheek.

Will woke to the sound of muffled voices arguing. He hadn't slept that hard in a long time. Slightly groggy, it took him a few minutes to recognize his surroundings. 'At least I have all my clothes on this time.' Flopping onto his back, Will rubbed his eyes and yawned.

"Sleeping beauty's up," Paul commented from the small kitchen area.

Sonny turned from the stove and flashed Will a smile, "Morning! Just wait one more minute."

'What the heck?' Will's eyebrows furrowed in confusion, "Wait for what?"

"This," Paul announced while bringing Will a cup of coffee. Black, just the way Will liked it.

"This too," Sonny added carrying over a tray with pancakes and bacon. There was even a carnation in a little vase. Sonny set the tray down in front of Will with a wide smile, looking at him expectantly.

"Um, wow," Will said still confused and slightly unnerved. "Um, yeah, this is really nice of you guys."

Paul, carrying over two other plates for Sonny and himself, sat down beside Will on the bed. Sonny took his plate and sat at Will's other side. The three began to eat their breakfast in a tense silence.

Will shyly ate his food feeling awkward. He could feel two sets of eyes on him and every time he looked over Sonny or Paul was giving him a strange smile. 'This is just weird.'

Once everyone was done eating Will shuffled off the bed, joints popping and cracking. He stretched his arms over his head and flushed slightly when he noticed Sonny looking at his exposed skin. "Um, breakfast was really good. You didn't have to go through all that trouble though," Will said honestly, playing with the buttons on his shirt.

"We wanted to Will," Sonny told him sweetly, that same peculiar smile on his face.

"Yeah," Paul agreed. "We like taking care of you." 'And then some.'

"Right," Will blinked at them oddly, "Thanks. I need to use the bathroom now."

"Of course," Sonny said, "Why don't you take a shower and freshen up." Sonny gently pushed Will towards the closet, rummaging for some clothes that might fit him. "Here, you can put this on."

Will, even more confused than before, took the offered clothes and went into the bathroom quickly. Mostly to get away from the odd pair. 'What is going on with them?'

When Will emerged from the bathroom he felt much better. Sonny's sweatpants and shirt fit him well enough. He would never admit to holding them up to his nose to smell before putting them on though. He hoped Sonny and Paul were done acting weird.

Sonny couldn't keep his eyes off of Will when he spotted him. 'Oh god, he looks nice in my clothes.'

Paul, nudged Sonny in the stomach with his elbow teasingly. "Think you can handle a few minutes alone buddy?"

Sonny shoved him towards the bathroom rolling his eyes. "Like you would be any better?"

Will looked at the two of them wondering what they were whispering about. When Paul went into the bathroom himself Will sat at the small table quietly.

"Here," Sonny said as he set Will's full mug down in front of him. Sonny smiled at Will before heading off to the sink to get started on the dishes. Sonny's nerves were back again but in a good way. 'I have a good feeling about this.'

"Do you want me to help," Will offered, "You made me breakfast after all. And I'm sorry by the way for crashing on your bed."

"Trust me Will, it was no problem," Sonny assured him. "And I got this. You just relax and we can wait for Paul."

"OK," Will said slowly. 'Wait for Paul for what?' Will checked his messages on his phone, a bit surprised the thing hadn't died during the night. He glanced at the texts Paul and Sonny sent him. 'Damn they were insistent.' Will noticed there were no new messages from EJ. Will didn't even want to think about why that may be.

Knock Knock Knock sounded at the door.

"Hey, can you get that for me," Sonny asked Will, lifting his soapy hands in the air.

"Yeah, sure," Will told him tossing his phone on the table and heading for the door.

Will opened the door and found himself face to face with Adrienne Kiriakis. "Um," Will stated stupidly.

Adrienne's mouth dropped open and her face contorted in anger, "What the hell are you doing here?" She took note of the sweatpants, slightly baggy shirt and the wet blonde hair.

"Well, um, I," Will tried to explain but the words wouldn't come. He knew what the look in her eyes was. 'I'm not. I promise I'm not.'

Sonny appeared at the door then drying his hands on a towel. "Mom, what are you doing here?" Seeing his mother reminded him of how angry he was with her.

"Sonny," Adrienne blurted out, "But I thought Paul was the one…" Adrienne trailed off baffled. She could see the ruffled bed and the tray still sitting on it.

"Paul was the one to what," Sonny asked harshly, arms crossing with his eyebrow raised. 'Let's hear it.'

"That doesn't matter," Adrienne said shaking her head, "What matters is why Will Horton is here, in your clothes, this early in the morning."

"That isn't any of your business," Sonny informed her bitterly. Sonny put his hand on Will's arm gently pulling Will behind him.

"It is definitely my business! Sonny, how could you do this," Adrienne asked him in disbelief, "How could you bring this slut back to your home?"

Will flinched at the word, backing away from the door. 'I'm not. I'm not. I'm not.'

"Hey," Sonny yelled out in anger, "You don't get to call him that. Will is nothing like that."

"What else do you call a man sniffing after two taken men, Jackson Kiriakis," Adrienne argued with her hands on her hips. 'How can he even defend him?'

"I'm not, I'm not," Will insisted in a panicked tone, head shaking back and forth, shoulders hunching.

"Damn it Mom," Sonny cursed. Sonny took a step towards Will hoping to sweep him into his arms and make that awful look on his face go away.

"No," Will whispered out urgently, "Don't touch me. I told you I'd ruin everything. I told you."

"Sonny, just get him out of here before Paul finds out. You can still fix this mess," Adrienne insisted paying Will no mind.

"Before Paul finds out what," Paul demanded while walking out of the bathroom, steam billowing behind him. He crossed his arms over his bare chest and looked at Adrienne expectantly.

"What," Adrienne asked in confusion. "What is going on here?" She looked back and forth between Will, Sonny, and Paul. "Oh my god. Oh my god, what is wrong with you?"

'Fucking hell,' Paul thought with a groan. "You need to get the hell out of here," he commanded firmly.

"No," Adrienne said, "What is this? What did he convince you to do?"

"I didn't, I promise I didn't," Will told her, shaking his head. 'I have to get out of here. I don't belong here.'

"Mom, just get out, you don't understand anything," Sonny urged, 'No, why did she have to see this.'

"What's to understand? He obviously wasn't satisfied with just one of you," Adrienne proclaimed loudly. "And I thought you had a boyfriend, Will," she asked mockingly, "And I set you up on a date. My god how many guys are you going after?"

"That's it," Paul screamed, seeing the petrified look on Will's face, "Get out!"

"You need to get him out of here before he destroys your relationship," Adrienne pressed hotly. "He's toxic."

"Get out! Get out! Get out," Sonny shouted softly pushing his mother to the door.

"Sonny, do not do this," Adrienne begged, shocked at her son's outburst.

"I told you to leave Will alone. I asked you to stay out of my love life. And instead you set Will up with a jerk and come in here yelling and screaming. I said it once I'll say it again keep out of my business before you ruin everything," Sonny yelled before slamming the door in her shocked face.

"Don't listen to her," Paul told Will firmly, kneeling in front of the bed. "She doesn't know anything."

Will was sitting on the edge of the bed, curled into a ball and shaking her head.

Sonny rushed to Paul's side, kneeling before Will. He softly touched Will's bare ankle, "She's wrong Will. She doesn't understand."

"No," Will stuttered out. "She isn't, that's the problem."

"Of course she's wrong," Paul promised. "You aren't any of the things she said."

"You two are the ones who don't understand," Will began, "She was right about me. That is what I want."

"What are you saying Will," Sonny asked. He was terrified and confused. But there was a little bit of hope left in him too.

"Everyone was right. I do want to ruin you. I am what she said," Will confessed, face burning in shame. 'Don't make me say it please.'

"We don't know what you're trying to say baby," Paul told him gently, rubbing Will's knee. He looked over at Sonny for help.

Will shook his head quickly, "That's why everyone told me to stay away. They knew I would cave. They knew I would come between you. I want what she said. I want it so bad. But I can't have it. I can't have you." Will tucked his chin against his head, trying to cover himself entirely so they couldn't see him.

"Wait," Sonny said in dawning realization. "Will, you can. OK, that's what we've been trying to say. You can have us. You can have us both. That's what we all want."

Will cried out, "No! No I can't."

"Will," Paul practically yelled, "That's what he want. OK, you're all we want."

"You don't," Will promised, "You don't want me. You just want to sleep with me."

Sonny could have cried from frustration and anger, "No, Will. That's not all we want. We want you. All of you. We want everything."

"You can't," Will insisted. "I don't want to be passed around. I don't."

Paul groaned out, infuriated, "That's not what we want. We aren't like that douchebag. We want everything with you, Will. All of it, not just sex."

"Why," Will asked pitifully. "Why would you want me? I'm nothing."

"Don't say that," Sonny said protectively. He moved from the floor to the bed, coaxing Will to look at him. "Don't ever say that. You're smart and caring and beautiful. You're the sweetest person I know. You try your best even when the world doesn't give you a fair shot. So don't ever say you are nothing."

Paul moved to Will's other side, lacing their fingers together, "You're everything Will."

Will looked back and forth between Sonny and Paul. He was so confused. He didn't understand. But maybe he didn't have to. Will grabbed Sonny's hand shyly, afraid to look either in the eyes.

Sonny and Paul breathed a sigh of relief. 'Soon,' they both thought, leaning in closer to Will.

Author's note:

Bit of a cliffhanger there but so much progress. That was the hardest chapter I've written so far. It just never seemed to end.

I'm pretty nervous about this one. What did everyone think? Was Will too emotional?

Please review and let me know what you liked or disliked about it. Does anyone have any requests for what's to come? I've already had some great suggestions.