Will sat in the doctor's office flexing his fingers back and forth anxiously.

EJ rolled his eyes and moved closer to him, "Relax William. I thought you wanted to get rid of the stitches?"

"I do but that doesn't mean I want them to get yanked out," Will shot back glaring at EJ.

"It's not going to hurt," EJ sighed and grabbed William's shoulder. "She'll just pull out the thread and you'll be fine."

The nurse, watching them oddly, told Will, "OK what do you want out first?"

"Back I guess," Will shrugged. He didn't want to tell EJ but he really wished Sonny and Paul were with him instead. But Sonny had to be at work and Sami dragged Paul off to help her and Adrienne. Will found that situation odd but he appreciated that his mom was trying. 'Not to mention this whole appointment is a surprise.' He planned for Sonny and Paul to come home and see Will's regular old face again.

Taking off his shirt quickly Will jumped when she started cleaning his wounds. Looking up at EJ Will batted his eyes at him softly until EJ held Will's hand. Wincing at the odd sensation of the thread being pulled from his skin Will asked EJ, "Did you ever get me a phone?"

"I did," EJ nodded, "I'll give it to you when we get back to the mansion. I ran a few diagnostics on it. Just to be sure." 'And I kept it hidden from my father just in case.'

"Good," Will wrinkled his nose slightly, "It's weird not having one."

"If I give it back to you then you have to promise you won't use it to send dirty pictures again," EJ threatened squeezing Will's hand sharply. "And don't think I won't be monitoring your activity."

Cheeks red Will looked away from EJ, "Stop it." 'If I want to take pictures you can't stop me.'

"Don't even think about it William," EJ warned face set in stone. "I am not dealing with any more issues because of that do you understand me?"

"Yes, OK, fine," Will agreed sheepishly. "No more pictures." 'I wonder how much it costs to buy a polaroid camera?'

"Or videos or any other thing you can think of," EJ added pointedly. "Do not try my patience on this."

"OK, OK, I get it," Will wiggled around slightly when his back was finished and the bandages were applied. 'It doesn't feel any different, just a little tender.' When the nurse started on his side Will closed his eyes not wanting to be tempted into looking.

Aware that the nurses at the hospital were nosy EJ refrained from asking any of the important questions he wanted to. 'Everyone has already seen the pictures of William so it's not like that's a big secret.' Instead EJ asked, "How is your new living situation working out for you?"

"Good," Will smiled slightly, "I just, they make me feel good. OK, sometimes they can be a bit overbearing but for the most part they're fantastic."

"Overbearing how," EJ demanded protectively, 'If they hurt or upset him in any way I will not be pleased.'

"Just, you know, reacting to everything that happened," Will elaborated as best he could without giving anything away to the nurse. "They're just a bit overprotective."

"That's the way they should be," EJ pointed out watching William's face, "I don't want them getting sloppy and letting anything happen to you. I entrusted them with something very valuable and they best handle it with care."

"Well sometimes valuable things like to do more than just sit around and look pretty," Will pointed out opening his eyes and giving EJ a keen look.

"Sounds damn good to me," the nurse muttered under her breath before moving to her patient's mouth. She knew she shouldn't eavesdrop but ever since Will Horton had been admitted to the hospital little over a week ago he was all anyone could gossip about. "Lips now," she told Will looking at EJ Dimera out of the corner of her eye. 'They seem a bit close now don't they?' "This one might bleed a bit more."

Will, wide eyes and panicked, crushed EJ's hand as she started yanking out the lines a small bit of blood dripping down his chin. Flashing to the night he got the wound Will made a weak sound in the back of his throat.

EJ, immediately sensing the problem, started talking, "I think that it might be nice for Thanksgiving if we invited everyone to the mansion. You know your little boyfriends and their families. Of course not Victor but you know. We could have Marlena and John over. That would be something. I might even feel generous and have Lucas come. Of course only so he can see how much better of a father I am than him." Smiling triumphantly when Will looked at him in disapproval EJ winked.

Cleaning the blood off of Will's chin and lips and applying a liquid Band-Aid the nurse told Will, "There handsome as ever." Taking off her gloves and washing her hands the nurse continued, "Now you need to keep the bandages on for a few more days and soak them with water to get them off. Don't pull. And don't do anything too strenuous."

Will, frowning, desperate to look in a mirror, asked, "What counts as strenuous?"

"She means no sex William," EJ told him bluntly. "Which is why you are going to be babysitting this evening."

Will, mouth dropping open, 'But I had plans!'

"No," EJ glared, "I'll be telling at least one of them and do not even think for a moment that they will let you do anything damaging."

Putting his shirt back on Will grumbled to EJ about how unfair the situation was the entire time they walked out the door.

Avidly watching Will and EJ leave the room, with Will's aftercare instructions; the nurse couldn't wait until she could tell the other nurses in her unit all about this appointment.

Paul stood on the stage they assembled at the civic center uneasily. The lights were almost blinding him but Sami insisted that he would get used to it. Shuffling through his notes Paul cleared his throat and began reading the card.

Sami, cutting Paul off with a huff, called out, "Paul you need to look at the audience not at the card."

"How am I supposed to read it then," Paul countered wiping sweat off his forehead.

"Memorize it," Sami told him looking at him like he was dumb. "Honestly Paul I would have thought you knew how to do this type of thing. You played baseball in front of how many thousands?"

"I was pitching not talking," Paul argued, "This is completely different. Trust me."

"Yeah, uh huh, try again," Sami rolled her hand in a circle indicating he needed to start from the top.

Lucas stared down at his phone with a vicious look on his face.

"And what is that look for," Kate asked her son as she walked over to him in Horton Town Square.

"I'm just wondering why Will isn't responding to any of my calls," Lucas groaned, 'Ring damn it ring.'

"Lucas," Kate rolled her eyes. "You know he doesn't have a new phone yet."

"What do you mean," Lucas glanced at her quickly.

"Well he left it with EJ," Kate raised her eyebrow at him, "That's what Chad said. EJ's working on getting him a new one.

"EJ," Lucas spit out angrily. "EJ doesn't need to be anywhere near my son." 'My son, not his.'

Kate, fed up with Lucas's rivalry with EJ, said, "You need to get over this feud with EJ. If Will wants him in his life you are going to have to deal. I'm sorry Lucas but it's just the way it is."

"Not if I have my way," Lucas stated decisively before pushing from his chair and walking away.

Suspicious, Kate vowed to keep Will out of whatever nonsense Lucas was going to do. 'I know Lucas's heart is in the right place but I have no idea where his brain is. The only thing Will needs right now is people who are willing to support him in everything. I think it's about time he talk to Austin.' Pulling out her phone and checking the time Kate dialed her eldest son and waited for him to answer.

Will laughed as he pushed Sydney on her swing as he saw Allie and Johnny racing up the stairs to get to the slide first. He was enjoying his afternoon with his brother and sisters. Sonny was still at work and Paul was at the civic center dealing Sami and Adrienne. Will wanted to surprise his boyfriends so he made the appointment to get his stitches removed. Getting EJ to take him was easy enough after he took Sonny's phone and secretly called him.

However Will was a bit concerned that Sonny and Paul might freak out knowing that he wasn't safe at home in their apartment. 'But it's not like anything bad can happen here.' Besides Will knew Sonny and Paul were still having a bit of a problem dealing with what happened to Will. Therefore Will hoped that by spending some time apart they might let up a bit. 'Just like I need to spend time away from them too.'

"Higher," Sydney whined when Will stopped pushing her momentarily, "Higher, Will."

Will rolled his eyes fondly, "You need to pump your legs Syd. Here, I'll show you." Will sat down in the swing next to her and started moving his legs back and forth gaining some momentum. "See how I'm doing it," Will asked.

Sydney, flopping her legs around, looked at Will, "You do it."

"Nope," Will smiled, "I'm taking a break." Will knew as soon as he turned his back she would start to swing by herself. Standing in the shade of a tree Will watched his siblings play happily. Will was extremely pleased to see them all so happy and loved but sometimes he couldn't help but feel a bit envious. 'Their lives aren't going to be easy but their childhood's aren't going to be as dysfunctional as mine.' Will shook his head knowing that such thinking was dangerous. 'Wendy said I need to focus on happy things not relive the bad.'

After a particularly brutal nightmare the other night Sonny insisted Will call Wendy and see if she could see him. Squeezing him in after a cancelation Will talked to Wendy briefly about a bit of his anxieties. She encouraged Will to stop himself from concentrating on anything bad. So far Will had tried his best but it was hard. Closing his eyes Will counted to ten slowly as he reminded himself, 'Sonny and Paul love you. EJ and mom love you. Dad loves me. My grandparent's love me. Johnny and Allie and Sydney love me. It doesn't matter what happened before you have people that care about you now.'

Sonny threw his pen down on the table in annoyance. 'Ugh, I need to concentrate.' Rubbing his temples quickly Sonny tried to inhale and exhale slowly attempting to center himself. He knew he needed to focus on his work but all he could think about was leaving Will at home, alone. 'What if something happens? He still doesn't have a phone how would he be able to call us? What if he gets scared? Or hungry?' Groaning Sonny covered his eyes feeling tears coming on. 'God, get a grip. You can't keep him with you every second of the day. He's not a child; he's an adult. He's fine. He's completely fine. It's only a few more hours until you have to leave.'

Wiping his face Sonny got back to work doing everything he could to get his mind off of Will. Spotting a crowd coming in through the door Sonny almost smiled at the happy distraction. Going up to the counter to help make drinks Sonny methodically began working on the orders. Keeping his attention on the task at hand Sonny almost missed the blatant stares being sent his way. Looking over the espresso machine Sonny bit the side of his mouth. 'Stupid gossips,' Sonny thought seeing the group of middle aged women whispering about him. 'When is this going to blow over? It's Salem how has something more newsworthy not happened yet?'

'Just a few more hours and you'll be at home with Will and Paul and you won't have to worry about anything.'

Will, distributing juice boxes to the kids, teasingly held Johnny's just out of his reach before relenting and handing it over. The four of them were sitting under the shade of the tree taking a breather from playing. Leaning back against the tree trunk Will couldn't help but think about how much he missed this. 'I really need to spend more time with them,' Will thought with a bright smile glad that he could stretch his lips wider now that the stitches were out. 'I wonder if using my mouth counts as sex,' Will mused to himself blushing when he remembered his siblings were with him.

Waving off the kids when they were done chugging down their juice Will watched them play hide and seek, Sydney always hiding in plain sight. Fondly though Will noted that Johnny and Allie pretended they didn't see her when they were it.

"They are very cute are they not," Stefano remarked startling Will out of his stupor.

"Yeah, um, they are," Will didn't even hear Stefano walking outside. Will licked his lips nervously almost surprised when he felt only a faint line where the stitches once were. EJ wouldn't let him look in the mirror in the car and the kids dragged him outside the minute they saw him. 'I hope I don't look like a freak.'

"They have good genes," Stefano nodded at Will looking down at him intensely, "Even young Alice and you."

Will standing up, feeling uncomfortable with Stefano towering over him said, "Thanks." 'Sonny and Paul aren't going to like this.'

"Have you given any thought to what I told you that night in the kitchen," Stefano asked keeping his eyes on William's face.

"About what," Will's forehead wrinkled in confusion, "I'm not sure I'm following."

"Of course I am referring to your more admirable abilities William," Stefano chuckled lightly. "And what will happen when Samantha marries Elvis."

"I can't say that I have," Will told him in what he hoped was a casual way. 'Oh god, what do I even do?'

"Well it is only inevitable," Stefano insisted stepping closer to Will, "And as such I think it would be an excellent idea for you to spend more time here." Smiling at William's wide eyed look Stefano put his arm around his shoulder, "It is important to keep your family at your side."

Eerily reminded of EJ and Chad Will followed Stefano's eyes to where his siblings were playing, "OK," Will whispered sensing an unspoken threat in Stefano's words.

Sonny unlocked the apartment door and blinked blankly when he saw all the lights off, 'Maybe Will's having a late nap. I hope he didn't have to take his meds.' Will hadn't needed to use his medicine for the past few days. His head felt completely clear and Sonny couldn't have been happier.

Tossing his keys on the couch Sonny walked towards their bedroom needing to see Will with his own eyes. When he walked into the room and saw that the bed was neatly made Sonny walked to the bathroom and the office quickly. "Will," Sonny screamed out finally running from room to room in a panic. 'Oh god, he's not here. He's not here.' Sonny knew Paul was still with Sami and his mom because he had just sent a serious of texts complaining about them. 'Will's not with him.' Putting his hands on his knees Sonny bent over and tried not to hyperventilate. 'Oh god, oh god, where is he?'

Pulling out his phone Sonny, hands shaking, called the first number he could think of in an emergency about Will, waiting for him to answer Sonny grabbed his keys, locked the door and ran down the stairs. Instinctively running to their old studio Sonny almost cried when he saw maintenance workers inside of it. Finally hearing a response on the phone Sonny cried out, "EJ! EJ Will's not home. He's not here. I-I don't know where he is."

EJ, amused by the hysterics Will caused in his boyfriend, responded, "Mr. Kiriakis, if you would have read the note on the kitchen counter you would know William is with me."

"Oh," Sonny breathed out, sinking to the sidewalk in relief, unconcerned with the strange looks he was getting from the workers behind him. "Oh thank god. I was so scared."

"So I gathered," EJ commented, pleased that Kiriakis's response to William being missing was to call him, "Come to the mansion and collect him." EJ hung up the phone without warning. Almost the second he disconnected the call his phone began to ring again. Answering immediately EJ barked, "What?"

"Sir, Mr. Dimera," came a nervous, deep voice over the line. "You called the other day wondering about your father's arrival in Salem?"

"Yes at the airport," EJ nodded, "I did. You already assisted me in this."

"Well, it slipped my mind at the time since you didn't question us about it but as I was filling out some paperwork," the man rambled on, "I realized I never told you that while your father did arrive that day he also had plans to depart again that night."

"Depart," EJ sat up straighter, "Depart where?"

"It, it doesn't really say," the man answered. "He canceled the flight a few hours before it was scheduled to take off. But I can tell you that while he came alone on the first flight he intended on leaving with an extra three passengers."

"Thank you for informing me," EJ told the person nonchalantly, hoping that they would not realize how upsetting this news was. "If you find remember anything else please let me know."

EJ put his hands on his chin face twisting, 'Let me guess which three you were planning on bringing with you father? Ian, Zach and William.' Closing his eyes pinching the bridge of his nose EJ breathed deeply. Combined with the information he already gathered about Zach, the IT specialist, EJ was beginning to see what was really happening.

Zach was a young man hired straight out of college by Dimera Enterprises. He had worked at the company for almost three years and during that time worked his way from helping fix the Wi-Fi signal at their building in downtown Salem to doing personal work for Stefano. Zach had extremely large student loans to pay for and the more dangerous the job the more Zach would get paid. 'And judging from the giant deposit in his bank account the day before he died he was more than ready to go along with Ian' EJ still wasn't clear on exactly all the details but he surmised that his father asked Zach to approach Ian and offer assistance. 'But for what means? What could Father gain from this?'

'And for Father to come all the way from Italy to escort William, Ian and Zach to wherever they were going is almost a bit too personal. Father never truly involves himself in his schemes. There must be something I'm missing.'

EJ pushed away from his chair ready to find his father and confront him over the flight schedule when he glanced out the window and saw his father standing with William. Enraged EJ stormed outside, 'I warned you Father.'

Sonny pounded furiously on the large front door of the Dimera Mansion. Barely waiting for the door to open Sonny pushed the servant out of his way and ran inside. Knowing that Will was with EJ was not enough to calm Sonny down completely. 'EJ is still dangerous. Who knows what kind of disaster Will could get himself into with him.' Running into the front sitting room Sonny, not seeing Will, took a step towards the staircase when he heard one of Will's sister's call Will's name.

Opening the door to the backyard Sonny smiled slightly when he saw Will waving to Sydney, who had climbed to the top of the ladder to get to the extra big slide. Completely blinded to anything other than Will Sonny ran to his side never once seeing Stefano standing next to him.

"Will," Sonny cried burying his face in Will's neck, breathing in deeply the salty musk from Will's skin. "Oh my god you weren't home and I was so scared." Kissing Will's neck repeatedly Sonny pulled away from him quickly to reprimand him, "Don't you ever do that again! I swear to god Will I thought something awful had happened."

"Sonny," Will gasped when he felt Sonny's crushing grip around him. Wrapping his arms around his boyfriend's body Will felt terribly. "I'm sorry. I just, I wanted to surprise you. I was going to be home but EJ made me come here when I was done. I was going to call you but I don't remember your number. I didn't mean to make you worry."

"Done with what," Sonny wiped his face with the back of his hands, ashamed to be so emotional.

"You mean you don't even notice," Will smiled shyly at Sonny willing him to see the difference in his face.

Sonny, finally looking directly at Will, eyebrows rising in surprise laughed loudly, "Oh my god! Your face," Sonny cupped Will's cheeks, turning his head from side to side. "You look amazing."

"It's not, um, it's not so noticeable," Will asked tonguing his lip. "Um the scaring?"

Sonny, distracted by Will's tongue, "No, no it's not. You look, oh wow, you look perfect." 'Fuck it's been so long since I've seen him do that. Was it always that sexy?'

"Good," Will's cheeks warmed under Sonny's intense stare, "So are you surprised?"

"Yes," Sonny nodded eyes practically glazed over. Closing his eyes and shaking his head Sonny, remembering how panicked he was, scolded Will, "But if you ever scare me like that again I will put you over my knee."

Will, eyes wide, nodded instantly, "Yes, D-"

Stefano, watching William and his young Kiriakis boyfriend, couldn't help himself from chuckling, 'Hmm, interesting.'

Seeing Stefano for the first time Sonny took a sharp intake of breath. 'Oh god what did he hear and why is he with Will?' "Can I help you," Sonny questioned jaw setting, pulling Will behind him subtly.

"Just enjoying watching my young grandchildren play," Stefano answered with a smile on his face. Inclining his head towards William Stefano added, "All of my grandchildren."

"Will's not your grandkid," Sonny said pointedly while openly glaring. Immediately standing up straighter Sonny attempted to school his features not wanting Stefano to think he was intimidated in any way.

"I would not be so sure," Stefano remarked shrewdly inwardly smirking, 'Such a Kiriakis. I wonder if he even knows what that entails.'

"No," EJ stated firmly, finally making it outside, "I believe it is you, Father, who is not certain." Standing next to Kiriakis, shielding William completely, EJ crossed his arms, "William has absolutely nothing to do with you."

"Come now Elvis," Stefano waved him off instantly, "You told me he was like a son. I am simply welcoming him to our family. And we always take care of our own, do we not?"

"I will take care of my own," EJ insisted gesturing to his children playing to the side of them and William behind him, "It is not up to you."

'So protective, my son,' Stefano nodded his head, looking up into Elvis's eyes, "I do believe that it would be in all of our best interests to get along. We must all be on the same page especially regarding the tragic incident from earlier in the week."

Sonny, bristling at the clear threat behind Stefano's words, narrowed his eyes, "You're the one who took care of Ian."

"That is true," Stefano agreed, "But it was not I who handled the other one. I was not the one to move their bodies. I did not destroy the evidence. I did not shelter a young victim from the police." Nodding his head at the playground his grandchildren were joyfully climbing all over, "It was not I who allowed two bodies to be buried instead of given a proper funeral."

Will, annoyed to have been cut out of the conversation, walked around Sonny and said, "But you were involved with all of that, weren't you?"

"Yes, William," Stefano locked eyes with him, "But so was everyone else. Every single one of us contributed to commit so many crimes. It would be a shame if we all had to suffer the consequences."

"You wouldn't do that to Chad," Will said nervously, "Or EJ. Besides most of us didn't even do anything."

"I do believe the scandal would be enough," Stefano pondered, "Yes, I would imagine the press would enjoy the story. Do you want even more publicity William? Want everyone to know that you witnessed a murder and conspired to cover it up? The murder of the man that kidnapped you? A poor mentally ill boy who didn't even understand what he was getting into. The looks everyone would give you as you walked through town." Stefano tutted sadly.

EJ growled at his father, "That is not going to happen."

"No," Stefano questioned with a raised brow. "I suppose if you don't go along with my desires I could always accidentally slip who really shot you all those years ago, my son."

Sonny, grabbing Will's elbow and forcibly moving him back behind him, glanced at EJ trying to gauge how he should react. 'So Stefano really was behind it all. Everything Ian ever knew Stefano knows.'

EJ, nodding slightly at Kiriakis, flared his nostrils and exhaled, "And if we do comply?"

"Well then we will all be much happier and healthier because of it," Stefano clapped his hands together once, "Now I'll arrange dinner for us all." Beginning to walk back inside Stefano called over his shoulder, "Do think about what I told you this time William. I'm sure you'll see soon exactly what I mean."

Paul held on to the handle on the door tightly. 'Crap Sami's driving is as erratic as she is.' Trying not to criticize Sami's driving Paul asked hesitantly, "Um, where are we going?"

"Mansion," Sami said succinctly giving no further explanation.

"Uh huh, why," Paul looked up at the ceiling. Paul realized that he could only deal with Sami Brady in small increments. Spending almost the whole day with her was enough to drive anyone to their limits. 'I want to go home and see Will and Sonny and forget entirely about their mothers.'

Sami, seeing the anxious look on Paul's face, slowed down slightly. 'Baby,' she thought to herself. Sami was annoyed. She spent the entire day with Paul and he was perfectly nice and ordinary. 'Why couldn't you have been an asshole or something?' Even though she could tell Adrienne and herself were bugging him he didn't lose his cool. Now she had no real reason to disapprove of him besides what she already argued with Will over.

Sami knew that her relationship with EJ had a profound impact on Will. 'Clearly,' Sami thought as she made a hard right. It was also for that exact reason that she didn't want William to have the same type of relationship. Yes she loved EJ dearly but she realized they were dysfunctional at the best of times. 'Will deserves more than constant heartbreak and judgements.' Rolling her eyes at herself, seeing that she was doing exactly that Sami looked at Paul considering.

"OK," Sami told Paul, "Let's say that I'm willing to step aside and let you take care of my son. How do I know you aren't going to screw it up?"

Paul, giving Sami a knowing look, smirked slightly, "You don't but I couldn't possible screw up more than I already have. Or you already have."

Frowning out the window Sami conceded, "Fine. How do I know you and Sonny aren't going to get bored of my son and turn away from him?"

"Again, you don't," Paul answered simply. "All you need to know is I love Will just as much as I love Sonny. If I can't have both of them I don't want either of them."

"Explain how you two even got Will to be with you," Sami demanded. "All I remember is one day you were all friends and the next Will was spending the night with you even though EJ told him not to. To get Will to openly go against EJ over something like this must have taken a lot of persuasion."

Figuring he should be brutally honest Paul told her, "After I did what I did, when he was drunk, I couldn't stop thinking about him. Sonny and I were going through a lot of crap and I wanted Will. And I knew Sonny did too. So we talked to Will about it."

"And if Sonny wasn't willing," Sami questioned, pulling into the long driveway at the mansion, "What would you have done then?"

"Convinced him," Paul shrugged, "Look, I wanted Will and I was going to do whatever it took to get him. And now I'm going to do whatever I have to in order to keep him. Sonny is too. And the same for Will. We're all in this together."

"I'm starting to see that yeah," Sami commented before parking the car. Checking her phone Sami sighed, "Come on. Let's go see just how together you really are."

Will, Sonny and Paul sat awkwardly across from EJ and Sami with Stefano at the head of a large table. Chewing his mouthful of asparagus slowly Will tried to pretend everything was normal. 'I totally eat in uncomfortable silence with an old guy everyone hates and who has some nefarious plot against me. Along with my two boyfriends, my mom and her boyfriend who I once shot. Happens all the time.'

Stefano, wiping his mouth with his napkin, asked, "William, when do you expect you'll go back to school?"

With everyone's eyes on him Will swallowed before saying, "Um, well I'm hoping maybe next week."

"Will," Sonny said with a frown. "I don't know if you're ready for that yet."

"I don't want to be home by myself all day," Will countered, finding himself aggravated by how controlling his boyfriend was being. "I just, I want to get things back to normal. If I want to get over what happened then I need to do this. Work and school and stuff."

"But I-" Sonny started to say before EJ cleared his throat loudly. Sonny looked at EJ before ignoring him entirely. "I don't like this."

"Sonny," Paul said, "Can we talk about this later." He didn't like talking about this in front of everyone particularly Stefano. 'He doesn't need to know anything about our private lives.'

Sonny, taking a deep breath, relented, "Fine."

Will, giving Sonny an annoyed look, took another big bite. 'He needs to let me have some sort of a life.'

Sharing a glance with EJ Sami stared down her son until he looked at her. Will shrugged at his mother hoping she understood that he was perfectly fine.

"Well," Stefano swallowed a swig of wine, "It is clear we all have something in common here." When everyone looked at him blankly Stefano smiled over the rim of his glass, "We all have William's best interests at heart."

Sonny and Paul glared.

Sonny slammed the door behind him and locked it. Throwing his jacket on the floor he stood in front of the door with his arms crossed watching Will.

Will, trying not to roll his eyes, picked up Sonny's jacket and put it on the coat closet not two feet from the door. 'I guess that's how tonight is going to go.'

"Will," Sonny said impatiently when he wasn't acknowledged. "I'm waiting."

"Waiting for what," Will shot back, closing the closet door and turning around, "You haven't even asked me anything."

"Fine," Sonny gritted out, "I don't want you going to school yet."

"But why," Will questioned, "I just, I don't understand. Do you want me to stay here forever?"

"You are not ready yet," Sonny argued, "You freaked out when you heard that car backfiring the other night. You wanted to sleep with the bathroom light on after you had a nightmare. You almost cried when Paul went to get the mail the other day. What the hell makes you think you are ready to be out in public, alone?"

Will, feeling embarrassed and demeaned, sucked his lower lip into his mouth, "I want to go back so I can get better. I'm not getting better just sitting here safe and sound. I need, I need to be around people and crowds and, and do things."

"You aren't-" Sonny hissed running his hands through his hair.

"Sonny," Paul interrupted, sitting on the couch and watching the two of them, "Are you really listening to him?"

"Yes I am," Sonny shouted, "He is the one not listening to me."

Will, jumping slightly, surprised at Sonny's volume and tone, looked down at his feet, "I want to try. Maybe it won't work out but I want to try." Bracing himself Will looked into Sonny's eyes, "And I think you're the one who is not dealing with things Sonny."

"What the hell does that mean," Sonny stated plainly.

"It means that you want me to be here because then you can control what happens," Will said quietly, "You're afraid of letting me go. And that's fine Sonny. But you can't keep me here forever."

"Yes I can," Sonny insisted, face thawing, stepping a bit closer to Will, "I just, I don't want anything hurting you or, or anything OK?"

"It might, it might be a good idea," Paul whispered, pushing off the couch and walking towards them, "And on Monday I could shadow him a bit just to make sure everything is OK."

"Please Sonny," Will asked, stepping closer and putting his hands on his chest, "Please."

Lips clamped together Sonny nodded blinking rapidly.

"I have my next appointment with Wendy tomorrow," Will reminded Sonny before looking at Paul again, "Do you think that you both will be able to go?"

"It's in the morning right," Paul confirmed, seeing Will nod, "Then yeah. I have to meet your mothers around three."

"I'll see if Chad can cover for me," Sonny whispered knowing deep down that talking about everything would be beneficial. 'Particularly for me.'

"Um, thank you," Will smiled slightly. 'I don't think I've ever really argued with one of them before,' Will thought uneasily. Touching his tongue to his lips, unable to leave the small bit of scar tissue alone, Will remembered something important. "Oh," Will said excitedly. "Oh my god."

"What," Paul frowned, eyebrows crinkling, "What is it?"

"I can kiss you now," Will felt like jumping up and down. Putting his hands on his cheeks Will deliberated who he wanted to kiss first, "Hmm." Figuring it was too hard of a decision for him to make Will closed his eyes and waited.

After a brief but silent battle someone walked up to Will and softly brushed their lips against Will's still afraid it would hurt him.

Shivering slightly Will kept his eyes closed as he felt his other boyfriend do the same thing. "Mmm, Sonny," Will whispered and opening his eyes to see Sonny's smiling face right in front of him.

"How did it feel," Paul asked from where he was standing closely to Will's side, hand reaching forward and brushing along Will's knuckles.

"Nice," Will breathed, tongue digging into his lips, "Kind of tender but good." Turning his hand over Will laced his fingers with Paul's while reaching out with his other hand and rubbing up and down Sonny's chest. He backed Sonny up to the couch and pushed him down before straddling his lap with Paul sitting down beside them.

Sonny, nervous but excited, kept his eyes locked on Will's face and leaned forward slowly to kiss Will again. Still being gentle Sonny pressed his lips against Will's pushing forward and pulling back with ease. He smiled when he heard Paul suck in a deep breath next him.

Will, lips aching softly, not used to so much movement after so long, pressed his forehead against Sonny's and caught his breath hand squeezing Paul's tightly. Kissing along Sonny's mouth and nose and jaw Will turned towards Paul, letting go of his hand, and yanked his neck down to kiss him.

'Oh god,' Paul tried not to give into the temptation of sucking Will's lips into his mouth and biting, 'Not yet.' Instead he dug his fingers into Will's hair and lapped smoothly over the miniscule scars along the middle of Will's lips. Moving to his knees Paul hovered over Will and Sonny trying not to read too much into anything. 'He might not be ready for that yet just relax and enjoy this.'

Will, opening his mouth, touched the tip of his tongue to Paul's and trembled against Sonny's legs. Feeling Sonny adjust slightly made Will reach one hand out, internally cheering when he found Sonny's thick locks and pulled him in closer. Angling his head differently Will wrapped one arm around Paul's neck and the other around Sonny, hands locking together to keep them all in place.

Sonny stuck his tongue out and licked along Will and Paul's mouths and tongues wetly. Disregarding the slightly awkward angle and savoring the moment Sonny held on to Will's hip in a firm grip moaning loudly into Will and Paul's mouths.

Feeling dangerously overwhelmed Paul sat back on the couch to take a break. Shaking his head quickly Paul panted while he watched Sonny hold Will's jaw and kiss across his mouth.

"I want," Will smiled, trying to catch his breath, "I want to, god, I just, I want to be, I want to be naked. Just naked. Right now."

Lying down on either side of Will, completely naked, Sonny and Paul gently brushed up and down Will's sides.

Wide eyed, Will looked between them feeling nervous and a little bit afraid now that they were here. When they were stripping each other's clothes off Will felt confident and sexy but now, now he was apprehensive. "Um, I don't, I don't know what to, what I want now."

"You don't have to want anything you know," Paul smiled, "This is nice too. Just being with you."

"I know," Will blinked tears from his eyes. Covering his face Will bit the inside of his palms, "I don't, I want this. I know I do. Just now that it's going to happen I feel uneasy. And I don't know why."

"Hey," Sonny grabbed Will's hand and linked their fingers together, "It's OK. We understand why you feel this way. It was scary what happened to you. And we'll go at your own pace."

"It's never been scary with you though," Will told them quietly, feeling his legs curl against his chest unconsciously, "I've never been afraid with you. Even naked with you. Now I just feel weird. And I hate it. I don't want to feel this way anymore. I just want it to go away."

Paul, pulling Will against his chest, "Stop that. You won't feel this way forever." Kissing Will's forehead Paul rubbed his fingers against Will's cheek, "We told you that we wouldn't make love again until you were absolutely certain."

"We said you wouldn't feel afraid and you would want it without a doubt," Sonny added while tucking himself against Will's back and holding his hips. "So we won't not yet."

"But I know you want to," Will mumbled into Paul's collarbone.

"Well," Paul smirked down at Will, "We're all naked in our bed of course we want to. But we aren't going to. You can trust us to wait until the moment is perfect."

Sonny, hands beginning to rub up and down Will's back and sides, kissed across his shoulders, "We always want you."

Arching his back, mouth falling open in surprise, Will moaned gently, "Oh."

"Is that a good 'oh'," Sonny asked with his lips still against Will's skin.

"Yes," Will whispered, "Keep going."

Paul, fingers still caressing Will's face smiled, "How about we touch you and kiss you everywhere we can until you feel uncomfortable, hmm baby?"

"Yes please," Will lifted his head to reach Paul's mouth and bit Paul's lip before kissing it better. Whining into Paul's mouth when Sonny licked along the back of his hips Will jerked away from Sonny when he got too close to his butt. "Not there," he turned to look at Sonny, "Please."

"Whatever you're comfortable with babe," Sonny agreed before kissing along Will's elbow and the back of his arm.

Paul kissed down Will's throat to his chest, tongue and lips gliding along whatever bit of skin he could find. "You taste so good," Paul murmured into Will's chest.

Will, on just the right side of tense, didn't know whose mouth to press against. Feeling himself react to their perfect, wet mouths against his skin Will bit his lip, not knowing what he wanted to do.

Paul, licking around Will's bellybutton, paused when he realized Will was clearly turned on. Looking into Will's eyes Paul reached his hand out to wrap around the base of Will's cock, giving Will plenty of time to stop him.

Sonny, looking over Will's arm, saw Paul take hold of Will. Resting his chin on Will's upper arm, Sonny watched as Paul moved his hand up and down Will's length almost mesmerized.

Crying out, Will bucked his hips against Paul's grip. Turning to look at Sonny Will reached out for Sonny's hand and slipped it down his stomach until Sonny's hand was twisting along Will's cock too.

Maneuvering Will so he was on his back, head resting against the pillows, Paul smiled at Sonny brightly. "Is this OK, baby," Paul asked teasingly.

"Uh huh," Will nodded watching the two of his boyfriends working in tandem. "You make me feel so good."

"Not scared," Sonny confirmed needing to hear Will say the words. He didn't want Will to get lost in what he was feeling at the moment and regret it later on.

"Not scared," Will echoed taking in a deep breath when Paul's hand let go only to be replaced by his warm mouth softly taking in Will's head. "Oh god."

Paul twirled his tongue around Will, as he slowly moved up and down Will's cock, following the movements of Sonny's hands.

"Feel good still," Sonny smiled over at Will taking in his bright pink flush that traveled from his cheeks all the way to his chest. Mouth-watering slightly Sonny licked his lips before moving his hand away and kissing and licking all over Will's cock, tongue brushing against Paul's mouth every so often.

Paul, catching Sonny's eyes, pulled away from Will slightly until both he and Sonny were in the perfect position to suck, kiss and lick Will's cock on opposite sides, mouths meeting in the middle. Smiling at the loud groans Will emitted Paul took hold of one of Sonny's hands and placed it on top of Will's chest before they each began rolling and playing with Will's balls.

Practically sobbing at seeing Sonny and Paul kiss with his cock between their lips Will knew he wasn't going to be able to last much longer. Moaning loudly, hips rolling upwards, making Sonny and Paul chase him around, Will reached out to pet the back of their heads, "Please keep going. Just, just a little bit longer."

Moving his hand back to Will's cock Paul jerked the base of Will quickly, his and Sonny's mouths still sucking and licking, Sonny tugging on Will's balls. Almost in perfect sync Paul and Sonny looked up into Will's wild blue eyes.

Crying loudly, trying to give them warning but voice unable to do anything but shout, Will came jerkily over both of their mouths and chins. Watching avidly Will panted open mouthed at the luscious sight before him.

Sonny, fully anticipating what was to come, closed his eyes quickly at the first spurt against his face. Working his mouth up and down Will until Will made a pained noise Sonny sat up slowly, licking the lines of come from his mouth. Seeing Paul's face painted with white droplets Sonny reached forward and cleaned him up. Licking along the bridge of his nose and all around his chin Sonny almost whined when Paul chased his lips, tongue wedging his mouth open and sucking Will's come into his own.

Paul, swallowing obnoxiously, smiled at the sad look on Sonny's face. Rolling his eyes Paul ran his tongue around Sonny's chin and neck and even the bit along his eyebrow. Paul shivered as Sonny sucked the goop off of his tongue ensuring he got every last bit.

Will sat up quickly desperate to touch any and every part of his boyfriends he could. "That was so, oh my god you, and then you," Will couldn't even make a complete sentence all he wanted was to make them feel as good as they made Will feel. 'Make them feel as sexy and wonderful as they do me.' Shoving them both onto their backs Will thought about climbing on one of their cocks before he made a face. 'No, not that.' Instead he yanked on their arms until they were hip to hip and shoulder to shoulder. Taking a moment to admire how stunning Sonny and Paul were Will took each of their cocks in hand.

Paul, smacking his red, swollen lips together, kept his eyes trained on Will, "That feels so good baby."

"It does," Will questioned, face set in concentration, trying to twist and flick his wrist, wanting it to be perfect.

"Yes," Sonny hissed, "God you have no idea." Grabbing Paul's hand again Sonny squeezed tightly wanting so bad to fuck into Will's hips but thinking he shouldn't.

"I want it to feel amazing," Will whispered, focused on the cocks in his hands, watching drops of precome slip out of Paul's cock Will took a deep breath before he caught the beads on his tongue. Taking a moment to decide if he was comfortable Will licked back up opening his mouth around the tip, hand still jerking Paul and Sonny.

"Fuck, baby," Paul whimpered, practically crushing Sonny's hand. "Oh fuck."

Not wanting Sonny to feel left out Will switched to Sonny's cock and dug his tongue into his slit smiling when he heard Sonny practically wail.

Sonny, having a hard time catching his breath, tried not to blink. 'I don't want to miss a second of this.' Beyond the pleasure he was feeling Sonny knew this was a big moment for Will. That Will trusted them to let him go at his own pace. 'And fuck is his pace fantastic.'

Slightly drooling around Sonny's cock Will moved back to Paul, wishing he had some sort of timer so he wouldn't spend too much time on one and not the other. Jerking his hand tighter around Sonny Will tried to remember every porn video he ever watched wondering if there was some magical trick he wasn't utilizing. Bracing himself Will pushed Paul and Sonny's cocks together, rubbing their heads against one another before trying to put them both in his mouth.

Mouth stretched obscenely wide Will felt tears in his eyes, feeling like his lips were being split open. Pulling away Will put the idea in the back of his mind for another day. 'When my mouth is completely healed.' Taking a breather Will glanced at Sonny and Paul and blushed slightly when he saw the looks they were giving him. Putting both of his hands together into a circle Will jerked Sonny and Paul's cocks together tonguing just the heads keeping his eyes on their faces. Smiling slightly Will requested, "Touch each other."

"Fuck, "Paul whispered before tugging on Sonny's neck and shoving his tongue into his mouth. Groaning at Will's perfect hands and tongue and Sonny's hot perfect mouth Paul backed off of Sonny and said, "Baby I am going to come all over the fucking place."

"Good, that's what I want," Will answered, "I want you to be as happy and satisfied as I am."

"Trust us," Sonny whined, "We are so fucking satisfied." Biting harshly into Paul's bottom lip, hands moving up and down Paul's chest, Sonny felt himself getting close too.

Paul sobbed into Sonny's mouth as rivulets of come drenched Will's hands. Hands petting Sonny's hair and the back of his mouth Paul felt his entire body shaking. 'Fuck, fuck, fuck.'

Watching and feeling Paul against him Sonny loudly came too. Chest heaving, feeling absolutely spent, Sonny collapsed against the bed sweat dripping off his skin.

Will admired the patterns against his hands and Sonny and Paul's cocks. 'It's so pretty. I wonder if it counts as a dirty picture if it's art.' Not wanting to get his fancy new phone out of his pants Will settled for licking them both clean. Smiling when they each made a weak cry as he slurped their oversensitive cocks into his mouth. Ignoring the fact that his hands were still sticky Will snuggled Paul and Sonny uncaring that he was lying on top of them. "Was that good," Will asked gently feeling a bit smug when he could still feel how hard their hearts were beating.

"Are you joking right now," Sonny demanded smacking Will's butt gently, "Babe."

"For someone that's supposed to be a sweet little thing you pull out the craziest shit," Paul commented, arm wrapping around Will's waist.

"I think I can take more of your cocks in my mouth when my lips are better," Will nodded against them cheeks red. "But um, I wasn't, it felt really good. Being with you I mean. You made me feel safe."

"I would hope so," Sonny closed his eyes and sighed. "We love you. We would never want to do anything to make you upset or afraid."

"And you didn't," Will insisted, yawning widely, "It was perfect. Love you both."

Author's note:

I tried to hold off on the smut but let's face it we all wanted it. And group therapy could not come soon enough for these three.

Also I don't know why but I think Sami forcing Paul to spend all day with her is just the funniest thing to me.

Please review and let me know what you thought. I really do appreciate it. Are there any characters you want to see more or less of?