Bi Bartender Mike x Epilogue Will
may I propose a new Byler varient
will's date with carlton doesn't go well, hours after the date he sits at the bar trying to get the guts to ask someone else out. Or at least try to make friends but social anxiety is winning again. Especially with how dull and embarrassing that date was. so he just keeps drinking sprites.
will doesn't drink alcohol in my head cannon but gay bars are the easiest and safest way to meet other gay people. he 100% has ear plugs in to block out most of the club noise.
eventually it's shift change at the bar and it's mike who shows up. turns out not only is he bi but he also works at this gay bar. To help pay for his English literature degree/life but mostly to meet people in the publishing industry. it did not take long for him to learn that a lot of writers are alcoholics.
will and mike end the night boyfriends. I think this is the perfect way to work around the epilogue boyfriend ending.
this is my first ruff draft comic. it needs a lot of work but I like it so far.
this is the fanfic ruff draft and AO3 link
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
“Mike, omg you work here” will asks
"Unfortunately, dammit he always does it, he just leaves cups” mike says motioning to will’s empty sprite cups. He moves the dirty cups to the sink area and starts wiping down the counter with disinfectant"
“In his defence you were 15 minutes late for your shift, I heard him complaining about you always being late. I see that hasn’t changed”
“Ha, ha, no, it never will, I make up for it by being great at this job though. this place is already cleaner and I just got here. that better be enough I need this job, it’s one of the best spots to meet people in the writing industry. turns out a lot of them are alcoholics”
“really good to know, i'm happy to hear you're still writing. what are you working on now"
“Right now I'm working on an enemies to lovers romance between a soldier and prince. They are forced to work together to defeat the dragon that has been terrorizing the kingdom. it starts as an enemy of my enemy is my friend. they slowly learn that they have way more in common than they ever thought and become ride or die lovers. They swear to live for each other so they can go crazy together”
“Sounds interesting, why romance”
“Idk, I just like writing gay romances. I guess it’s nice creating a world where we aren't discriminated against. Where being gay is treated as if it’s normal. Like it’s on the same level of choosing what your favorite color is, because that’s how it should be treated.”
“Oh yeah, I never told you, I forgot we stopped talking before I had my gay crisis. Well not gay, i’m not gay, i mean i am but i’m not only gay. I like both, I definitely like guys more though. I didn’t even know that was an option until I started college.”
“Oh, good for you, Thanks for trusting me with this. Honestly i should have known when i came out you would also.They do claim that it’s contagious. I should've known you wouldn’t be able to resist my charm”
"yeah I should have known, there was always this friend of mine. we were best friends and I would look at them like they were my everything. as if they were perfection because they were and still are. ever since elementary school but I let them get way"
"yeah I guess I did the same, I gave them this painting and lied about who commissioned it. that was so stupid I should have told them the love confession was from me but I chicken out"
"oh, well do you think it's to late for them" mike ask leaning in closer to will looking at his lips
"no I don't think so, do you" will replies leaning in staring back at Mike's lips
"it's never too late" mike says before they kiss