I imagined how the goop-room scene would have been with the core four instead of Jancy. And then I realized it was perfect for Will's coming out scene! So here's a little ficlet I wrote about it :)
Panic erupted as the four boys searched for a way out of the room. Yells for help reverberated off the walls. Dustin was trying to get on Lucas' shoulders to reach the ceiling vent. The chaos was overwhelming and, more importantly, not helping them escape.
"STOP!" Mike shouted.
"EVERYONE SIT DOWN," he demanded as he took the first seat on a large table in the middle of the room. The only thing yet to be covered in the white sludge. The room fell quiet and everyone reluctantly stilled their efforts and took a seat.
"We need to just relax for a second, make a plan," Mike said, out of breath.
Noone offered any ideas though.
Lucas started to hyperventilate.
"Oh god, we're gonna die in this goop room."
"We're not dying!" Mike snapped.
"Goop room?" Dustin asked.
Mike scrunched his face up.
Will chuckled.
And then laughter broke out among the (goop) room.
When the laughter died down there was silence. Glances around the room and at eachother as each boy considered they might actually die here. There didn't seem to be a way out. Noone had heard their cries for help.
"Well if this is it, then I have to tell you guys something..." Dustin said.
All eyes went to him. Mike looked like he was about to protest again but Dustin cut him off.
"Remember in 5th grade homeroom when someone didn't lock the door on Frankie's cage and he got out and we never found him and then we all lost snack privileges for the rest of the year? That was me."
A chorus of groans.
"I knew it!" Mike said.
"You've been sitting on this since 5th grade!" Lucas exclaimed.
"It's was an accident!"
Then they were all laughing again.
"I've peed in every pool I've been in!" Mike burst out.
"EW!" Will yelled.
"Oh dude!" Lucas shook his head.
"Oh come on, it's not that bad!"
They laid everything on the table they could think of. Every lie, omission of truth, and secret. The sludge grew deeper around them until fear began to grow again about the reality of their situation.
Will felt a pressure growing in his chest as he held on to his biggest secret. Time was ticking. It was now or never. A cold sweat settled across his body. He swallowed the lump in his throat.
"I have one more" he said quietly.
Everyone looked at him.
"Um." He stuttered and stalled. "It's - uh, kind of a big one".
The room was serious, everyone waited with a nervous anticipation as Will became more scared he wasn't going to be able to say it. He fidgeted with his sleeves, pulling them down over his hands and then clasping them together. Mike watched as his knuckles turned white from squeezing so hard.
"Hey," Mike said, "whatever it is, it's okay".
Lucas and Dustin nodded and murmmered words of agreement.
Will's heart beat fast. Mike always somehow said the right the thing when it mattered most. He nodded his head.
"I -don't like girls" the words left his mouth before he was really ready. He immediately wished he could take them back. He looked to his friends faces, but they just waited.
"I mean, I do but - but not like you guys."
[Cue the rest of his coming out speech - sorry I'm terrible at finishing writing but I hope someone enjoyed!]
I find Doris much more interesting now that we know she has all the knowledge the talamasca collected.
Love this ending for Olive. I'm curious if she will try to rescue Jazzy next season or if she's chilling and doing her own thing now that she has his pet.
Hate what they've done to Jasper with a fiery passion, that's my baby wtf. I hope he and his fledglings burn the Amsterdamn HQ down.
Did not see Doris being Helen's sister coming. I already thought she was a vamp from what other people were saying.
Guy reuniting with his mom better have a big twist or reveal cuz I'm a little bored by this mission, especially with it being drawn out over 2 seasons.
Curious who the mysterious character on the ship is.
Guy and Doris 'will they won't they' again next season, I'm already tired. Let's make Gasper happen fr amc.
This is what happens when you get your toys dirty, Armand. Even if it's yours.
Yall I made a gift for the first time! And according to my wife, she thinks I should make these into a series and just drawing chibi Armand with his little Danny plushie.
Art/Gif by me.
