Submission Prompt: Hello…I just thought of this prompt and love the way you write. Will is an elementary school teacher as a side job and his classroom habits slip out while talking to Nico and the others. Like when they go out in a group, Will is like: ‘Okay now everyone hold your buddy’s hand.’
A/N: I’m going to tweak the prompt a bit since like, elementary school teacher is not a side job LOL. So now we have a mortal AU with teacher!Will, grad student!Nico (not that it matters), and they’re hanging a mix of friends (I always do Cecil and Lou Ellen so I’ll try to mix it up more haha). (YO I’VE HAD HALF OF THIS WRITTEN FOR AT LEAST A YEAR SORRY)
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“Bye, Mr. Solace!”
Will enthusiastically waved goodbye, his last student filing out of his classroom. Man, second graders were really just adorable. Also, very messy. Will turned his gaze upon the desks covered in glitter and paper scraps and sighed. Nico did tell him that this particular art project was a bad idea, but how else was Will going to teach the kids about the states in the US if they couldn’t cut them out and color them?
Will began the arduous process of cleaning up, humming lightly to himself. He had to actually get his gum scraper (yes, he always had it on hand even if gum was not allowed in school) to get glue off the desks. After vacuuming as much glitter out of the carpet as possible, Will dusted himself off and headed to a faculty meeting.
He came back to his room to find his boyfriend wiping down his desks. He let out a noise of surprise, startling slightly in the middle of the doorway. Nico looked up, a slow smile spreading across his face as he stood up from where he was leaning over a desk.
“Hey, Sunshine,” he greeted. “I see you went ahead with the glitter.”
Will rolled his eyes but didn’t respond to the jab, electing to walk over and throw his arms around the dark-haired man. “What are you doing here?”
Will leaned back to see Nico’s face as he started speaking. “We’re going out, aren’t we?”
“It’s like 4:00! Isn’t it kind of early?” Will untangled himself from his boyfriend after giving him a quick peck on the cheek.
Nico shrugged. “Jason said I should just get you from school. You know how he’s like an old man now and he sleeps early.” They both laughed in agreement. Jason got some government job out of college that fit his regiment of rising early and hitting the ground running. While he used to be able to hang with everyone late into the night, starting his career flipped his “adult switch” and he became “less fun,” in Leo’s words. Piper doesn’t mind much since Jason’s routine has helped steady her often turbulent schedule. She had started a small fashion company in college that really took off in the past year, meaning she had meeting after meeting with various people and often had no consistency between her workdays. Jason and Piper’s daily lives were drastically different, but they did good to balance each other out and keep each other grounded.
“Did Leo say he was coming?” Will asked as he began putting things away and shutting his windows.
“Yeah, I think so. And he’s bringing Calypso too.” Leo’s small mechanic shop had a few loyal customers, which was enough to make Leo content with his life. Then, as he tells it, a beautiful goddess waltzed into his garage covered in grease and dirt smudges, claiming to have broken down nearby and was in need of help. Leo said she gave him a decent rundown of what she found wrong with her car and was ecstatic to find that she was spot on. He was in love and, while it took a bit of charming and annoying, Leo convinced her to go out with him a few months ago.
“Oh, that’s good! I like her,” Will replied enthusiastically.
“I can’t believe she puts up with him,” Nico said in a flat voice.
“Don’t be so mean, Neeks,” the blonde said as they made their way out the door. “They’re good together and you know it. Besides, she teases Leo just as much as he does to everyone—“
“Probably why he’s whipped,” Nico cut in.
“Oh my gosh,” Will rolled his eyes as he grabbed Nico’s hand, swinging it between them.
They continued to talk and joke as they got into the car and drove downtown, where they were meeting their friends for dinner.
Once they parked and were getting out of the car, they heard a shout behind them. “Looks like the love birds finally made it!”
Nico rolled his eyes and replied without even turning around. “Don’t even talk, Pipes. You know you’re the queen of sappy romance.” Will could see the smirk on his boyfriend’s face as he rounded the car to stand next to him.
They turned in time to see the Piper’s offended expression as she strode up to them. “Excuse me,” she scoffed. “How dare you make such an accusation against me when we all know Jason is the mushiest one and he’s standing right here.”
The aforementioned blonde only sighed exasperatedly, knowing he never wins this argument. Then, a shameless grin grew on his face as he snaked his arm around his girlfriend’s waist, tugging her toward him. He shoved his nose in her face and crooned, “And don’t you forget it.”
“Woah, Jason, where’s my loving embrace?” an indignant voice cried out to their right. Will turned to see Leo walking hand-in-hand with a beautiful girl, her caramel-colored hair blowing back lightly in the breeze. Her cheeks were tinted pink as she giggled, watching her ridiculous boyfriend ramble on about being Jason’s first love and how no one cared about him around here.
Jason, ever the gentleman, immediately turned to Calypso to introduce himself, prompting everyone else to do the same.
“Leo’s told us a lot about you,” Will said politely. “It’s wonderful to finally meet you.”
“I’m glad to be here,” she said good-naturedly. “Leo’s told me many stories about you all, though I feel like they were a bit… embellished. I know for a fact that he isn’t a smooth, suave hero at all times.” She shot Leo a look that caused his cheeks to darken, even as he placed a hand on his chest in mock exaggeration. Nico was right—he was whipped.
“Oh, don’t worry. We have an endless list of embarrassing things Leo has done. We’ll fill in the gaps he probably left out,” Nico cut in. In all honesty, getting back at Leo for anything and everything he’s ever done to him was probably what he had looked forward to most about this dinner. Will couldn’t hold him back if he tried.
Before things could escalate any further, Will gestured toward the road. “Let’s head toward the restaurant before we spend the whole evening insulting each other in a parking lot. I like to have food with my entertainment.” He winked at Calypso, who laughed as she nodded in agreement.
The group mingled together, conversing loudly as they made their way toward the edge of the lot. Nico had clearly considered jaywalking across the street to the restaurant, but one stern look from his boyfriend had him pivoting to the nearest crosswalk.
Will pressed the crossing button and turned toward the group as they waited. They all continued chatting, not really paying attention to where they were going. He glanced at the crossing sign, hoping everyone could at least look forward when they stepped into the street.
When the sign lit up and his friends hadn’t moved, he spoke up on instinct. “Everyone, grab your buddy’s hand; we’re crossing the street!”
The chatter stopped, and Will blinked as all eyes stared back at him. “Um…” He glanced again at the sign, which was now counting down their seconds. Technically, you weren’t supposed to enter the road at this point, but the timer was still high. However, none of his friends seemed poised to move, so maybe he’d have to hold them back before they ended up sprinting across the street. “Are we—?”
A loud snort to his right cut him off. Will turned his head to see Nico doubled over in laughter. “You—” he tried to start, but he couldn’t hold his laughter in long enough to even form two words.
Soon enough, the others started laughing too—Leo and Piper, rather loudly, and Jason and Calypso, a bit more politely, the latter holding a hand over her mouth as her shoulders shook. Will continued to look confused, part of his mind still preoccupied with the light they were missing.
He replayed the last few minutes in his head, then promptly turned red as he groaned. His friends only laughed harder when he buried his head in his hands.
“I just want to cross the street,” he lamented through his fingers.
“But, Mr. Will,” Leo exclaimed. “You forgot to tell us to look both ways first!” He had tears gathering in the corners of his eyes from how much he was laughing. Honestly, Will thought they were all overreacting.
“Oh, come on! It wasn’t even that funny!” he cried.
“Will,” Jason started, in a consoling tone that the teacher did not think was warranted in this situation. “You didn’t hear it like we did.”
“You used your teacher voice!” Nico finally caught his breath enough to speak, though Will kind of wishes he hadn’t. “It was all high and cheery and—” He wiggled his fingers in an effort to express Will’s tone.
The blonde man turned back to see the light had changed, the red hand now mocking him and preventing him from leaving this conversation.
“You’re a teacher?” Will found Calypso looking at him with genuine curiosity in her eyes as the other four calmed down from their fits of laughter.
“Yes,” he sighed heavily. “And we had a field trip the other day. And I came straight from the classroom today.” He gazed at the others around him. “I guess I forgot I wasn’t dealing with second graders.”
Calypso carried on over the noises of indignation from the others. “Aw, second graders, how cute! Tell me about it!” Bless her, this saint of a woman, engaging in conversation and pushing Will’s slip-up away. It was a kind gesture and Will ran with it.
He quite literally turned his back on the others as he described what his day of geography and glitter was like to the woman.
In the next minute, when the light changed and the crossing sign lit up once more, he felt a hand slip into his. Nico was staring up at him, a grin on his face. “I call you as my crossing buddy.”
Will rolled his eyes. “Yeah yeah.” He looked to his other side to see the other couples also holding hands and smiling at him. The teacher rolled his eyes again and, before he stepped off the curb, brightly called out, “Look both ways first, kids!”
i should probably do other ships, but idk man i just keep getting ideas for solangelo, so here you go. also im not saying that if you sent me asks with prompts i would write them but im also not not saying that if you sent me asks with prompts i would write them.
teacher!will and tattoo artist!nico
word count: 657 (can someone tell me if this is too long for a oneshot or too short?? thanks)
Nico woke to the sound of Will’s alarm. Nico thought that it was too annoying to actually wake anyone up, but Will had argued that it encourages Will to get out of bed to turn it off. That was one downside to sleeping in the same bed as Will, when Will woke up at 6:30 am, Nico did too, even though he didn’t have to be at work until noon. But alas, the upsides far outweighed the downsides, and Nico still shared a bed with Will.
As per usual, Will got out of bed right away and started getting ready. He always had an easier time getting out of bed than Nico. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that Will seemed to radiate heat, while Nico just gave off a cold, eerie, vibe. But, for whatever reason, Will had liked that vibe, and even decided to marry that vibe, so Nico just went with it.
Nico’s day consisted mostly of sleeping until noon, texting Will during his lunch break, and tattooing people at the shop. Nico knew it was stereotypical for him to be a tattoo artist, but what can he say? He loves the job, and he actually turned out to be pretty good at it. Nico also knew that it was a stereotype for him to fall for a bright, flowery person like Will, who was a freaking kindergarten teacher, but again, he just couldn’t help himself. What do they say? Opposites attract? Something like that.
This particular day, Nico received a rushed text from Will at the beginning of his lunch break, saying that he had forgotten his lunch at home. Nico was glad but also irritated, he wanted to see Will but now he had to get up early. But of course, he got up earlier, grabbed Will’s lunch and headed down to Will’s school.
When Nico walked into the building, he was immediately met with a kind looking woman, who looked about mid-forties, wearing a pair of glasses with a chain around her neck.
“Hi, what can I do for you today?” She asked, smiling brightly. Nico didn’t remember the office ladies at his elementary school being this nice.
“Hi, I actually have a lunch for Will Solace? He left it at home this morning,” Nico mentally scolded himself for adding the part about him leaving it at home. He didn’t know if Will was out to his coworkers, or this one specifically, because as far as Nico knew he was still trying to gauge whether they were homophobic or not. But when the lady, Mrs. Rite according to her name tag, spoke again Nico was pleasantly surprised.
“Oh, you must be Nico, Will’s husband?” Nico smiled. They had gotten married a little over a year ago, but it still felt so good to be called that.
“Yeah, that’s me.”
“Alright well if you just wait a minute I can get him down here and you can give it to him yourself, would you like that?” She said, still smiling.
“Oh, yeah, for sure,” Nico said, eager to actually see Will.
“Alright one moment.” He nodded, and glanced around the room. It was small, a couple of chairs sitting by the door, unoccupied.
“Hey Neeks! Thank you so, so much, I can’t believe that I forgot-”
“Will, calm down, it’s alright, really, it was no trouble at all,” Nico said, smiling at his husband’s antics. Will smiled back, and took his lunch gratefully.
“Ok, well I gotta go-” Nico started to say, and then Will placed his arm on the other boy’s back and kissed him. It took Nico by surprise, he didn’t think that Will would actually go as far as kissing him. By the time it started, it was over, Will was winking at him, and leaving. Nico stood there dazed for a second, and finally exited the building, smiling to himself the entire way home.
okay first of all hi this is spacelatinoss just my other account bc tumblr makes no goddamn sense
second of all STICK WITH ME HERE but Will Miller headcannon?? okay don’t know why but i get such big like teacher vibes from him?? like look at the gif below and tell me that this man isn’t giving off some serious like “cool math teacher” vibes. like he’s a middle school math teacher who is also like a baseball coach or something. i can’t imagine him and Ben doing anything separately so like he’s the gym teacher or whatever and the football coach but like actually a good gym teacher. i just feel like Will is so dispositioned to have a huge amount of patience, even without the Delta Force training, that would be so perfect for a teacher. like @softpedropascal has a Mechanic!Frankie thing going that is so perfect for Frankie it’s almost scary i think that Will would be an excellent teacher. like he understands the kids because he actually listens to them and respects them and they trust him. he would definitely be the first to notice if a kid has a mild learning disability bc of how closely he pays attention to them.
also he’s a DILF without the kids which is a huge plus. did any of this make sense???
Are you reading my brain?! I’ve been thinking about teacher Will all day! This morning I was driving to work and thinking about a high school teacher asking him to come work at the school to help some troubled boys, like a role model. And then he falls in love with the teacher but I honestly love this even more!
You send me some Teacher! Will headcanons and I will write them baby. I’m a teacher too so I LOVE THIS!
Basically bad sketches for my non-existent head fic of teacher!Will and student!Hannibal (set in a boarding school) where the red sweater is actually Will’s and Hannibal breaks into Will’s apartment steals it and is a manipulative lil’ f*cker. Will smokes cigarettes and is actually semi-fashionable but is still a lil’ cinnamon roll too afraid of his feelings to show Hanni how much of a daddy he can be and eventually Hanni gets too tired of waiting and takes things into his power bottom hands…or bottom. oh and like Bev and Will are besties, Hannibal rides his hot af Triumph and Marlana is a thing, and Mischa is a live and cannibalism may not happen. .. basically.
