#isaac things

Sam: Oh, Mr. McKeithen I've heard a lot about you.

Will: It's Keaton, but that's okay, it's more than one syllable, so I don't blame you for struggling.

Sam: Oh that's right you're a words guy. That's cool. Me, too. I'm a lawyer, though, so, my words actually matter.

Will: ... I'm sorry -- did you just... brag about being a lawyer? Like, you thought that was a... win?

Sam: Listen, I get it: it confuses you because it's a real job, and that's not something you're familiar with.

Will: You know what? You're so right, and I'm sorry. I only bring joy and excitement and adventure and thrills and not a little bit of horniness to millions of people. But you do your little terms and conditions and think you're important. It's cute!

Sam: Cute? Keaton, are you hitting on me?

Will: Y'know, I would, but I'm too busy having sex with women to indulge your Top Gun fantasies.

Sam: You shut your fucking mouth about Top Gun.

Will: ...You know what. I'm sorry. You're right.

Sam: I mean... Will. Honestly. Top Gun.

Will: You're right! I'm... sorry. I'm so sorry.

[Pause.]

Will: [Extends his hand.] You can be my wingman any time.

Sam: This is super gay.

Will: Exactly.

Sam: ...Damn straight.

Isaac's family owns the building, but they live on the top three floors. It's not very homey. But it's nice!

Will lives in a building like this, but in lower Manhattan. Probably above a loud bar.

Will is a movie star. He was making good money before he blew up (in this universe, he played Peter Quill in the MCU), but he makes incredible money now. Thing is? He still lives his simple little life. He doesn't do any investments or tax trickery or anything like that. He likes his cozy apartment and he likes having money to do things he likes -- which sometimes includes extravagance, mostly in the form of gifts, but his lifestyle isn't extravagant (his publicist is very disappointed about this). He could stop working now and never have to work again, and that's how he likes it. He donates generously to programs that keep the arts in schools, and that encourage kids to get into STEM, especially girls. He even did a promo as Star Lord to encourage kids to get into the sciences.

The Gates Family is like the Ushers in The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix: relatively new wealth -- maybe a generation or two -- but it's already absurd. If there's an evil industry, they're in it, and they have a healthy handful of it. Hiram and Moira Gates are definitely the kind of billionaires who wield their influence in every possible way. Except, y'know, in the interest of loving their son. Isaac will never have to work in his life, even if his parents consider him a disappointment, but he's searching for a way, no matter how small, to amend for his parents. (Naturally he thinks they're his responsibility. Despite it all, he still loves them and wants them to love him, too. He shouldn't hold his breath.)

Sam: Gates. How's the family?

Isaac: [Furrows his brow.]

Sam: Hey, [Sam holds up a placating hand.] I hate them, too. Just like I hate my parents. I just thought you were... y'know, cool with it.

Isaac: [Squints.] They're fine, Sam. How's your uncle? I heard he was sick.

Sam: [Shrugs.] Still alive, unfortunately.

Isaac: [Shakes his head.] They're your family, Sam.

Sam: You should talk.

Isaac: [Huffs quietly.]

Sam: Loosen up, Gates! I'm not going to hit you. If it makes you feel any better, I'm barely aware that you're here.

Isaac: ...Fuck you, Sam.

Sam: THERE HE IS. [Raises his hand in a high five.]

Isaac: [Smiles despite himself. Gives Sam a high five. Misses.]

Sam: Jesus, kid.

Isaac: My hand got thrown off by the gravitational pull of your head.

Sam: Fucking nerd.

Isaac: Oh come on, a gravity joke is too much for you? Didn't you graduate top of your class, like, twice?

Sam: How do you know that?

Isaac: [Shrugs.] Fucking nerd stuff.

Sam: [Sam can feel himself growing affectionate.] Alright, well, I'm gonna go find breasts to stare at before people start to think we're friends. [He walks off.]

Will actually played P.T. Barnum in the Broadway version of the show -- to rave reviews, but it was a limited engagement (and everyone was heartbroken when it was over).

Sam's family actually was a major financier of the Broadway version and he was having an affair with the actor who played Jenny Lind (and maybe some of the other ones. Who can remember?).

Will is boxer briefs (a costume department put him in a pair once and he found he preferred them)

Isaac is boxers (he needs the space -- WINK WINK BIG DICK)

All very recently, actually!