#will rivers

there's gonna be serious spoilers in here. like vague enough that you won't know who did what but the au basically depends on how insane these plot points are.

i wish more people knew about nickleodeon's the astronauts bc holy fucking shit the concept would go so well with phm!!

like the idea of a bunch of kids being ignored by their parents who have vaguely been announced to be searching for something that can further earth's journey into space/searching for different life (the trip is literally called the odyssey) and then getting trapped on a ship bc some employee entrusted his kids to give him his space keys and those kids make an immature choice to go on the ship and they have to launch on their own?? oh my god ryland would be PISSEDDDD. and then not only that, these kids are getting pushed around by their parents to be paranoid of each other and to take a commander's position, a position that requires years of training and mental fortitude and it ends up being in the hands of the youngest. she's a prodigy but holy fucking shit. she had a whole mental breakdown and ryland would have to definitely talk her through that once their ships meet and he's finally sort of in contact with ground again. which he would definitely get to shit talk way earlier and not be presumed dead. also the amount of shit they do unmanned is insane. definitely more things to talk through, especially since them trying to fix a cpu issue gets one of them killed and then revived. also, they tried to return to earth and got stranded back in space and bc the show got canceled, it ends with them looking at a giant rock in space, that they assume is an alien vessel and it was a cliffhanger. instead, i'd imagine that it was perhaps a dead crewmate of rocky's and instead, they end up floating past his old ship and approaching the hail mary. because the hail mary and the odyssey ii are both pretty large and nasa based, the two get to chatting and therefore, ryland grace now gets a bunch of traumatized human kids and a direct line to cuss out almost everyone but (and maybe he saves her for later) eva stratt back on earth. although rocky's definitely doing more of that.

Prompt: After Will died and got revived by Matilda, Elliot couldn’t help but to be worried about his friend who was still under shock.

Tags: Fluff, comfort, cuddles, confession

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After the junior crew found out that they were now the ones driving the ship, they all decided to call it a night after this crazy day.

Samy had to have surgery, Matilda left the Odyssey II for good, they now had to drive the ship.

Will didn’t tell anyone he died yet, only Elliot knew since he witnessed it. At the moment, the young boy stayed alone in the med bay, sitting in a corner rocking himself like a small child, not able to sleep or eat anything. It all happened too fast for him. He was afraid that if he closed his eyes, he would never open them again, again.

Elliot, on his side, was laying on his bed, thinking about everything. Then he realized he wasn’t the one who almost went for good, he realized that Will must be an inner emotional mess. He was always there to help others but since no one knew, who was there to comfort him? Suddenly, guilt struck him. Wasn’t he the one supposed to make sure he was okay? After all, he was there when Will..... Elliot didn’t even want to think about that word. The cheerful boy was always smiling in front of the others, even after all that happened. At first, Elliot was wondering how could anyone possibly keep a smile like this on their face. After more thinking, he concluded it was not possible that anyone could do that without forcing themselves at least once.

“You say you’re okay... but are you?” He mutters, staring at the ceiling.

Resolute to get everything cleared, he got up and walked out of his cabin, heading towards the med bay.

Once he got there, Elliot knocked once. Knocked twice. Three times. Since he got no response he slowly slid the door half-open and his first sight was a vulnerable child almost hidden in the corner just by himself. Not being noticed yet, he quietly walked up to him being careful to not make sudden mouvements or noises that could have startled him. In the end, he failed. He tripped over himself and almost fell but managed to catch himself. A bit scared, Will turned around and looked up to his best friend.

“Hey.. Sorry for affraying you, I knocked on the door but you weren’t answering so I thought I’d, y’know, check up on you.

Elliot shrugged and sat next to him.

- Hey El, Will rubbed his eyes as Elliot noticed the bags under them, you know you didn’t have to, he forced a smile that didn’t go unnoticed by his friend.

- Oh I know, but that’s what ‘friends’ do soooo..

He acted casually and wrapped an arm around Will’s shoulders making the poor child blush. An awkward silence took place.

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Out of the sudden, Will starts sniffling while Elliot stares at him in shock, he never saw him cry, not even during the countdown.

- I-.. I thought Matilda was my only friend...

- Turns out not, we’re all here for you.

They both smiled, from that moment, nothing was awkward. Elliot’s hand reaches out for Will’s cheeks and softly wiped the tears he shed with his thumb.

- No need to cry, beautiful. He quietly mutters the last part

- Huh, you said something?

Will asked as he thought his comrade muttered something unillegible.

- N-no, it’s nothing..

The two looked into each other’s eyes, lost in the moment. They slowly leaned in and surprisingly not hesitating one bit. They knew they bothwanted it and that for a long time. Then, their lips met for the first time. It was soft, lovely and a bit too quick to their taste,but they both needed air. They parted and smiled.

- Woah.

Will chuckled.

- Woah indeed. You don’t know how much I’m thankful for you.. for everything you are and everything you do. I am so, so happy you’re still here with me.

Elliot whispered and pressed his forehead against Will’s, as he shed a few tears too. Their breaths were hot but peaceful, heartbeats synchronized and minds at peace.

- I’m glad to be with you too El.

Another comfortable silence happened as the two younglings stayed in each other’s embrace, still on the floor, but they didn’t mind at all.

- I think we’re way passed beyond the ‘friend zone’ line, that’s if you don’t mind.

- Definitely. I wonder how the others will react, I hope Doria won’t bug us that much about that.

Elliot chuckled at Will’s comment about Doria’s childish behavior and played with his friend-not-so-friend’s hair.

- I think we’ll have to expect this from her, the others won’t mind much, at least I think.

Will yawned and burried his face in the crook of Elliot’s neck.

- I love you El..

He then finally fell asleep soundly, clearly exhausted.

- I love you too Will, forever and always.”

Elliot planted a light kiss on his head, stood up and carefully carried him to his cabin.

Once they got there, he layed down with him on the bed, delicately wrapped his arms around Will’s small waist and pressed his chest against the boy’s back, spooning him.

“Thank you Matilda” Elliot mumbled even if he knew she couldn’t hear him.

And he joins Will to Dreamland. Nothing in this world, not even the fact that they were stuck in space and had to drive a spaceship, could currently bother them. And it looked like the universe agreed.

Even though, unbeknownst to the two, the crew watched everything. From the beginning to the end, creepy isn’t it? They couldn’t care less though. Samy was confused why she was there since it was kind of none of her business, nonetheless she was smiling. Martin was glad that at least now Will wouldn’t only bug him now. Doria was restraining herself from jumping up and down and squealing.

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So, what do you think? Should I actually make a small series of Will x Elliot? I hope you liked it, took me the day to get all this figured out but even so, I really enjoyed writing it!

Now thanks for reading and have a good one!