The Will & Sonny Story

Coming Out

Will grew closer to Gabi Hernandez and the two began dating. During the summer of 2011, Abigail's cousin, Sonny also came to Salem. Over time, Will started distancing himself from Gabi and she broke things off between them.

Will started spending more and more time with Sonny and his friends. He got drunk one night and kissed another guy, Neil, at a party, and abruptly ran off. He went to see Marlena, who encouraged to be true to himself and with her kind, gentle support he realized the truth: he was gay.

He eventually told his parents. At first, Sami blamed herself and stormed out of the room. Lucas, conversely, was supportive of Will and told Will that he loved him. Eventually Sami was able to accept him for who he was and told Will that she loves him and always would.

Baby Drama

As the months went by, Will and Sonny spent more and more time together. During that time, Sonny developed feelings for Will. When Sonny surprised Will with a kiss, Will rejected him, causing Sonny to lash out, accusing him of not being completely out of the closet yet. Crushed and confused, Will found comfort in the arms of his ex-girlfriend, Gabi. The two slept together, but immediately regretted their mistake.

Will soon realized that he was avoiding his feelings for Sonny and told him that he was ready for a relationship. Sonny told Will he loved him and the two made love. Moments after, Gabi arrived at Sonny's apartment and privately told Will she was pregnant. Gabi's boyfriend, Nick offered to marry her and pretend that the baby was him. Afraid to lose Sonny, Will agreed, however on the day of their wedding, Chad exposed their secret. Sonny was hurt that Will had kept that secret and the two broke up.

Nick VS the Gays

Will and Sonny, ultimately reconciled. Nick vowed to himself that gay boy Will would not be a part of the baby s life and discovered a secret that Will and his family were keeping, Lucas had gone to prison to protect his son. He used this information to force Will into signing away his parental rights.

For months, Nick tormented Will and Sonny, gay bashing them at any chance he got. Despite everything, Will took a bullet meant for Nick. Will was taken to the hospital, where he made it through surgery successfully. Nick admitted to Gabi what he had done and agrees to return Will's parental rights; Nick and Gabi ended their relationship, and Gabi and baby Arianna move in with Will and Sonny.

Marriage

Sonny proposed to Will, who much to his surprise, didn't accept, wanting to wait for the right time. Marlena helped Will realize that there would never be a "right time", so, on Valentine's Day, Will finally accepted Sonny's proposal.

The two were married on April 3, 2014. Victor and Maggie hosted the ceremony at the Kiriakis mansion, Marlena officiated the service.

Affair & Murder

Will was given a secret assignment to write an article about all-star pitched Paul Narita, who unknown to Will, was Sonny's ex-boyfriend. Paul flirted with Will, kissed him and the two ended up sleeping together. Afterward Paul agreed to let Will publish the article, which revealed to the world that he was gay. Sonny eventually learnt the truth, confronted Will about it and the two separated.

Soon after, two women were killed, strangled with a necktie. Months later Will discovered a necktie in Ben Weston's apartment that matches those the Necktie Killer used and realized, Ben was the killer. Unfortunately Ben arrived home; notices Will with the tie and strangled him to death. He then placed Will s body in his and Gabi s apartment, were Gabi found him.

Alive?!?!

Sonny mourned for years but eventually reconnected with Paul and the two got engaged. At their wedding, Ben Weston crashed the church and announced that Will was still alive. Sonny was flooded with memories of Will, ran out of the church. He later apologized to Paul. Paul, telling him that he couldn t marry him if there was even a small chance that Will was still alive.

The Return

Paul and Sonny asked Marlena to talk to Ben, who told her that he'd learned Will was alive from his father, Clyde Weston. Sonny asked Kate to visit Clyde in prison. Clyde told Kate that Dr. Rolf had told him that he brought Will back to life. Sami arrived in Salem and a search of Rolf's room turned up an address in Memphis, that was sending Rolf large sums of money.

Sami, Marlena, John, Sonny, and Paul flew to Memphis and arrived at the address where they found Roger, an Elvis impersonator. They later discovered that Susan Banks also lived in that House. Susan explained that she planned to kill Will, because she blamed Sami for her son, E.J. s death but he had already been killed when she arrived. Paul saw Will working at a bar, and struggled with wether to tell Sonny or not. He eventually confessed, however Sonny was furious and ended their relationship.

Sonny went to the bar where Will worked as a bartender. Will had no memory of being himself and though that he was Susan's son E.J. John brought Roger in, who explained that Dr. Rolf and Susan had had witnessed Ben strangle Will. After Ben left, Rolf injected Will with fluids that made it appear as if Will was dead. Later, Rolf and Susan sneaked into the morgue and revived Will with a serum. Will awoke with no memory of his life and Susan told him he was her son, E.J. Will was shocked to discover he had been lied too for two years.

It took time but Marlena was able to convince Will to return to Salem with them.

Leo Stark

Once back in Salem, Will met his friends and family, however nothing was familiar to him. He tried to resume his relationship with Sonny but felt nothing for him. After learning that he cheated on Sonny with Paul, Will went to see him to discuss their affair and ended up kissing him. He moved into the apartment right across from Paul. The two bounded over music and started a relationship.

Sonny met Leo Stark and the two started dating but he ended things when he discovered that Leo had gotten a job at Titan, the company that Sonny was CEO of. Leo told Sonny that he quit and the two had sex in his office. Days later, Leo sued Sonny for sexual harassment.

Paul investigated Leo and uncovered his real name and criminal record. When Will confronted him, Leo attacked Will. Sonny pushed Leo away causing him to hit his head on the fireplace, killing him. Will helped Sonny dump Leo's body, inside his car but when they returned later, the car was gone.

I Will Remember You

Roger gave Dr. Rolf's notebook, which contained a formula that could restore Will s memories to Will. He in turn gave it to Dr. Kayla Brady, who was able reproduced the serum. Marlena reluctantly administered it to Will. Weeks later, Will had a memory of Sonny from his past. Will told Paul about the memory but reaffirmed his love for him, telling Paul even if he regained all of his memories, he would still choose him.

John asked Marlena to remarry him, to which she happily agreed. During the wedding Will started having flashes of his weeding to Sonny. He left the ceremony as more and more memories returned. Sonny found Will, crying, overwhelmed by the memories. Will refused to try and remember more, but Sonny talked him into doing so. Soon, Will had recovered all of his memories, passionately kissed Sonny and told him he wanted to be with him. A heartbroken Paul left Salem.

Guess Whose Back?

Will and Sonny reunited, but their happiness was short lived. Leo showed up at their door, explaining that he was actually still alive when they put him in the trunk. He showed them pictures of the boys covering up his attempted murder, and then used them to blackmail Sonny into marrying him. When Sonny and Will, spent Valentine's Day together, Leo had them arrested for attempted murder.

Leo's mother, Diana, arrived in Salem, reviling herself to be Diana Colville, one of John former lovers. She told him that Leo was his son. While waiting for the paternity test, John bounded with Leo and convinced him to drop all charges. Everyone soon discovered that Diana had lied about Leo's paternity, he wasn't John's son. Shortly after, Leo signed annulment papers, and left Salem.

Till Death Do Us Part

Will suddenly became greatly ill and lost consciousness. He was rushed to the hospital, where they discovered he had a brain tumor, caused by Dr. Rolf's formula. Will started temporally losing his memory and experienced severe mood swings. Due to the exotic nature of the serum, the doctors were unable to find a cure without Rolf's notebook, which had been lost. Kayla told Will, he only had a few days to live.

Fortunately, Sarah Horton was able to get Rolf's diary and worked on a cure, along with Rex Brady. Will proposed to Sonny and Marlena officiated, while Kat, Roman and Gabi attended. Moments later, Will suffered cardiac arrest, and almost died, however he was given the cure, and made a full recovery. Days later, the tumor was gone and Will went home with his husband.

Time Jump

On Mother's day, Will was texting Sami driving when he swerved to avoid a car. Moments later, he noticed a crashed car and rushed to the site, discovering Sarah and Adrianne inside. He tried to help them but Adrianne lost consciousness and was later pronounced dead. Will confessed to Sonny, Justin, and the police that he was to blame for Adrienne's death.

One year later....

Will was in prison for Adrienne's death, until it was discovered that Orpheus and his son, Evan had drugged Maggie, kidnapped her, stole her car and crashed. They staged it to make it look like Maggie had driven drunk. Thinking his wife had killed Adrienne, Victor removed Maggie from the scene, so that no one knew she was ever there. That was when Will arrived, thinking he had caused the accident and confessed. Once the truth came out, Will was freed and reunited with Sonny.

Emerald Drag Queen

Sonny and his brothers started a business venture in their mother's honor. Wanting to lead that project himself, Sonny, Will and Arianna moved to Phoenix.

In Arizona, Will was assigned a story about the golden, bejeweled Alamanian peacock, which was stolen in 1991 by Princess Gina. Leo Stark claimed to know where it was and agreed to lead Will to it. The following day, Leo brought Chad DiMera, Sonny and Will to his contact at a a drag queen bar.

Chad offered to buy the emerald gem from the owner but she would only sell it if they won the amateur drag queen contest. The trio joined the contest, which Chad won, and they were given the gem. Moments later they discovered that Leo had stolen it from them. Ironically it turned out to be a good thing, as doing so inadvertently saved the world from Drew Donovan.

Until We Meet Again

When Doctor Craig Wesley got engaged to Leo Stark, Sonny and Will tried to warn him but he refused to listen. Chad interrupted the wedding to announce that Leo was already married to Jackie Cox and was conning Dr. Wesley. A furious Leo swore revenge on everyone that wronged him. Leo drugged Sonny, took pictures of them in bed together and sold the lie of their affair to a tabloid.

Weeks later, Leo went to Sonny's office and the two argued but ultimately agreed to try and be cordial with one another. Moments after leaving, Leo returned and found Sonny with a knife in his back. He was caught by Chad and arrested but got released with the true culprit was discovered. Once he recovered, Sonny and Will returned home to Pheonix.