helliam/willry oneshots (ft. angst)

The origin story

1963-xx/xx
William is about 25 years old during this time.

Williams pov:
I banged my fist on the desk and made an annoyed grunt out of anger. Henry looked at me with a concerned expression.

"William, calm down", he said quietly, "It's gonna be fine".

"But what if I can't get it done in time?", I asked with slight panic in my voice.

Henry sighed and looked at my paper. I knew the math on the paper was clean and precise, yet I was still on edge about it. I had studied them closely all night trying to figure out what I had done wrong.

"Forty-five", Henry said, short and simple.

"Forty-five? What do you mean, Hen?", I asked as I wrote it down in one of the corners of the paper.

"Instead of thirty-five", Henry smiled softly as he pointed to the mistake.

"Right, sorry", I mumbled under my breath as I corrected my, honestly, embarrassing mistake.

"Don't apologise, it happens to the best of us", Henry chuckled lightly as he continued to read his book.

A small smile grew onto my face, which I covered with my hand. How was I a mathematics mayor and still didn't realise this simple mistake? It wasn't my proudest moment. I continued to write down formulas and equations on the same paper. Henry would sometimes look up from his book and look surprised at the progress I had made.

"That's it!", I smiled as I realised what I had come up with.

Henry looked up from his book with a smug face. I explained my thoughts to Henry and he looked just as fascinated as I was.

"You mean we could do that!?", Henry shouted happily.

"Not legally, but yes!", I answered, earning a chuckle from Henry.

We discussed how we would be able to legally do this. Henry came with great suggestions, yet none seemed to fit what neither of us wanted to make. It probably took us more than twenty minutes of talking to come up with a reasonable plan.

"Okay, hear me out here", he smiled deviously, "What if we make animatronics for children and, only at night, they become alive?"

I thought for a minute before giving him a reassuring yet sinister smile.

"You're a goddamn genius Henry!", I smiled

"No, I'm a business man", Henry said smugly.

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A/n: I hated writing this. It overall just sucked.

On a different note, vote to be loved by your family 'cause I know damn well if you're reading this shit you don't have a good relationship with your parents.