Will May

> *“If you were a constellation, each of your tattoos and your scars would be a star. And they all tell the story of you, Will.”*
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**Will** is a student and house-husband to Franklin, currently finishing his GED in online school, due to his many health issues, including lupus, schizophrenia and dissociative disorder.

## Background

There is not much about Will's background that is known - or that he remembers himself. Having grown up on the streets of New York, his earliest memories date back to his early childhood, when he was being raised by whoever felt responsible for the orphaned child at that particular time. In order to survive, he was forced to shoplift and deal drugs.

Many medical issues, including physical and mental ones, remained untreated until Will's early adulthood.

In 2015, Will got caught by police with several kinds of drugs in his possession. Further details of this incident are not known. He was sentenced to 5 years for possession with the intent to supply, of which he served one and a half before being released.

## Involvement

### Season 1

> *"It is 8:15 pm. My name is William Doe. I am here. I am... alive?"*
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By the start of Season 1, Will had already served a full year of his prison sentence. He was known among the prison population for speaking nonsense, wandering around the prison regardless of schedule, and being crazy, but harmless. Here, he formed close relationships with his roommate Nicky, their friends Jacob and Antoni, as well as the prison guard Pete.

He had recently been transferred as a patient to be treated by Dr. Franklin May, a licensed therapist and psychiatrist working at the prison. It only took Dr. May a few sessions to recognize that Will was too mentally ill to be living in a prison, and that he belonged into a psychiatric clinic or in a comparable recovery program instead. Knowing this, he never began to truly treat Will, but rather developed a platonic - and, later, romantic - interest in the inmate.

After a few more months of trials and tribulations, on the 10th of October 2017, Will was released from prison prematurely, following Dr. May's many negotiations with the prison ward.

### Season 2

Many things have changed in Will's life since he left prison four years ago. By the beginning of season 2, he is in a committed long-term relationship with Franklin, with whom he has lived together since leaving prison. They now have Orion, a black, one-eyed cat. While many of his health issues have gotten worse, he now receives proper treatment for them, causing him to look and feel healthier.

Due to proper medication and therapy, his mental state has lightened up significantly as well, making him calm, happy and functioning. He has discovered a passion for cooking and baking, much to the delight of Nicky, Pete, Jacob and Antoni, who he and Franklin still frequently hang out with, and call their closest friends.

## Quotes

### Season 1

*(Speaking about Aliens)*

* **Will:** *"My buds and I were wondering if I might be one, is all."*
* **Franklin:** *"Would it change your perception of yourself if you were indeed one?"*
* **Franklin:** *"You're not an alien, William."*
* **Franklin:** *"Though, if you were, I didn't think I could be any more interested in you."*

* *(repeating Franklin) "It is 8:15 pm. My name is William Doe. I am here. I am... alive?"*

* **Franklin:** *"Have you been sleeping?"*
* **Will:** *"No."*
* **Will:** *"Tried to drown myself in the sink and then I couldn't fall asleep."*

### Season 2

* **Will (in a British accent):** *"Frankie, dear. Would you like some beans on your toast?"*
* **Franklin (laughing):** *"No, dear. Eggs is fine."*
* **Will:** *"Cheers. Too spicy?"*

*(As Will dissociates)*

* **Franklin:** *"I am Will May. It's 8:27 am. I am here. I am alive."*
* **Will:** *"I am Will May. It's 8:27 am. I... I am..."*

## Trivia

* Over the years, Will has subconsciously adapted to the way Franklin speaks. He will sometimes pronounce words in a British accent, or use the British equivalent of a word (e.g. courgette instead of zucchini).
* Will keeps sugar-free butterscotch candies in his bag for Franklin.
* While Will dislikes and regrets most of his many tattoos, his favorite ones are Cassiopeia and the bird Woodstock from The Peanuts.