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Oct 18, 2022, 111 tweets

Glimpses of You — a #wilmon friends to lovers social media au

When famed pop star Simon Eriksson needs a photographer for his US tour, his team hires rising artist Wille for the job.

[hi and welcome to my very first smau 😅 please be patient with me as i’m learning my way through this!

i’m not planning on a ton of angst, but it will probably sneak in.

themes include: identity, past toxic relationships, anxiety, depression. will also trigger tag as i go.]

[will be told mostly through tweets and texts, a few ig stories, and i’m challenging myself to use very little narrative but we’ll see!

ignore all timestamps <3

no promises on updates i work full time and am also insane <3]

let’s meet the cast ♥️

wille
- rising artist in photography
- he/they (for now), unlabeled, not in the closet but not out either
- autistic
- bffs w felice
- brother to erik

simon
- intl star beginning his first world tour
- he/him, gay
- bffs w ayub and rosh
- brother to sara

erik
- wille’s brother
- he/him, unlabeled
- casting and industry comms/publicity
- married to alicia (queer influencer)

sara
- simon’s sibling
- they/any, genderfluid
- became an influencer after simon got famous

felice
- journalist at la read
- she/they
- wille’s bff
- progressive!

rosh
- sports commentator
- they/them
- simon’s childhood bff
- all around badass

ayub
- gaming streamer
- he/him
- aro
- simon’s childhood bff

other characters will be introduced later <3

PART ONE: LEARNING ON THE JOB

1.1 photo credits

1.2 an opportunity

1.3 spill right now?

1.4 it’ll be easy!

1.5 a confirmation and a confidence boost

1.6 stan leila

1.7 after the shoot

1.8 genuine people

1.10 the girls are eatinggggg

1.11 he is……..

12. cowboys

1.13 show day

1.14 born ready

1.15 sharing music

1.16 so shy

1.17 let’s check in on simon’s priv…

1.18 are they…?

1.19 what if he’s right

1.20 how do you knowwwww

1.21 a surprise!

1.22 :’)

1.23 interactions

1.24 i’m here

[we’re nearing the end of part 1! thanks guys for the lovely words 🥹💗]

1.25 a crush? 🤭 part 1

1.25 a crush? 🤭 part 2

1.26 that’s an… interesting contact name and photo you have for wille there, simon

1.27 slayyyyy

1.28 something lgbt part 1

1.28 something lgbt part 2

• END OF PART ONE •

PART TWO: BELIEVE YOU

2.1 roll call!

2.2 worked up

2.3 remain sane

2.4 they arrive!

2.5 a new gc???

2.6 special

2.7 anytime soon

2.8 let’s check in with our favorite stans

2.9 compliments

2.10 brunchtime!

2.11 favorite people

2.12 it’s like that

2.13 processing

2.14 sos…

2.15 one eye open

2.16 feel seen

2.17 convenient!

2.18 considerate

2.19 it’s cute

2.21 unexpected

[INTERMISSION]

hi 💗 it was pointed out to me that non-native english speakers might not know all the tone indicators! so i wanted to take a quick break to point out the ones i use in this au, which are also the ones i use most often irl 💗 thanks for all the kindness ily guys

2.22 your favorite

2.23 energy

2.24 in his life

2.25 impossible

2.26 leila’s back + exciting news!

2.27 *****?

2.28 proud

2.29 trick of the light

2.30 something for you

2.31 it’s out :)

2.32 a whisper

2.33 don’t stress

2.34 careful

2.35 wouldn’t be anywhere else

2.36 important

• END OF PART TWO •

PART THREE: SOMETHING SERIOUS

3.1 now you have

3.2 shenanigans

3.3 the results are in!

3.4 prettier

3.5 nervous… about winning?

3.6 a heartfelt conversation

3.7 bittersweet

3.8 hopeless

3.9 involved?

3.10 a surprise act of service

[ASAN (Autistic Self Advocacy Network) is a real charity! you can read more about it if you want here autisticadvocacy.org/about-asan/]

3.10 a surprise act of service part 2

3.11 at home

3.12 after the show

3.13 back home

3.14 shut yourself off

3.15 ask him

3.16 you’ll see

3.17 what’s so important

3.18 deep breath

3.19 you came…

[don’t worry, we will get flashbacks!]

3.20 boyfriend 🤠

3.21 anything

3.22 the way it sounds

3.23 blocked

3.24 never

• END OF PART THREE •

EPILOGUE: LOVER

E.1 you’ll love this one

E.2 ****

E.3 the article — read below!

archiveofourown.org/works/42761493

E.4

• THE END •

[wille voice] WHAT IF I DIED!!!!!!! thank you all so much for the love on this au. i started this because i thought it would be fun, but i truly didn’t expect anyone to read it and i didn’t expect to make so many amazing friends from it. thank you thank you thank you 💗🤭🥰♥️😭

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