This is what happened after the bite of 83' from my AU. Will and his wife argue and it shows how their relationship had fallen apart.

“You left Michael back there.”

His eyes snapped to his wife; he hadn’t been paying attention.

“What?”

“You forgot about Michael back at the restaurant, you would have left without him if I hadn’t brought him along.”

He doesn’t understand where she’s going with this. Yes he had forgotten Michael, Yes he felt horrible about it but Cooper had been… he had needed to get him here.

There were massive rips along his head, curving along his cheeks and nose. His left eye looked slightly out of place, like a wrong fitted jigsaw piece. One of the employees had already started resituating the springlocks to loosen the jaw when Will got there. Michael’s arms were the only thing keeping it from snapping shut. What had been a few seconds had felt like minutes waiting for the jaw to finally loosen, the moment it did William had grabbed cooper and rushed out the door, leaving Michael by himself on stage.

“I… Yes I did, I didn’t mean to, you know that.”

"Do you ever regret our marriage?" Will's eyebrows furrow, eyes staring ahead and worrying his lip anticipating her answer.

"I-" she looks at him, he's nervous, like he already knows her answer but needs to confirm it.

"I don't regret marrying you william." She frowns at him, like that was the obvious answer. His eyes shoot up, surprised. Apparently, they weren't on the same page.

"Look, I- If we hadn't got together we wouldn't have the kids, or be where we are now and even if things are... tricky at the moment, I wouldn't change that for the world" she refuses to fully look at him, only glancing to see his reaction. He's still staring but its softer now, no longer surprising.

"It's just- when we did get together we never- I didn't- we had never really been like that, like everyone else. I mean that's what we wanted, right? Just to get our parents off our backs, it was good, we were good, it was working. We were best friends. I just- we didn't have the same goals or dreams and I couldn't support what you wanted william. We were never meant to be that way, I guess." She looks for his reaction, hoping he understands.

"I know." He smiles softly.

"We were always on the same page. Then suddenly it seemed that we weren't, I couldn't understand what changed. Why would you leave?"

She straightens up at that, ready to be on the defensive. She's already prepared to argue her case but he gives her a knowing look, sticking a finger up asking for a second. She huffs a bit and settles back down, letting him continue.

He remembers being so confused when he had brought up his plans and she would push them aside. How he did it anyway because he couldn't stand his job anymore, couldn't keep going like that. It just wasn't what he wanted. Then the hurt he felt when she had left, leaving him to pick up the pieces when they had made a plan, the plan he had dismissed to pursue what he wanted.

"But I get it now, I mean that. It took me a second but I understood eventually."

It started off as a way to pass the time.

It had been another really slow day in the restaurant, Elizabeth and Cooper had already taken their usual booth and started scheming something together, talking in rushed excited tones, hunched in so no one else could hear. William and Henry were tidying up after the few customers they had that day, preparing for the rest of the day to drag along with nothing to do.

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"Well I'm obviously the stronger of the two" William smugly announced, flexing his arm.

"No you're not!"

"Yes I am!"

"No I am."

"Alright, let's prove it then yeah?"

William dropped himself down onto the empty table they'd just finished cleaning and dramatically positioned himself ready to arm wrestle.

"You and me, settle this right now."

"You're going to lose, you know?" Henry chuckled, taking his seat across from Will.

"Well, we'll just have to see about that"

Jessica was already behind Henry, grabbing onto his shoulder to encourage him.

"You got this Hon, show him how it's done!"

"Hey! You can't cheer him on, he can do fine on his own."

"Sorry William, you know I have to support my husband." She said sincerely.

William huffed before turning towards his kids.

"Oi, you two, come show some support for your dad."

CC and Elizabeth quickly looked up for context on what their dad was saying, only to quickly return to what they were doing before, mumbling some encouraging words his way.

"Geez, a bit more enthusiasm maybe." Will deadpanned.