SUNSHINE and DARKNESS

"And then everything just disappears."

Summary - Nico is a Hollywood director and Will is a rising actor.

Since this is an AU, I took some artistic liberties and changed some things. Mostly like personality-wise and all of that.

I wanted to upload this chapter 3 days after I posted the last one but I got sidetracked and never got the chance to check this one or even the chance to upload it.

Warnings: AU-Modern setting/Hollywood

word count - 3,317 (just the story........not including A/N and stuff)

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When Will arrived home, he was greeted by a very cheerful and happy Nico di Angelo cooking dinner, which in itself was a rare occurrence. Between the two of them, work took a lot of their time, leaving them tired and down by the time they went back home. If they went home at all.

Nico was a well known and established director in Hollywood. Having several critically acclaimed movies to his name. People were surprised to learn that Nico is actually just 26 years old and had been directing indie movies ever since he was 15. Once people found out that Nico hails from a family of Hollywood executives, the idea of him directing at 15 was not far fetched. His father, Hades di Angelo, had founded the DOA foundation, which owns a variety of filming studios and record labels. Nico had always found it amusing that his father was named after the Greek god Hades, though his father was more awkward and isn't really a cold person. And his mother, Maria di Angelo, was an Italian singer, with a sweet voice. The two had met on early on in Maria's career, and they conceived two children: Bianca and Nico.

Nico lost his mother and sister in a car crash at ten. Their sudden death had pushed Hades into a constant cycle of work, often leaving Nico alone, but the two had become close. The trauma had left Nico with a habit of recording every moment in his life, and soon he had taken a liking to filmmaking. Nico had written and directed his first film, a small feature that was submitted to the annual youth filming competition by 14. The film had won him the competition and a few prizes, including enrollment into an accelerated filmmaking program at a prestigious Hollywood institution.

By 21, Nico became sought out by big studios to direct large budget films. These offers freaked him out, but through time he had come to accept them and treat them as a challenge. He became dissatisfied with many of the stories he was given and became a very picky director. One day during family dinner, his father suggested that Nico write his own story if he was unsatisfied. And so Nico had spent the last several years writing, scarping, and polishing the perfect script for him. He didn't care if people may not like it, as long as he felt the script had a good story.

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Will Solace grew up in theatre. His mother, Naomi Solace, was an alt-country singer from Austin, Texas. His father, Lester, was absent for his entire life and had a solid career in the music industry. Watching his mother perform every night in small corners of bars and lounges had brought him happiness as a child. But in the end, his mother had to settle down so that he could go to school. He was 7 years old when he enrolled in the local theatre, only to be disappointed by his lack of musical talents. That did not deter him, as he soon found himself in-love with non-musical plays, and acting in general.

When he was 17, a broadway producer had scouted him and offered him a scholarship to Juilliard. Will had accepted and moved to New York, finding himself cast in different broadway plays. His longest venture was for the play War Horse, which he was part of the cast for a year and a half. While he was in that play, a Hollywood casting director noticed his performance and offered him an audition for a limited drama series that would air on HBO.