#i originally wanted the ending to reveal that Troy was sitting in his car smoking and saw the whole thing

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Ahhh for writing prompts: how does angst sound?? Idk what specific flavor of angst, but i've been craving it lately, and i'm sure you've got some cool take on it brewing in your head :D

“Will!” Mike calls out as the huge metal door of their high school almost hits him in the face. Will shoved it open so hard that it slammed loudly into the brick wall with a heavy thrash. The October night is chilly and Mike shivers when the brisk air hits his cheeks. It’s almost a reprieve from the heat of the gym where their last Homecoming dance was still going on. And when Mike wasn’t tugging at his collar and wiping away sweat from his forehead, he had spent his time trying not to stare at Will; trying not to notice how he had grown more and more upset with each song that played; trying not to notice how he got more and more quiet and avoided his gaze and didn’t laugh when the Party joked around at their table. Tried not to notice the only time he even remotely engaged was when Lucas had slipped the flask Max had stolen from her mom underneath the table. 

It’s quiet outside, the only sound is the rustling of trees in the wind and the dampened beat of a Madonna song thumping from the gym. 

“Will! Come on man. Stop!” Mike quickens his pace, his shoes slapping against the sidewalk loudly when he finally catches up to Will. He tugs at his sleeve and Will shrugs him off, slapping his arm away as he turns forcefully on his heels. 

“No Mike! I just want to go home—-” Mike stops in his tracks when he sees Will’s eyes, red rimmed and tears streaming down his face. He wipes them roughly away with the back of his palms. 

Mike throws his arms out, frustrated. “How are you going to get home right now? You’re being ridiculous.” 

“Ridiculous,” Will scoffs angrily and rolls his eyes, then glares at him. “I’ll walk,” he continues, quickly turning back around and stomping off toward where the fence leads to the woods that lead to his house. 

“Dude, you can’t walk! That’s like a full hour and you don’t have your coat.” 

“Why do you even care, Mike?!” Will challenges bitterly and turns around again to face him directly, his gaze hard and seething under his sadness. Mike tries not to flinch beneath his scrutiny. “Why do you act like that?” Will asks him, motioning towards the gym. 

“Like what?! I was just—” 

“Like what?!” Will interrupts, his laugh filled with acid as he steps closer invading Mike’s space, chin turned up defiantly. He shoves his fingers into his shoulder roughly. “Dancing with El the whole night like you’re still together? Ignoring me in the car, while your Mom was taking pictures at your house, basically forcing me to dance with Stacy???! You couldn’t even sit next to me at the fucking table!” Will looks to the stars. “Why did you even invite me? I didn’t even want to come to this, but you said you wanted us to go….together! You said we would tell Lucas and Dustin tonight! You told me you were ready! And now you’re barely acting like my friend, let alone my boyfriend!”

 Will’s voice is loud and Mike tries not to cower when the word 'boyfriend' echoes through the parking lot. He hates himself for it, but he glances around quickly in search of any people passing by that could hear them, only to find it’s abandoned. Will’s eyes follow his and he swallows roughly before staring back at Mike with wide eyes that declare, “See? Just proved my point.” 

Mike opens and closes his mouth, struggling to find anything to say that will help. He stutters, his voice breaking as emotion sticks painfully in his throat. “I’m—I’m sorry Will.” His shoulders fold in on themselves as he wraps his arms around his torso, the weight of this stupid night finally too hard to hold up anymore. “I just—--I thought I was ready—and I—-” He ducks his head to catch Will’s gaze which hasn’t left the floor. Fresh tears pool in his eyes and he’s roughly working his jaw against a sob. Mike’s fingers twitch at his side with the urge to grab his best friend’s face and pull him close and kiss his mouth, his forehead, kiss away his tear streaked cheeks; taste the salt of him on his lips. 

Instead, he murmurs, “I’m so sorry—-I thought—-” he sighs heavily. “I thought I was ready and I was so excited and I even had a stupid boutonnière I bought you and everything that matches your vest, and then it all started happening and everyone was there and my dad was staring at me standing with El and then he was looking at you and I just couldn’t fucking breathe and I’m a fucking idiot! I know I am—-but I’m sorry Will. I’m. So. Sorry.” 

He reaches out to him, his fingers gently caressing the back of his neck and he slides it lightly over his face, thumbing away a tear. Will works his jaw again, eyelashes thick and wet as he stares down at Mike’s chest. He swallows heavily, slightly leaning into his touch as he finally meets Mike’s gaze. Mike watches his mouth, unable to keep himself from leaning in close, to kiss it all away. But then he feels Will’s hand at the back of his and he’s pulling his hand away, gently placing it back at his side. 

“Mike—” he breathes, voice rough and pained. He shakes his head sorrowfully. “I can’t be your secret anymore. I just—-” he shrugs, completely dejected. “I just can’t.” With that, he’s turning away from Mike again and Mike stands frozen in place, his heart thudding in his chest and his own tears blurring his vision as he watches Will quickly pass through the gate of the metal fence and disappear into the woods that will lead him back to his house.

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X-Files Season 11 Spoilers Index

** Last updated: March 21, 2018, 16:30 GMT**

WARNING: This post contains all the spoilers about the upcoming season of “The X-Files” (11th); proceed at your own risk. The post will be updated with the newest info as soon as they are confirmed.

Season 11 will consist of “eight standalone episodes, and two mythology episodes.” (X)

Promotional Videos / Cast Chats

NY Comic-Con Official Trailer - Link#2 - Hungarian - Italian - Spanish - Russian

Help Without Trust

Nothing hurts like the truth

Season 10 Cliffhanger

The Mulder and Scully relationship

We Need Your Help, Even If We Don't Trust You 

Promo #7 - LQ - HQ

Unwrapping The X-Files: Retro Chemistry

Promo 9 - What To Expect This Season 

Instagram sponsored post

Declassified: The End Of The World

Show & Not Tell: Gillian Anderson

Visions Of The Future

SPOILER ALERT

MID-SEASON TRAILER

END-SEASON TRAILER

Cast Promotional Photos: SpoilerTV Season 11 Poster: SpoilerTV First look pictures: http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/the-x-files/257640/x-files-season-11-release-date-trailer-cast-story-details-more

‘1 month’ Countdown Poster: https://twitter.com/thexfiles/status/936988343136526338

     Episode 11x01 Title: “My Struggle III” Airdate: January 3, 2018 Written & Directed by: Chris Carter Synopsys:  Picking up after the last event series' cliffhanger, Mulder and Scully learn that they aren't the only ones desperately searching for their long-lost son, William. The very fate of the world may depend on it. (X) Promo pictures:  xfilesbtvs , xfilesnews , SpolierTV Sneak Peeks:  Scully Can't Find Her Son Featurette: Visions Of The Future Cast Info:

Recurring cast: Mitch Pilleggi, Annabeth Gish, William B. Davis, Chris Owens, Lauren Ambrose, Robbie Amell

Guest stars: Barbara Hershey (as Erika Price), Jeremy Schuetze (as Young Cigarette Smoking Man), AC Peterson (as Mr Y), Jett Klyne (Young Jeffrey Spender) (X) (X), Anjali Jay (Dr. Joyet)

Additional info about this episode:

Scully is involved in a car crash (Link to the video): this scene was filmed on August 17

episode one delves into the Cigarette Smoking Man’s (William B. Davis) backstory and apparent family ties to Mulder (X)

“We start the season right up from where the season finale left off with that big helicopter and takes you right from there,” David Madden (Fox entertainment chairman) says. “You’ll be launched into a very urgent adventure that has a lot to do with William — Mulder and Scully’s kid. (X)

Barbara Hershey will play Erika Price, a powerful figure who represents a mysterious organization. (X)

Barbara Hershey will have a recurring role in season 11. (X) 

Season 11 will also explore the motive behind one of the biggest shockers of last season: loyal ally Agent Reyes (Annabeth Gish) confessing that she’s in league with the Cigarette Smoking Man. (X)

   Episode 11x02 Title: “This” (X) Airdate:  January 10, 2018 Written & Directed by: Glen Morgan Synopsys: An old friend reaches out to Mulder and Scully in a seemingly impossible way, revealing a chilling secret.  (X) Promo pictures: SpoilerTV , xfilesnews Promos: Hungarian Promo Sneak Peeks: Scully & Mulder Wake Up To A Shootout  Featurette:  The Lone Gunman Cast Info:

Recurring cast: Dean Haglund, Mitch Pileggi

Guest stars:

Additional info about this episode:

“the second hour opens with a time jump to put distance between Mulder and Scully and the events of the premiere” (X)

Glen Morgan tells Den of Geek that one of his episodes is a throwback.“I looked at it like The X-Files does North by Northwest” referencing Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 thriller in which a milquetoast Cary Grant is mistaken for a government agent by foreign spies, and is pursued across the country. “It’s not a monster-of-the-week, it’s more like a Mulder and Scully on the run type thing.” (X)

   Episode 11x03 Title: “Plus One” Airdate:  January 17, 2018 Written by: Chris Carter Directed by: Kevin Hooks Synopsys: A spate of deaths, in which the victims were plagued by their own doppelgangers, lead Mulder and Scully to a pair of twins playing a dangerous game. (X) Promo pictures: SpoilerTV Promos:  FOX - Link #2 - Australian Promo - Promo #2 - Hungarian Promo - Promo #3 Sneak Peeks: 1 Cast Info:

Recurring cast:

Guest stars:  Karin Konoval

Additional info about this episode:

“episode three is a darkly comedic hour, penned by Carter, focusing on doubles and doppelgängers“ (X)

Karin Konoval will play four different roles (2 of which are males) (X)

   Episode 11x04 Title: “The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat” (X) Airdate: January 24, 2018 Written & Directed by: Darin Morgan Synopsys:  The episode explores “the idea of The Mandela Effect, in which large groups of people remember an alternate history, Mulder and Scully find out how the X-Files themselves may really have originated.” (X) Promo pictures:  xfilesnews Promo: FOX - Russian Sneak Peeks: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 Cast Info:

Recurring cast:

Guest stars:  Brian Huskey

Additional info about this episode:

Episode 11x05 Title: “Ghouli”  (X) Airdate:  January 31, 2018 Written & Directed by: James Wong Synopsys: When a pair of teenage girls attack one another, each believing the other to be a monster, Mulder and Scully find that their investigation could possibly lead back to their long-lost son, William.  (X) Promo: FOX Promo - Hungarian - Russian - Australian - Australian HQ - Canadian Promo pictures: xfilesnews -  Sneak Peeks: #1 - #2 - #3 - #4 - The Mystery Surrounding William Cast Info:

Recurring cast: William B. Davis, Mitch Pileggi

Guest stars: Miles Robbins (Jackson Van De Kamp), Robyn Bradley (Mrs. Van de Kamp), Troy Anthony Young (Mr. Van De Kamp), Chanelle Peloso (Emily Van De Kamp), Madeleine Arthur (Sarah Turner), Louis Ferreira (Detective Costa), Sarah Jeffery (Brianna Stapleton), Mackenzie Murdock (Gas Station Attendant), Sunita Prasad (Dr. Aliyeh Scholz), Zak Santiago (Mr. Green),  Austin Dunn [he is listed as Miles Robbins’s double in episodes #5-8-10]

Additional info about this episode:

“Speaking to IGN at NYCC, Anderson said William will have an "elusive" relationship with his parents, showing up by the fifth episode.” (X)

“Anderson told me the actor “looks like a normal kid” and Duchovny offered this cryptic tease when I asked him which of his parents William most resembles: “He resembles two people that aren’t Mulder and Scully. And when you read this back [after watching the episodes] you’ll figure this out.” (X)

“Anderson tells TV Guide that the search for William will bring Mulder and Scully "closer together," although she acknowledges that Scully is much more passionate about finding him. But while Mulder isn't as invested in finding his son, he remains devoted to being a much-needed support system for Scully throughout this trying mission.” (X)

Episode 11x06 Title: Kitten Airdate: February 7, 2018 Written by: Gabe Rotter Directed by: Carol Banker Synopsys:  Skinner goes AWOL when his past comes back to haunt him. As Mulder and Scully try to track him down, their growing mistrust of him reaches its apex (X) Promo pictures: SpoilerTV - xfilesnews Promo: FOX - Russian Sneak Peeks: Cast Info:

Recurring cast: Mitch Pilleggi, James Pickens Jr. (as Alvin Kersh)

Guest stars:  Haley Joel Osment

Additional info about this episode:

“You’re going to find out a lot more about his past,” Mitch Pilleggi told Ausiello just before taking the stage. “Fans will find out who he is, where he comes from and why he is the way he is.” Pileggi promises that the installment — Season 11’s sixth (out of 10) — will reveal his cranky FBI boss to be much more than just a guy “who sits in the office bitching at Scully and Mulder,” adding, “Ultimately, he is their champion.” (X)

“there is some speculation that Osment might be joining the X-Files cast as the younger version of Skinner himself. Especially considering what series’ creator Chris Carter had to say after The X-Files Season 11 trailer was released at New York Comic-Con on October 8.At the NYCC panel, Carter revealed the backstory episode will feature Skinner as a young man, and now TVLine ventures a guess the role could go to Osment. At the same time, Empire Online has his character pegged as a possible relative of Skinner’s.” (X)

“I’m so excited because in previous episodes in the original run of the show, you had one episode where Mulder was trying to resign, you had Skinner talking about his experience with the paranormal in Vietnam," Pileggi explained. "They go there. So it’s really cool. I’m very excited about it, I just read the script and it’s really cool.” (X)

“We learn more about Skinner and more about his connections to Mulder and Scully and how he’s been a loyal advocate of theirs at his own expense.” (X)

    Episode 11x07 Title: Rm9sbG93ZXJz Airdate:  February 28, 2018 Written by: Kristen Cloke, Shannon Hamblin Directed by: Glen Morgan Synopsys:  In a world of ever-increasing automation and artificial intelligence, Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) find themselves targets in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Promos: FOX - Promo #2 - Hungarian - Russian Promo pictures: XFiles news - SpoilerTV Sneak Peeks: #1 - #2 Additional info about this episode:

Episode 7 sounds like a winner, and we mean “sounds” figuratively because it seems like there won’t be much sound to hear in it at all.“It probably has 15, 20 lines of dialogue in the whole episode,” Duchovny said. “It was really a ballsy move on everybody’s part. I think putting up an hour of television on a network that has maybe 20 lines in it and still be riveting, I’m sure not all of us believed it. It’s one of our more special episodes that we’ve done in a long time.”Anderson said [...] “It’s really interesting as an actor to work on something that has no dialogue, because you don’t want to end up miming what you would say were you to have dialogue,” (X)

   Episode 11x08 Title: Familiar (X) Airdate: March 7, 2018 Written by: Benjamin Van Allen Directed by: Holly Dale (X) Synopsys: Mulder and Scully investigate the brutal animal attack of a little boy in Connecticut while suspecting darker forces are at play. Promo: FOX Promo pictures: XFiles News, SpoilerTV Sneak Peeks: #1 - #2 - #3 Cast Info:

Guest stars: Alex Carter (Chief Strong), Jason Gray-Stanford (Officer Eggers), Erin Chambers (Anna Strong), Sharon Taylor (Diana Eggers), Roger Cross (Officer Wentworth), Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez (Andrew Eggers), Michael Q. Adams (Pastor), Emma Oliver (Emily Strong)

Additional info about this episode:

   Episode 11x09 Title:  Nothing Lasts Forever Airdate: March 14, 2018 Written by: Karen Nielsen  Directed by: James Wong Synopsys: While investigating human organ theft, Mulder and Scully uncover a mysterious cult consumed with macabre rituals. Promo pictures: SpoilerTV Promo: FOX - Hungarian Sneak Peeks: #1 - #2 Cast Info:

Guest stars: Carlena Britch (Juliet 'La Avispa' Bocanegra), Guy Fauchon (Dr. Dave), Aidan Kahn (Agent Colquitt), Albert Nicholas (Agent Bludworth), Austin Dunn  [he is listed as Miles Robbins’s double in episodes #5-9-10]

Additional info about this episode:Glen Morgan and James Wong, who penned the classic hour “Home,” are writing the eighth installment, which is “similarly messed up” in tone. (X)

    Episode 11x10 Title: My Struggle IV Airdate:  March 21, 2018 Written & Directed by: Chris Carter Synopsys:  Mulder and Scully rush to find an on-the-run William (guest star Miles Robbins) while the Cigarette Smoking Man (guest star William B. Davis) pushes forward with his ultimate plan. Unconfirmed spoilers from Reddit (⚠️ Very detailed!): Here Promo pictures: XFilesNews Promo: End-Season Trailer - FOX promo - Russian - Hungarian (LQ) - Revised Trailer Sneak Peeks: #1 - #2 - #3 Cast Info:

Recurring cast: Mitch Pilleggi, Annabeth Gish, William B. Davis,  Miles Robbins, Barbara Hershey (as Erika Price),  Joel McHale (X)

Guest stars: Sarah Jeffery (Brianna Stapleton) and Madeleine Arthur (Sarah Turner) [they are both listed to appear in episode 5, too], Bentley Hixson (William 5 years old) Austin Dunn (William 15 years old)  [he is also listed as Miles Robbins’s double in episodes #5-8-10]

Additional info about this episode:

“Episode 10 is William’s struggle.” (X)

The episode will most probably end on a cliffhanger (X)

The episode ends on a cliffhanger. [...] expect deaths.Emphasis on plural. (X)

He also reveals that the final minutes of the episode will leave viewers stunned, teasing, “I'm calling this one of the biggest cliffhangers we've ever had.” (X)

A Family Affair…Also in the episode, David Duchovny’s daughter West makes her acting debut. Carter says, “It was the first time I ever worked with her because it was the first time she'd ever worked; this was her screen debut. She came in, she was poised, she was prepared. She also made it her own; she came in with, you know, some attitude and that attitude was also a part of the character. She had worked on it hard.” Keep your eyes peeled for the young actress as "Maddy." (X)

    That’s all I guess. If you find that something is missing, please PM me. Thank you!