Through Being Cool: Will/Warren/Layla (Sky High)
Title: Through Being Cool
Pairing: Will/Warren/Layla
Fandom: Sky High
Author: queenitsy
Spoilers: the movie (mild detail)
Quick Note: Sorry for how late this is; I was in the process of moving, and life got a little crazy. Thanks to harmonyangel for editing it.
Sky High is a Disney movie, which hit theaters in the summer of 2005. I was working in a movie theater at the time, and we were promo-ing it pretty heavily, but it didn't look like anything too exciting. Until my then-boyfriend pointed out to me that the supporting cast included Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, and Bruce Campbell. And, since I worked in the theater, it was free. So we figured what the heck, and went to see it.
We were pleasantly surprised. The movie turned out to be a goofy send-up of the superhero genre, and fairly funny in its own right. And, about halfway through, the boy leaned over to me and muttered, "Is it me, or are Will and Warren a little gay?" Which oh boy, are they ever. But unlike so many movies where the two male leads are pretty gay, I also liked the canon, het romance. And then I realized, the more I watched it, I also liked a blindingly obvious, non-canon het romance. But of course, all these involved the same three people.
The movie basically goes like this: Will is the son of the world's two most famous super heroes, the Commander and Jetstream. He's expected to be equally powerful, and save the world alongside them; that's difficult, however, because by the time he attends his first day of Sky High (a high school for super powered teenagers, which both of his parents and at least one grandparent attended, making him a rare third-generation) he has yet to develop a single super power. To make matters worse, the first day of school is Power Placement, where students are placed in either the hero or the hero support (that is, sidekick) track. And being a Sidekick means being a second class citizen in the superhero world, and also is something his parents definitely don't want to accept.
Luckily, Will's best friend since pre-school, Layla, is there to look out for him. She joins him in the sidekick track, and he makes new friends. He gets quite a reputation around the school-and an enemy, in the form of Warren Peace. Warren is the son of a superhero and supervillain, and Will's father was the one who put Warren's father in jail. Warren wants nothing more than to get revenge by making Will's life miserable. This comes to a head in a cafeteria fist fight one day-well, kind of fist fight. Warren has the power to throw fireballs, so he tries to roast Will, and Will suddenly develops his father's super strength.
The actual plot revolves around homecoming, and who's going with whom, and whether or not Will's date is secretly an evil villain. Of course, things resolve for the best; after various romantic hijinks, Will and Layla end up together, and Warren and Will become friends. And Will's date was, in fact, evil. It's a pretty fun movie, and now on DVD; the fandom is small, but has a lot of potential.
The Characters
Will Stronghold
"The fact of the matter is... I'm proud to be a sidekick. Actually, I'm proud to be hero support."
-Will
Will Stronghold is a nice, well meaning young man. He spends the beginning of the movie crushing on Gwen Grayson, a senior at school, and not noticing that Layla has a huge crush on him. And after he suddenly acquires super strength, Will becomes the most popular kid in school. He gets transferred to the hero track, and partnered with Warren for a gym class activity called Save the Citizen. His popularity goes to his head when he becomes the first freshman to win at Save the Citizen in Sky High history, and Gwen asks him out. But when Gwen throws a party at his house and starts insulting Layla, he remembers who his true friends are and dumps her -- just in time to figure out she's secretly a villain, planning to destroy the school and everyone in it at homecoming.
Will's character seems to be caught in a battle between his good sense and loyalty, and his desire to be cool. What else is new for a high schooler? He does mean well; after the seniors who befriend him snub Layla at lunch, he asks her to hang out later. But being so enamored of their attention, he then forgets all about her. But when she's genuinely abused, he does what's right, and he risks his life to save the school. He's someone who you know will do the right thing in the end, it just takes him awhile to get there.
Unfortunately, Will also has a problem with main character syndrome-he's a bit of a one note, nice guy, hero. The movie is very much about him, and so much of his character was covered in the plot description above.
Layla
"Now, I know it's just our first day, but I already can't wait to graduate, and start saving mankind. And womankind. And animal kind."
"And the rainforest."
"Of course!"
-Layla and Will
Layla grew up next door to Will, and got her powers at an early age. She's been Will's best friend since they were six, and seems to provide his conscience when he needs it. We know she's quite the young social activist; her mother is a superhero who can talk to animals (hence she's a vegetarian), she's a bit of a hippie (she does have power over nature, after all), she's a feminist (she repeatedly reminds her class that women can also be heroes and sidekicks), and she's into social equality (she refuses to participate in power placement, because she doesn't think it's right to label people).
She also has a huge, huge crush on Will, and has for as long as they've been friends. This is unfortunate, because Will is oblivious. When he stands her up on their semi-date, she ends up spending the evening with Warren; when Will tells her he's going to homecoming with Gwen, she says she's going with Warren. Warren agrees to the scheme to make Will jealous, and though she goes a little overboard, she and Warren end up getting along together. But she still loves Will, and once he wakes up and realizes who his true friends are, she's willing to accept his apology.
And, we eventually learn, Layla can kick ass when she needs to. She's anti-violence and refuses to use her powers unless absolutely necessary, but when it comes to trying to save the school, she uses them, and surprises everyone. It turns out that someone who's, "just a sidekick," can be a hero when she's called on. And that's basically the moral of the movie right there; anyone can be a hero if he -- or she -- tries hard enough.
Warren Peace
"So you're not doing this just 'cause you like me, or anything. You're doing it to get to Stronghold."
"Yeah."
"Then I'm in! ...But I'm not renting a tux."
-Warren and Layla
The unfortunately named Warren Peace is a bit of an enigma. All that's really known about him is that his father is a supervillain, Baron Battle, who was put in jail by the Commander, and is now serving four consecutive life sentences -- and Warren doesn't talk about it, ever. But he is bitter enough about it that he hates Will right off the bat, and after merely glaring at him for awhile, takes the first chance to take a swing at him. Or rather, because his power is to set things on fire, the first chance to roast Will.
He does seem to have a softer side, though; he works at Layla's favorite Chinese restaurant, and when she's stood up by Will, he spends some time chatting with her. He has a wide smile and a decent sense of humor, as well as a tendency to bestow nicknames on people when he stops hating them. (Layla is Hippie, where Ethan, Will's friend who has the ability to melt, is Popsicle.)
As close as I can tell, Warren has genuine affection for Layla, perhaps born out of his hatred of Will. And through his friendship with her, he stops hating everyone else; he fights side by side with several sidekicks, even giving them high fives of approval. (This from the guy who earlier wouldn't let them sit at his table.) His relationship with Will, however, is more complicated; his hatred at the beginning is clearly irrational, and he takes great joy in making Will jealous -- but he also has the ability to look beyond that when they're forced to work together, and eventually, Will wins him over. (By Will's voice over description at the end, Warren and Will are best friends after the movie ends.)
OT3!
"I'm not going to homecoming."
"Well, that sucks. We were only going [to homecoming] together to make you jealous."
-Will, Warren
I love the above quote because it's very ambiguous as to which one of them wants to make Will jealous. Because, as close as I can tell, Warren and Layla both have a thing for Will.
I spent my first viewing of the movie debating who I wanted to end up with whom. I really enjoyed Layla and wanted her and Will to end up together, but at the same time, I have a hard time trying to explain Warren's smoldering looks at Will with anything that doesn't involve slash. And once the DVD came out and I watched the movie again, it became clear to me that Warren also seems to have a serious crush on Layla, who doesn't seem to mind at all.
What's a girl to do, when faced with three different pairings all using the same people?
The answer, obviously, is to smoosh them all together into a giant cuddle pile.
Layla's POV
From what I can tell, Layla loves Will because of his better urges. Because Will wants to do the right thing, and so does she; because they've known each other forever, and trust each other completely. Surely that's why she was so quick to forgive him when he stumbled through his apology; she must already know that Will does dumb things but doesn't mean to hurt anyone, and will do the right thing in the end. And, let's face it, Will is a cutie.
On the other hand, Layla has every reason to crush on Warren. Though he did try and roast Will alive not too far previously, when Will blows her off twice in one day, Warren is there - and surprisingly sensitive about the whole thing, and funny, to boot. He's the one who convinces her to be honest with Will; and when Will breaks her heart, Warren's the one who helps her out. And when she's given up entirely, having decided that, "all boys at this school are jerks," Warren shows up - wearing the tux he had sworn he wouldn't rent - and looking quite dashing.
("I thought you weren't going to rent a tux!"
"It's my dad's… He doesn't have much use for it in solitary."
"Oh. Um. Cheesecube?")
Will's POV
The boys' interest in each other is a little bit harder to nail down - they have less blatant reason to be interested in one another. Layla, however, is another story.
Layla is, pretty much literally, the girl next door for Will. She's always been there, and she's always supported him; what's not to love? When Will reveals to the school that he has no powers, gets placed in the sidekick track, and ends up in the nurse's office, she's the one who comes by his house to comfort him. They've known each other forever, and he's always loved her - it just took him awhile to realize he loved her as a girlfriend, not just a best friend. So it's not too surprising that they end up together.
Will's interest in Warren, however, seems to be more based on winning his approval and respect. When they get into their fight in the cafeteria, Will wins; but even so, as soon as they're put in detention together (in a power-proof room), Will apologizes and tries to make Warren understand that neither of them is a copy of their fathers. Warren's response is flatly informing him that they will never be friends - which is, perhaps, part of the reason why he gets so jealous when Warren and Layla are supposedly going out. Or, perhaps, because he's almost as jealous of Layla, who gets to go out with Warren, as he is of Warren, for the opposite reason.
However, most of Will's attraction to Warren seems to be body language subtext. Will clearly wants Warren to accept and like him; on what level he wants Warren's affection is really the only question.
Warren's POV
Warren's point of view is even harder to work from, because relatively little is known about him. However, again, how he feels about Layla seems pretty clear, and how he feels about Will is mostly body language.
I think Warren starts out feeling sorry for Layla - he's a busboy (possibly waiter?) in the restaurant, and I suspect he saw her before she ever saw him. But as they talk, I think the pity becomes more anger at Will, and they bond over how much they both hate him at that moment. And Warren starts to call her Hippie, which is at least mildly affectionate. And, of course, agrees to go to homecoming with her.
It would be easy to chalk that up to the simple explanation; he wants to upset Will. But I think he also does genuinely like Layla. He lets her hold his hand (albeit momentarily) and fawn on him in public (though he doesn't seem to enjoy it). But, tellingly, he runs into Will, who says he's no longer going to homecoming at all-so there's no more reason to show up and make him jealous. But not only does Warren show up anyway, he a) wears the tux he said he wouldn't, and b) talks about his father with Layla. And I think that shows he does really like her.
When it comes to Will, I think Warren is more attracted to him and jealous of him than genuinely crushing on him. Obviously, it starts with both of their parents; but is Warren really so angry at the Stronghold family that he'd repeatedly try and fry Will, or is it something deeper? My theory is that, given his father, Warren has a lot of family-centric issues; and from what we see of him, he's also quite a loner. Will, on the other hand, is from a well known, loving family, and is instantly popular at school. It's easy to see that Warren might be instantly jealous of Will, and judging by his actions, jealous to the point of being slightly obsessive about it. And what fuels obsession as well as an inexplicable, and certainly unwanted, attraction? And, if they best friends at the end of the movie, then maybe that obsession and anger has mellowed into a crush.
The OT3 Moment
There are lots of moments where they interact with one another, in ways that support all of the various couples possible; but, near the end of the movie, there's a great, mildly awkward, OT3 moment.
Will has just defeated Royal Pain, and Warren and Layla have defeated her minions. They run into the gym to see the end of the battle scene, and Will and Layla immediately embrace. And Warren strides over to them, and, as they're still wrapped around one another, gives them an awkward pat on the back.
Aww, come on. He wants in, too!
Fandom
Sky High has only been around for eight months, so the fandom is still developing. FFnet is terrifying, however (it's almost exclusively Warren/OC Mary Sues), so I stick to LJ for the most part. However, while there's plenty of Will/Warren, and a handful of Warren/Layla and Will/Layla (which occurs in the background of a lot of fics, as it's canon), there really are very, very few Will/Warren/Layla. So I don't have a lot of recs for you. (I'm hoping some more might come out of the woodworks after this, however!)
The first one written (and the one that truly sold me on the threesome) is Three by schuyler. It's quite adorable and lovely all around.
Another with W/W/L overtones is Wheel by tainted4life, which is more or less Warren coming to terms with his life.
Normally, I wouldn't plug my own fics, but like I said, there are not a lot of W/W/L floating around. In that those two are the only ones I know of that I didn't write. Mine are Not Exactly Normal To Begin With ( part one, part two, part three), and a ficlet, Primary Colors, Or, The Soul of a Poet.
I think that's about all I can say about the trio. My only closing notes are that, obviously, skyhighfic is probably your best bet if you're looking for Sky High fic (or brainsxbrawn if you'd like more specifically Will/Warren); and that the title of this manifesto is from a They Might Be Giants song in the movie.
And, of course, that the movie is quite enjoyable (if one likes doofy children's movies or superheroes); and it would be nice to see some more W/W/L fic out there.
Pairing: Will/Warren/Layla
Fandom: Sky High
Author: queenitsy
Spoilers: the movie (mild detail)
Quick Note: Sorry for how late this is; I was in the process of moving, and life got a little crazy. Thanks to harmonyangel for editing it.
Sky High is a Disney movie, which hit theaters in the summer of 2005. I was working in a movie theater at the time, and we were promo-ing it pretty heavily, but it didn't look like anything too exciting. Until my then-boyfriend pointed out to me that the supporting cast included Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, and Bruce Campbell. And, since I worked in the theater, it was free. So we figured what the heck, and went to see it.
We were pleasantly surprised. The movie turned out to be a goofy send-up of the superhero genre, and fairly funny in its own right. And, about halfway through, the boy leaned over to me and muttered, "Is it me, or are Will and Warren a little gay?" Which oh boy, are they ever. But unlike so many movies where the two male leads are pretty gay, I also liked the canon, het romance. And then I realized, the more I watched it, I also liked a blindingly obvious, non-canon het romance. But of course, all these involved the same three people.
The movie basically goes like this: Will is the son of the world's two most famous super heroes, the Commander and Jetstream. He's expected to be equally powerful, and save the world alongside them; that's difficult, however, because by the time he attends his first day of Sky High (a high school for super powered teenagers, which both of his parents and at least one grandparent attended, making him a rare third-generation) he has yet to develop a single super power. To make matters worse, the first day of school is Power Placement, where students are placed in either the hero or the hero support (that is, sidekick) track. And being a Sidekick means being a second class citizen in the superhero world, and also is something his parents definitely don't want to accept.
Luckily, Will's best friend since pre-school, Layla, is there to look out for him. She joins him in the sidekick track, and he makes new friends. He gets quite a reputation around the school-and an enemy, in the form of Warren Peace. Warren is the son of a superhero and supervillain, and Will's father was the one who put Warren's father in jail. Warren wants nothing more than to get revenge by making Will's life miserable. This comes to a head in a cafeteria fist fight one day-well, kind of fist fight. Warren has the power to throw fireballs, so he tries to roast Will, and Will suddenly develops his father's super strength.
The actual plot revolves around homecoming, and who's going with whom, and whether or not Will's date is secretly an evil villain. Of course, things resolve for the best; after various romantic hijinks, Will and Layla end up together, and Warren and Will become friends. And Will's date was, in fact, evil. It's a pretty fun movie, and now on DVD; the fandom is small, but has a lot of potential.
The Characters
Will Stronghold
"The fact of the matter is... I'm proud to be a sidekick. Actually, I'm proud to be hero support."
-Will
Will Stronghold is a nice, well meaning young man. He spends the beginning of the movie crushing on Gwen Grayson, a senior at school, and not noticing that Layla has a huge crush on him. And after he suddenly acquires super strength, Will becomes the most popular kid in school. He gets transferred to the hero track, and partnered with Warren for a gym class activity called Save the Citizen. His popularity goes to his head when he becomes the first freshman to win at Save the Citizen in Sky High history, and Gwen asks him out. But when Gwen throws a party at his house and starts insulting Layla, he remembers who his true friends are and dumps her -- just in time to figure out she's secretly a villain, planning to destroy the school and everyone in it at homecoming.
Will's character seems to be caught in a battle between his good sense and loyalty, and his desire to be cool. What else is new for a high schooler? He does mean well; after the seniors who befriend him snub Layla at lunch, he asks her to hang out later. But being so enamored of their attention, he then forgets all about her. But when she's genuinely abused, he does what's right, and he risks his life to save the school. He's someone who you know will do the right thing in the end, it just takes him awhile to get there.
Unfortunately, Will also has a problem with main character syndrome-he's a bit of a one note, nice guy, hero. The movie is very much about him, and so much of his character was covered in the plot description above.
Layla
"Now, I know it's just our first day, but I already can't wait to graduate, and start saving mankind. And womankind. And animal kind."
"And the rainforest."
"Of course!"
-Layla and Will
Layla grew up next door to Will, and got her powers at an early age. She's been Will's best friend since they were six, and seems to provide his conscience when he needs it. We know she's quite the young social activist; her mother is a superhero who can talk to animals (hence she's a vegetarian), she's a bit of a hippie (she does have power over nature, after all), she's a feminist (she repeatedly reminds her class that women can also be heroes and sidekicks), and she's into social equality (she refuses to participate in power placement, because she doesn't think it's right to label people).
She also has a huge, huge crush on Will, and has for as long as they've been friends. This is unfortunate, because Will is oblivious. When he stands her up on their semi-date, she ends up spending the evening with Warren; when Will tells her he's going to homecoming with Gwen, she says she's going with Warren. Warren agrees to the scheme to make Will jealous, and though she goes a little overboard, she and Warren end up getting along together. But she still loves Will, and once he wakes up and realizes who his true friends are, she's willing to accept his apology.
And, we eventually learn, Layla can kick ass when she needs to. She's anti-violence and refuses to use her powers unless absolutely necessary, but when it comes to trying to save the school, she uses them, and surprises everyone. It turns out that someone who's, "just a sidekick," can be a hero when she's called on. And that's basically the moral of the movie right there; anyone can be a hero if he -- or she -- tries hard enough.
Warren Peace
"So you're not doing this just 'cause you like me, or anything. You're doing it to get to Stronghold."
"Yeah."
"Then I'm in! ...But I'm not renting a tux."
-Warren and Layla
The unfortunately named Warren Peace is a bit of an enigma. All that's really known about him is that his father is a supervillain, Baron Battle, who was put in jail by the Commander, and is now serving four consecutive life sentences -- and Warren doesn't talk about it, ever. But he is bitter enough about it that he hates Will right off the bat, and after merely glaring at him for awhile, takes the first chance to take a swing at him. Or rather, because his power is to set things on fire, the first chance to roast Will.
He does seem to have a softer side, though; he works at Layla's favorite Chinese restaurant, and when she's stood up by Will, he spends some time chatting with her. He has a wide smile and a decent sense of humor, as well as a tendency to bestow nicknames on people when he stops hating them. (Layla is Hippie, where Ethan, Will's friend who has the ability to melt, is Popsicle.)
As close as I can tell, Warren has genuine affection for Layla, perhaps born out of his hatred of Will. And through his friendship with her, he stops hating everyone else; he fights side by side with several sidekicks, even giving them high fives of approval. (This from the guy who earlier wouldn't let them sit at his table.) His relationship with Will, however, is more complicated; his hatred at the beginning is clearly irrational, and he takes great joy in making Will jealous -- but he also has the ability to look beyond that when they're forced to work together, and eventually, Will wins him over. (By Will's voice over description at the end, Warren and Will are best friends after the movie ends.)
OT3!
"I'm not going to homecoming."
"Well, that sucks. We were only going [to homecoming] together to make you jealous."
-Will, Warren
I love the above quote because it's very ambiguous as to which one of them wants to make Will jealous. Because, as close as I can tell, Warren and Layla both have a thing for Will.
I spent my first viewing of the movie debating who I wanted to end up with whom. I really enjoyed Layla and wanted her and Will to end up together, but at the same time, I have a hard time trying to explain Warren's smoldering looks at Will with anything that doesn't involve slash. And once the DVD came out and I watched the movie again, it became clear to me that Warren also seems to have a serious crush on Layla, who doesn't seem to mind at all.
What's a girl to do, when faced with three different pairings all using the same people?
The answer, obviously, is to smoosh them all together into a giant cuddle pile.
Layla's POV
From what I can tell, Layla loves Will because of his better urges. Because Will wants to do the right thing, and so does she; because they've known each other forever, and trust each other completely. Surely that's why she was so quick to forgive him when he stumbled through his apology; she must already know that Will does dumb things but doesn't mean to hurt anyone, and will do the right thing in the end. And, let's face it, Will is a cutie.
On the other hand, Layla has every reason to crush on Warren. Though he did try and roast Will alive not too far previously, when Will blows her off twice in one day, Warren is there - and surprisingly sensitive about the whole thing, and funny, to boot. He's the one who convinces her to be honest with Will; and when Will breaks her heart, Warren's the one who helps her out. And when she's given up entirely, having decided that, "all boys at this school are jerks," Warren shows up - wearing the tux he had sworn he wouldn't rent - and looking quite dashing.
("I thought you weren't going to rent a tux!"
"It's my dad's… He doesn't have much use for it in solitary."
"Oh. Um. Cheesecube?")
Will's POV
The boys' interest in each other is a little bit harder to nail down - they have less blatant reason to be interested in one another. Layla, however, is another story.
Layla is, pretty much literally, the girl next door for Will. She's always been there, and she's always supported him; what's not to love? When Will reveals to the school that he has no powers, gets placed in the sidekick track, and ends up in the nurse's office, she's the one who comes by his house to comfort him. They've known each other forever, and he's always loved her - it just took him awhile to realize he loved her as a girlfriend, not just a best friend. So it's not too surprising that they end up together.
Will's interest in Warren, however, seems to be more based on winning his approval and respect. When they get into their fight in the cafeteria, Will wins; but even so, as soon as they're put in detention together (in a power-proof room), Will apologizes and tries to make Warren understand that neither of them is a copy of their fathers. Warren's response is flatly informing him that they will never be friends - which is, perhaps, part of the reason why he gets so jealous when Warren and Layla are supposedly going out. Or, perhaps, because he's almost as jealous of Layla, who gets to go out with Warren, as he is of Warren, for the opposite reason.
However, most of Will's attraction to Warren seems to be body language subtext. Will clearly wants Warren to accept and like him; on what level he wants Warren's affection is really the only question.
Warren's POV
Warren's point of view is even harder to work from, because relatively little is known about him. However, again, how he feels about Layla seems pretty clear, and how he feels about Will is mostly body language.
I think Warren starts out feeling sorry for Layla - he's a busboy (possibly waiter?) in the restaurant, and I suspect he saw her before she ever saw him. But as they talk, I think the pity becomes more anger at Will, and they bond over how much they both hate him at that moment. And Warren starts to call her Hippie, which is at least mildly affectionate. And, of course, agrees to go to homecoming with her.
It would be easy to chalk that up to the simple explanation; he wants to upset Will. But I think he also does genuinely like Layla. He lets her hold his hand (albeit momentarily) and fawn on him in public (though he doesn't seem to enjoy it). But, tellingly, he runs into Will, who says he's no longer going to homecoming at all-so there's no more reason to show up and make him jealous. But not only does Warren show up anyway, he a) wears the tux he said he wouldn't, and b) talks about his father with Layla. And I think that shows he does really like her.
When it comes to Will, I think Warren is more attracted to him and jealous of him than genuinely crushing on him. Obviously, it starts with both of their parents; but is Warren really so angry at the Stronghold family that he'd repeatedly try and fry Will, or is it something deeper? My theory is that, given his father, Warren has a lot of family-centric issues; and from what we see of him, he's also quite a loner. Will, on the other hand, is from a well known, loving family, and is instantly popular at school. It's easy to see that Warren might be instantly jealous of Will, and judging by his actions, jealous to the point of being slightly obsessive about it. And what fuels obsession as well as an inexplicable, and certainly unwanted, attraction? And, if they best friends at the end of the movie, then maybe that obsession and anger has mellowed into a crush.
The OT3 Moment
There are lots of moments where they interact with one another, in ways that support all of the various couples possible; but, near the end of the movie, there's a great, mildly awkward, OT3 moment.
Will has just defeated Royal Pain, and Warren and Layla have defeated her minions. They run into the gym to see the end of the battle scene, and Will and Layla immediately embrace. And Warren strides over to them, and, as they're still wrapped around one another, gives them an awkward pat on the back.
Aww, come on. He wants in, too!
Fandom
Sky High has only been around for eight months, so the fandom is still developing. FFnet is terrifying, however (it's almost exclusively Warren/OC Mary Sues), so I stick to LJ for the most part. However, while there's plenty of Will/Warren, and a handful of Warren/Layla and Will/Layla (which occurs in the background of a lot of fics, as it's canon), there really are very, very few Will/Warren/Layla. So I don't have a lot of recs for you. (I'm hoping some more might come out of the woodworks after this, however!)
The first one written (and the one that truly sold me on the threesome) is Three by schuyler. It's quite adorable and lovely all around.
Another with W/W/L overtones is Wheel by tainted4life, which is more or less Warren coming to terms with his life.
Normally, I wouldn't plug my own fics, but like I said, there are not a lot of W/W/L floating around. In that those two are the only ones I know of that I didn't write. Mine are Not Exactly Normal To Begin With ( part one, part two, part three), and a ficlet, Primary Colors, Or, The Soul of a Poet.
I think that's about all I can say about the trio. My only closing notes are that, obviously, skyhighfic is probably your best bet if you're looking for Sky High fic (or brainsxbrawn if you'd like more specifically Will/Warren); and that the title of this manifesto is from a They Might Be Giants song in the movie.
And, of course, that the movie is quite enjoyable (if one likes doofy children's movies or superheroes); and it would be nice to see some more W/W/L fic out there.