Will Stanton and Barney Drew: Possible Couple

I mention in my review of the Dark is Rising series that I would get Will and Barney together in the future. (In the world of romance, I also think Jane and Bran from the same series would make an interesting couple.) 

The reason isn't only because I think the current ending--Will as the only remaining Old One and character who knows the truth--is rather sad and pointless... 

I also consider it dull.  

Barney is the youngest of the Drews. He is also an artist (like his mother). In the books, he is portrayed as possibly ten or younger. That is, he doesn't appear to age between the first summer and the final denouement. In character, he is entirely insouciant, being one of the few people on the train at the end who is entirely caught up in the moment. He is also, going back further, fascinated by King Arthur and makes some of the earliest, valid connections between clues and quest. 

Possible Barney

I decided that Barney grows up to be a tall, insouciant, happy artist. He never loses his interest in King Arthur. He may even end up on a couple of archaeological digs, and he would, of course, admire the show Time Team. 

Subsequently, he has always wondered if more was going on in Wales than what he and his sister and brother technically remember. And he has always wondered if there is more to Will Stanton than meets the eye. 

(In the books, he is initially the most reluctant to accept Will into their group. He is later, however, the most willing to follow Will's lead.) 

Grown-up Barney does some research in Cambridge or Oxford (a la Gandalf doing research in Minis Tirith), connects Will to the Old Ones, and tracks him down. 

Possible Will

In the books, Will's father is a jeweler/trader in unique antiques. Since I am not a fan of "I have all this knowledge--oh, the angst" personalities (one reason I like Elementary so much is that neither Sherlock nor Joan let Sherlock give him a pass because of his "special" burdens). I think Will would adjust to everyday life. He would use a background in antiquities to locate interesting pieces for his dad. 

So when Barney finds Will, he finds him at an older estate, hunting up a rare item. He informs Will of what he has figured out and then sticks with him. 

The positive here is that as art/antiquity experts, Barney and Will could have their own series as they figure out historical mysteries and/or fraud-theft mysteries! Their differences--Barney is impulsive, artistic, and extroverted while Will is reserved, supposedly Mr. Ordinary, and ironic--would make for a more than decent and interesting partnership, romantic or otherwise.