Wayli

Wayli is the het ship between Waylon Park and Lisa Park from the Outlast fandom.

Canon
It is unknown how Waylon and Lisa met, though at some point they married, had two sons and lived in Boulder, Colorado until they moved to Leadville, Colorado for Waylon’s new workplace.

Outlast: Whistleblower
In 2013, Waylon decides to become a whistleblower and sends an email to freelance journalist Miles Upshur to expose the Murkoff Corporation’s inhumane experiments. He is caught soon after and is forced to become another experiment to Morphogenic therapy. A short time following the psychological torture, Waylon is released of his restraints and freed by another patient as the facility goes dark and the Mount Massive Asylum is thrown into chaos by the patients who manage to break free and start slaughtering Murkoff employees. Waylon automatically acquires the “” note when he picks up the camcorder. He express how he messed and if he were to die he knows Lisa will find him, how she won’t rest until his body is found, and conveying to her that if she finds his camcorder with his corpse to do what he couldn’t – exposes the truth. Waylon apologizes to her again, explaining how he thought he was doing the right thing, but realized he made a grave mistake in becoming a whistleblower.

A short time later, Waylon over hears two Murkoff employees discussing using a short-wave radio to call for help. Upon recording this, he acquires the “” note, expressing hope for coming home to Lisa. He remarks how his “mistake was subtlety,” something Lisa always had said. He thought he had to be subtle for her and their sons’ sake.

Not long later, Waylon comes across patient Frank Manera killing and consuming a Murkoff employee. Upon recording this act, he acquires the “” note, begging Lisa not to ask to see his body, that when he dies just to bury or burn it; to let their sons remember him whole.

Waylon manages to escape the asylum hospital and run outside into the recreation area, where upon his escape from Frank, he acquires the “” note when he records Frank yelling at him through one of the hospital’s windows. Waylon claims he’s going to try to forget, and if he were to get out, he’s going to come back to Lisa.

Outside, Waylon finds he has to turn off electricity to bypass an electric fence, however once turning it off he discovers it had been turned back on again by a patient. Upon going back to repeat the process, Waylon acquires the “” note by recording the electricity being turned back on. He vents his frustration, but gets into the mindset of Lisa, calling her the “reasonable one,” how she would tell him to calm down, to take a larger view.

Sometime later, Waylon encounters patient Eddie Gluskin who makes numerous attempts to mutilate him. Waylon escapes from Eddie and enters into a gymnasium where he finds a copious number of dead bodies hanging from the ceiling. Upon recording this scene, Waylon acquires the “” note telling Lisa he wants her to burn the asylum and any evidence it ever existed to the ground – to destroy Murkoff.

Waylon and Eddie engage in one final encounter a short time later that results in Eddie’s death. Upon Waylon recording the death, he acquires the “” note telling Lisa he’s trying not to laugh at the morbid scene, but after everything he’s faced that day, it’s proving difficult, though he swears he is trying.

With morning upon, Waylon limps for the front doors of the asylum, being met by his supervisor, Jeremy Blaire. Wanting to protect Murkoff’s reputation, Jeremy stabs Waylon in the abdomen, before going in for more attacks. A few seconds later, Jeremy is killed by the Walrider, fused to Miles Upshur. When Waylon first sees Jeremy by the doors, he acquires the “” note, telling Lisa there’s no way he’s going to allow Jeremy to stop him from escaping. Waylon further tells Lisa he’s coming home to her.

Outlast: The Murkoff Account
Following Waylon’s escape from the Mount Massive Asylum and having uploaded video evidence of Murkoff Corporation’s inhumane deeds, Waylon rushes home to Lisa and their sons. With Murkoff most likely on him, they flee, not before burning down their home.

Quotes
"Lisa, I’m sorry. If I die, I know you’ll find me. I know you won’t rest until you find my body. I hope you find this camera with my corpse. I hope the evidence on it does what I couldn’t, exposes the truth. Lisa, baby, I’m so sorry. I fucked up. I thought I was doing the right thing. But I fucked up bad."

- “If I Die” note.

"There’s hope, Lisa. I’m coming home to you. My mistake was subtlety, like you always said. […] I thought I had to be subtle for your sake, Lisa, and for the boys."

- “A Radio in the Prison” note.

"Don’t ask to see my body, Lisa. When I die, when you finish the lawsuits that let you pry this footage from Murkoff’s army of lawyers and corporate hitmen, don’t make them show you my body. Just bury it. Or burn it. Let my sons remember me whole."

- “In the Cannibal’s Kitchen” note.

"I’m going to try to forget it, Lisa. If I get out of here, I’m going to come back to you."

- “Satisfaction” note.

"I need to think, Lisa. […] You were always the reasonable one, Lisa. You would tell me to calm down, to take a larger view."

- “ Burning Lights” note.

"Lisa, I want you to burn this place and any evidence it ever existed to the ground. Destroy the Murkoff Corporation. Bury it in shame, take away its money, wipe it from history."

- “Blue Beard’s Wives” note.

"But there’s no way in hell [Jeremy Blaire’s] stopping me from getting out of this godforsaken place. I’m coming home, Lisa."

- “Jeremy Blaire” note.

Children
Two unnamed sons

As shown in a picture frame from Outlast: The Murkoff Account, both children are young and have the same complexion and brown hair color as their parents. In the “” note, Waylon mentions how he was with Lisa for the births of both of their sons. Waylon also mentions the boys in the “” note, upon seeing a man having hung himself. He claims he would take “the easy way out” if wasn’t for the boys.

Fanon
Lisa doesn’t appear in Outlast: Whistleblower. Everything the player finds out about Waylon and Lisa’s relationship is through the notes Waylon writes to/for Lisa in addition to some documents written by other Murkoff employees. It’s due to these write ups that made a popular ship within the Outlast fandom. Fans of the couple fell for Waylon’s clear love for his wife and how he believes Lisa would fight the Murkoff Corporation tooth and nail should he not survive the horrors of the asylum.

On AO3, has 115+ works in its romantic/het tag, and 5+ in its platonic/general tag.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Waylon/Lisa tag on FanFiction.net
 * Waylon/Lisa tag on FanFiction.net
 * Waylon/Lisa tag on FanFiction.net

Variations

 * Waylimiles refers to the ship between Miles Upshur, Waylon and Lisa