& guess it happened anyway
title: Just to say that you’ve won
author: acidquill
disclaimer: don’t own em
rating: pg
warnings: SPOILERS for 2x20
character(s): Kurt
word count: 248
notes: um, sorry for the fandom invasion? title borrowed from Mumford & Sons.
He’s so willing to believe in them. The bullies, the ones who laughed, the ones who saw him slushied and tossed into dumpsters and didn’t say a word. Kurt wants to see the good in people, and it seems his faith is finally being rewarded.
His return to McKinley is only a couple of weeks old, but it’s like he walked into a different school. For the first time in years Kurt can go to class without the too-familiar, knotting dread weighing down his every step. He’s able to meet his classmates’ eyes without the fear of getting slammed into a locker. Days go by without someone yelling 'fag' from across the courtyard or whispering it, low and vicious, as he walks past.
Maybe he can't call all of them friends, but he isn’t counting as many enemies in the halls lately, either. It’s something. More than Kurt ever dreamed, considering how trapped he felt before Dalton.
His dad warns him to be careful: Son, people aren’t easy to change. Hate doesn’t always come at you kicking and screaming. But Kurt can’t help looking at this as a fresh start - for him and his peers.
It only takes a handful of words to rip everything away. His faith, his newfound security, all of it gone.
The silence following Figgins’ announcement presses in on him, smothering and thick. In that brief lull before the whispers spread across the gym, Kurt is positive he can hear his heart breaking.
- end
author: acidquill
disclaimer: don’t own em
rating: pg
warnings: SPOILERS for 2x20
character(s): Kurt
word count: 248
notes: um, sorry for the fandom invasion? title borrowed from Mumford & Sons.
He’s so willing to believe in them. The bullies, the ones who laughed, the ones who saw him slushied and tossed into dumpsters and didn’t say a word. Kurt wants to see the good in people, and it seems his faith is finally being rewarded.
His return to McKinley is only a couple of weeks old, but it’s like he walked into a different school. For the first time in years Kurt can go to class without the too-familiar, knotting dread weighing down his every step. He’s able to meet his classmates’ eyes without the fear of getting slammed into a locker. Days go by without someone yelling 'fag' from across the courtyard or whispering it, low and vicious, as he walks past.
Maybe he can't call all of them friends, but he isn’t counting as many enemies in the halls lately, either. It’s something. More than Kurt ever dreamed, considering how trapped he felt before Dalton.
His dad warns him to be careful: Son, people aren’t easy to change. Hate doesn’t always come at you kicking and screaming. But Kurt can’t help looking at this as a fresh start - for him and his peers.
It only takes a handful of words to rip everything away. His faith, his newfound security, all of it gone.
The silence following Figgins’ announcement presses in on him, smothering and thick. In that brief lull before the whispers spread across the gym, Kurt is positive he can hear his heart breaking.
- end