"Be Yourself and Five Other Clichés" & "An Ounce of Prevention" by fakeplasticsnow (PG-13 for both)
Main Characters or Pairings: Kurt POV, Kurt/Mike, Puck/Quinn, Kurt-Puck and Kurt-Rachel friendships
Length: ~10,000 and ~2,000 words respectively
Author on LJ/Author Website: fakeplasticsnow
Why this must be read:
In which Kurt decides to give himself a makeover by going shopping with Puck; this ends up with them almost trading clothing styles, and starts the avalanche of various important discoveries for Kurt while Puck gets his girl and Mike Chang sing a few showy tunes makes a few bold moves. Oh, and Kurt disbands the Chastity Club, but Rachel starts the Safe Sex Awareness Club in the sequel so everyone can still talk about sex, sex and sex. I'm open-minded about rarepairings and this was a new one for me, but I was immediately blown away by how well this story told not only the story of the pairing, but of the development of all the other relationships among the kids as well.
Be Yourself and Five Other Clichés and its sequel An Ounce of Prevention (Is a Pound of Rachel)
Length: ~10,000 and ~2,000 words respectively
Author on LJ/Author Website: fakeplasticsnow
Why this must be read:
In which Kurt decides to give himself a makeover by going shopping with Puck; this ends up with them almost trading clothing styles, and starts the avalanche of various important discoveries for Kurt while Puck gets his girl and Mike Chang sing a few showy tunes makes a few bold moves. Oh, and Kurt disbands the Chastity Club, but Rachel starts the Safe Sex Awareness Club in the sequel so everyone can still talk about sex, sex and sex. I'm open-minded about rarepairings and this was a new one for me, but I was immediately blown away by how well this story told not only the story of the pairing, but of the development of all the other relationships among the kids as well.
Be Yourself and Five Other Clichés and its sequel An Ounce of Prevention (Is a Pound of Rachel)