I'm Boring (But Overcompensate) [coberry]
Title: I'm Boring (But Overcompensate)
Rating: PG.
Fandom/Pairing: Glee. Tina / Rachel.
Spoilers: n/a.
Warnings: n/a?
Summary: They're similar enough to get on, and different enough to provide some kind of a foil.
Words: 248.
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee, or FOB's "The Take Over, the Break's Over."
a/n: For the fairytale prompt "Snow White and Rose Red."
In a lot of ways, they’re similar. They’ve both taken the same dance classes together since they were children (since that first day of tap lessons when Rachel declared herself proudly to be Nearly five and a half, and Tina had shyly whispered Four in reply), and they both took their first vocal lessons from the same coach (Miss Bonnin, a warm, elderly woman with lots of ruffled blouses and dresses), and they’ve even found, over the years, that they have a few non-performing related interests in common. (Not many, but that’s mostly because Rachel has very few non-performing related interests.)
But in arguably more significant ways, they’re remarkably different. Whereas Tina’s predisposition is towards dance, Rachel very obviously prefers singing. While Tina’s content to sway and harmonize in the background for the greater good, Rachel’s often hindered by her own ambition and takes Drastic Measures. Around the time when Tina starts faking a stutter that soon becomes instinctive habit out of nervousness, Rachel starts speaking out more and more openly to anyone who happens to be in hearing range.
And even though Tina doesn’t mind being proven wrong, in contrast to the way that Rachel’s face burns red with the shame of her inaccuracy, they still manage to work out. Even though Tina had never thought that opposites attracted, and even though Rachel never thought that they were opposites to begin with, they still fit with one another more unexpectedly than they ever have with anyone else.
Rating: PG.
Fandom/Pairing: Glee. Tina / Rachel.
Spoilers: n/a.
Warnings: n/a?
Summary: They're similar enough to get on, and different enough to provide some kind of a foil.
Words: 248.
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee, or FOB's "The Take Over, the Break's Over."
a/n: For the fairytale prompt "Snow White and Rose Red."
In a lot of ways, they’re similar. They’ve both taken the same dance classes together since they were children (since that first day of tap lessons when Rachel declared herself proudly to be Nearly five and a half, and Tina had shyly whispered Four in reply), and they both took their first vocal lessons from the same coach (Miss Bonnin, a warm, elderly woman with lots of ruffled blouses and dresses), and they’ve even found, over the years, that they have a few non-performing related interests in common. (Not many, but that’s mostly because Rachel has very few non-performing related interests.)
But in arguably more significant ways, they’re remarkably different. Whereas Tina’s predisposition is towards dance, Rachel very obviously prefers singing. While Tina’s content to sway and harmonize in the background for the greater good, Rachel’s often hindered by her own ambition and takes Drastic Measures. Around the time when Tina starts faking a stutter that soon becomes instinctive habit out of nervousness, Rachel starts speaking out more and more openly to anyone who happens to be in hearing range.
And even though Tina doesn’t mind being proven wrong, in contrast to the way that Rachel’s face burns red with the shame of her inaccuracy, they still manage to work out. Even though Tina had never thought that opposites attracted, and even though Rachel never thought that they were opposites to begin with, they still fit with one another more unexpectedly than they ever have with anyone else.