Fic: I Hate the Dentist (Kurt/Finn) PG-13 (16/?)
Title: I Hate the Dentist
Author: hyperemmalawlz
Fandom: Glee
Chapter: 16/? - "Compassion, Capture, Coffee."
Characters/Pairing: Kurt, Finn, ensemble.
Word Count: 1490
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Kurt Hummel isn't stupid. When the straight love of his life is drunk enough to sleep with him at a party, he's not going to stick around for the fallout. However, maybe he is stupid, because running away has consequences.
Spoilers: Up to 1x22, "Journey."
Warnings: Swearing, talk of rape and sex (and I guess, sort of, pseudo-step-incest).
Author's Notes: Written for the glee_angst_meme, the prompt: "Finn gets his drink spiked at a party and wakes up naked and alone in a bed in the host's house, with no memories of the night before. When word gets out, someone starts a rumor that it was Kurt who drugged Finn so he could sleep with him and Kurt's life is subsequently made a living hell. I mean hardcore threats, violence, that sort of thing. But Kurt feels powerless to do anything because - even though he wasn't aware Finn was drugged - they had slept together. I don't care about resolution but I'd one to confront the other about it." Title is inspired by Veronica Mars.
16: Compassion, Capture, Coffee
Kurt isn't really expecting to find himself ambushed by jocks in the corridor. Genuinely. He could not have predicted this would happen today.
Now he thinks about it, he sees the likelihood, but he was distracted by worrying about people he actually cares about.
“Hey, Hummel,” says Azimio, taking the center of the mob. Kurt unwittingly gulps and backs away from him. Azimio is gritting his teeth and clenching his fist - whatever's up, he's genuinly mad, not just being an asshole (there is a subtle difference, Kurt has learned).
“What do you want from me?” Kurt asks, affecting the same indifferent tone he has always used for dealing with them - he's not really feeling it, but he's a decent actor. Finn didn't tell them... did he? No. He wouldn't.
Yet... Kurt could hardly blame him if he did. He wants revenge, who wouldn't? It's hardly like he can take legal action, and doing anything via their parents would be... harmful. Setting a group of homophobic jocks on him: cruel, but understandable and possibly justified.
Azimio just glares him down. “We need to have a talk, Hummel.”
Kurt breathes in heavily. Relax. In the words of Douglas Adams, don't panic. “Unless you wish me to redesign your style for being ignorant terrorizing jackasses, I don't see how I can help you.” He tries to walk past them, but two of the guys grab him by the arms and slam against the lockers. Azimio menaces closer, and Kurt may or may not squeak.
“Don't give me shit. You know what this is about.” Just to emphasize, Azimio punches the space on the locker next to his head, and Kurt jumps. “Hudson.”
Kurt's stomach sinks in something like dread - do they know...? “I - What do you-”
“My bro got expelled over this shit, and you owe an explanation,” says Azimio.
Karofsky? Really? Given everything and everyone, he's most fixated on Karofsky?
“He beat me and vandalized my property with offensive language; he was expelled for it. There's nothing else to that.” He tries to break free again, but those guys hold him against the locker still.
“Don't, Hummel. Don't act like we don't all know exactly what that was about - like Dave was giving you anything other than what you had coming, you sick freak,” Azimio says. Kurt does his best to keep being able to look him in the eye, despite his instincts. “Seriously, you can be a fag, I don't have a problem - well, okay, yeah, I do have a problem with that. But raping your own stepbrother? That's way worse.”
Kurt holds his ground, despite the immediate instinct which is to just cry. “We're not stepbrothers,” Kurt points out. “And tell me, what exactly do you think you know? I thought you didn't trust Karofsky about all this; we all saw your fight - you full-blown accused him of being the one who did it.”
Kurt feels a little sick for making those implications - Karofsky may be a bigoted, violent asshole, but he was not responsible for... well, to some degree, he was. But he didn't not rape Finn, and Kurt shouldn't suggest that he did. The assembly of random guys murmur things like 'good point', and Azimio looks annoyed and confused.
“He called. We talked. Made me realize I'm kind of a hypocrite if I'm gonna call rapist over something we both did together,” Azimio explains, and his minions nod like this makes a lot of sense. “And you're changing the subject! This isn't about us; this is about you fucking over all us normal people for good.”
Kurt flinches unwillingly. “So, uh, what did I do? What makes you so certain I was the one who...? Despite my daring to be homosexual, which obviously is something that can be consciously chosen?”
“Dude, that's not enough?” says Azimio. “We all knew you wanted to fuck Hudson. You suddenly had your chance, and fuck if it's, you know, evil, you were going to take it!”
Kurt really, really wants to punch him. Instead, Kurt settles for spitting in his face. “Fuck you,” he says definitively. “You know nothing about me, Finn, or what happened that night - you're just a bigot and you can't handle your own guilt. And of you beat me - if you kill me for what you think I did, you will still know absolutely nothing.”
Technically, it's not a denial.
There's a long, awkward pause. Then Azimio shrugs. “Yeah, but at least it'll be satisfying.”
He's suddenly raising his hand to throw the first punch, while the two guys holding Kurt to the locker keep his arms secure so he can't try to cover himself.
Then, they here someone running down the corridor.
“What the hell are you guys doing?!”
Finn.
...
“Hey, Hudson,” calls Azimio. “You wanna throw the first punch? You kind of have a right to it, after all.”
“Get away from him!” Finn breaks through the crowd of guys to where Azimio and Kurt are - the minions look uncomfortable, like they're considering holding him back, but between them apparently they have enough of a conscience to realize that physically attacking the resident rape victim is probably not good. So Kurt just winds up standing there.
“Hey, I'm doing this for you, man,” says Azimio. “If you're not going to press charges or anything, this fucker deserves someone kicking his ass.”
“Finn, it's okay,” says Kurt. Everyone looks confused, but Kurt hopes he can communicate the subtext to Finn without the people threatening violence against him figuring it out: no, it's not okay, but please don't protect me because I don't deserve it and the guilt might just kill me.
Suddenly, Finn punches Azimio in the face.
“Ow! What the hell, man?”
“Let him go,” Finn says to the guys holding Kurt against the locker. Surprisingly enough, they do. Then Finn turns back to Azimio. “Kurt didn't do anything wrong, and you wouldn't really give a fuck if he had - you hate me. You're just being a dick, and pretending you're so awesome for it because of what happened to me, and if you try it again I'm going to fucking kill you.”
Azimio glares at him. “So, you don't think he did anything wrong, huh?” he asks. “You wanna explain why you two ain't living in the same house no more, then? Everyone heard about that. Someone doesn't trust him around you.”
“Fuck off,” says Finn. “I don't have to answer to you.”
Azimio sighs. “I feel sorry for you, you know?” he says. “You're gonna figure out what's real sometime - and it ain't gonna be whatever bullshit this guy's feeding you. And of you don't pick the right side before then? You might not have everyone when that happened.”
Finn doesn't answer, and instead just glares. Azimio looks at all the jocks he brought here. “Come on, boys. Let's get out of here.”
They walk off, some of them making threatening gestures behind their backs. Kurt slumps against the locker in defeat, and slowly slides down until he's sitting on the floor - under normal circumstances he would be horrified at the thought of allowing his clothing to touch a filthy high school floor, but right now he just... can't.
Finn leans against the locker next to him - but he stays standing. Kurt sighs and looks up at him.
“You didn't have to do that, you know.”
Finn shrugs. “Yeah, I did.” Kurt knows it's meant to sound flippant, but he can hear something under Finn's tone - he can't quite identify what that is. Whatever it is, it tells him that Finn just protecting him was a much bigger deal than Finn wants him to realize it was. Finn's always been a bad liar - Kurt doesn't know how he just pulled that whole conversation off. He rests his chin on his knees.
“I didn't deserve it.”
There's an awkward pause, and then suddenly Finn is sliding down and sitting next to him. Finn looks scared - just a bit. He's obviously trying to hide it, so for his sake, Kurt pretends he doesn't notice.
“You wanna cut out of here?” Finn asks. “Go get coffee or something?”
Kurt hesitates. He doesn't really want to - it will be awkward, and probably just make him feel even more guilty. However, Finn is asking - it's just a coffee, but from the look on his face, he needs it.
“Okay.”
Really, Finn is the one with the right of refusal right now. Altogether, Kurt might just never have that again.
Author: hyperemmalawlz
Fandom: Glee
Chapter: 16/? - "Compassion, Capture, Coffee."
Characters/Pairing: Kurt, Finn, ensemble.
Word Count: 1490
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Kurt Hummel isn't stupid. When the straight love of his life is drunk enough to sleep with him at a party, he's not going to stick around for the fallout. However, maybe he is stupid, because running away has consequences.
Spoilers: Up to 1x22, "Journey."
Warnings: Swearing, talk of rape and sex (and I guess, sort of, pseudo-step-incest).
Author's Notes: Written for the glee_angst_meme, the prompt: "Finn gets his drink spiked at a party and wakes up naked and alone in a bed in the host's house, with no memories of the night before. When word gets out, someone starts a rumor that it was Kurt who drugged Finn so he could sleep with him and Kurt's life is subsequently made a living hell. I mean hardcore threats, violence, that sort of thing. But Kurt feels powerless to do anything because - even though he wasn't aware Finn was drugged - they had slept together. I don't care about resolution but I'd one to confront the other about it." Title is inspired by Veronica Mars.
16: Compassion, Capture, Coffee
Kurt isn't really expecting to find himself ambushed by jocks in the corridor. Genuinely. He could not have predicted this would happen today.
Now he thinks about it, he sees the likelihood, but he was distracted by worrying about people he actually cares about.
“Hey, Hummel,” says Azimio, taking the center of the mob. Kurt unwittingly gulps and backs away from him. Azimio is gritting his teeth and clenching his fist - whatever's up, he's genuinly mad, not just being an asshole (there is a subtle difference, Kurt has learned).
“What do you want from me?” Kurt asks, affecting the same indifferent tone he has always used for dealing with them - he's not really feeling it, but he's a decent actor. Finn didn't tell them... did he? No. He wouldn't.
Yet... Kurt could hardly blame him if he did. He wants revenge, who wouldn't? It's hardly like he can take legal action, and doing anything via their parents would be... harmful. Setting a group of homophobic jocks on him: cruel, but understandable and possibly justified.
Azimio just glares him down. “We need to have a talk, Hummel.”
Kurt breathes in heavily. Relax. In the words of Douglas Adams, don't panic. “Unless you wish me to redesign your style for being ignorant terrorizing jackasses, I don't see how I can help you.” He tries to walk past them, but two of the guys grab him by the arms and slam against the lockers. Azimio menaces closer, and Kurt may or may not squeak.
“Don't give me shit. You know what this is about.” Just to emphasize, Azimio punches the space on the locker next to his head, and Kurt jumps. “Hudson.”
Kurt's stomach sinks in something like dread - do they know...? “I - What do you-”
“My bro got expelled over this shit, and you owe an explanation,” says Azimio.
Karofsky? Really? Given everything and everyone, he's most fixated on Karofsky?
“He beat me and vandalized my property with offensive language; he was expelled for it. There's nothing else to that.” He tries to break free again, but those guys hold him against the locker still.
“Don't, Hummel. Don't act like we don't all know exactly what that was about - like Dave was giving you anything other than what you had coming, you sick freak,” Azimio says. Kurt does his best to keep being able to look him in the eye, despite his instincts. “Seriously, you can be a fag, I don't have a problem - well, okay, yeah, I do have a problem with that. But raping your own stepbrother? That's way worse.”
Kurt holds his ground, despite the immediate instinct which is to just cry. “We're not stepbrothers,” Kurt points out. “And tell me, what exactly do you think you know? I thought you didn't trust Karofsky about all this; we all saw your fight - you full-blown accused him of being the one who did it.”
Kurt feels a little sick for making those implications - Karofsky may be a bigoted, violent asshole, but he was not responsible for... well, to some degree, he was. But he didn't not rape Finn, and Kurt shouldn't suggest that he did. The assembly of random guys murmur things like 'good point', and Azimio looks annoyed and confused.
“He called. We talked. Made me realize I'm kind of a hypocrite if I'm gonna call rapist over something we both did together,” Azimio explains, and his minions nod like this makes a lot of sense. “And you're changing the subject! This isn't about us; this is about you fucking over all us normal people for good.”
Kurt flinches unwillingly. “So, uh, what did I do? What makes you so certain I was the one who...? Despite my daring to be homosexual, which obviously is something that can be consciously chosen?”
“Dude, that's not enough?” says Azimio. “We all knew you wanted to fuck Hudson. You suddenly had your chance, and fuck if it's, you know, evil, you were going to take it!”
Kurt really, really wants to punch him. Instead, Kurt settles for spitting in his face. “Fuck you,” he says definitively. “You know nothing about me, Finn, or what happened that night - you're just a bigot and you can't handle your own guilt. And of you beat me - if you kill me for what you think I did, you will still know absolutely nothing.”
Technically, it's not a denial.
There's a long, awkward pause. Then Azimio shrugs. “Yeah, but at least it'll be satisfying.”
He's suddenly raising his hand to throw the first punch, while the two guys holding Kurt to the locker keep his arms secure so he can't try to cover himself.
Then, they here someone running down the corridor.
“What the hell are you guys doing?!”
Finn.
...
“Hey, Hudson,” calls Azimio. “You wanna throw the first punch? You kind of have a right to it, after all.”
“Get away from him!” Finn breaks through the crowd of guys to where Azimio and Kurt are - the minions look uncomfortable, like they're considering holding him back, but between them apparently they have enough of a conscience to realize that physically attacking the resident rape victim is probably not good. So Kurt just winds up standing there.
“Hey, I'm doing this for you, man,” says Azimio. “If you're not going to press charges or anything, this fucker deserves someone kicking his ass.”
“Finn, it's okay,” says Kurt. Everyone looks confused, but Kurt hopes he can communicate the subtext to Finn without the people threatening violence against him figuring it out: no, it's not okay, but please don't protect me because I don't deserve it and the guilt might just kill me.
Suddenly, Finn punches Azimio in the face.
“Ow! What the hell, man?”
“Let him go,” Finn says to the guys holding Kurt against the locker. Surprisingly enough, they do. Then Finn turns back to Azimio. “Kurt didn't do anything wrong, and you wouldn't really give a fuck if he had - you hate me. You're just being a dick, and pretending you're so awesome for it because of what happened to me, and if you try it again I'm going to fucking kill you.”
Azimio glares at him. “So, you don't think he did anything wrong, huh?” he asks. “You wanna explain why you two ain't living in the same house no more, then? Everyone heard about that. Someone doesn't trust him around you.”
“Fuck off,” says Finn. “I don't have to answer to you.”
Azimio sighs. “I feel sorry for you, you know?” he says. “You're gonna figure out what's real sometime - and it ain't gonna be whatever bullshit this guy's feeding you. And of you don't pick the right side before then? You might not have everyone when that happened.”
Finn doesn't answer, and instead just glares. Azimio looks at all the jocks he brought here. “Come on, boys. Let's get out of here.”
They walk off, some of them making threatening gestures behind their backs. Kurt slumps against the locker in defeat, and slowly slides down until he's sitting on the floor - under normal circumstances he would be horrified at the thought of allowing his clothing to touch a filthy high school floor, but right now he just... can't.
Finn leans against the locker next to him - but he stays standing. Kurt sighs and looks up at him.
“You didn't have to do that, you know.”
Finn shrugs. “Yeah, I did.” Kurt knows it's meant to sound flippant, but he can hear something under Finn's tone - he can't quite identify what that is. Whatever it is, it tells him that Finn just protecting him was a much bigger deal than Finn wants him to realize it was. Finn's always been a bad liar - Kurt doesn't know how he just pulled that whole conversation off. He rests his chin on his knees.
“I didn't deserve it.”
There's an awkward pause, and then suddenly Finn is sliding down and sitting next to him. Finn looks scared - just a bit. He's obviously trying to hide it, so for his sake, Kurt pretends he doesn't notice.
“You wanna cut out of here?” Finn asks. “Go get coffee or something?”
Kurt hesitates. He doesn't really want to - it will be awkward, and probably just make him feel even more guilty. However, Finn is asking - it's just a coffee, but from the look on his face, he needs it.
“Okay.”
Really, Finn is the one with the right of refusal right now. Altogether, Kurt might just never have that again.