fanfic: In The Night, PG [6/?] (Finn/Quinn)
Title: In The Night [6/?]
Author: wanderinghope // ipickquinn
Pairing/Character(s): Finn/Quinn
Rating: PG
Word Count: 956
Spoilers: Through Sectionals.
Summary: Quinn's life living at the Hudson's. WIP - AU as Sectionals is disregarded on my timeline.
AN: Set a little bit before Sectionals, I guess, since Finn is cleaning out his locker due to the end of the Football season. From here on out it's AU. The scene where Finn finds out is disregarded. Though I may use other stuff from the Sectionals episode. We'll see.
Previous chapters:
Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5
It’s the last football game of the season and for the first time since elementary school, Quinn stood in the metal bleachers with the rest of the student body. It hurt to not be out on the field in her Cheerios uniform, waving her pom-poms around for McKinley High’s pathetic football team. The only perk she could see was that she wasn’t freezing. She could actually wear pants again and Finn gave her his letterman jacket to wear. Even though it was a million times too big for her, she loved wearing this jacket. It made her feel safe, like Finn’s own arms were wrapped around her.
She smiled faintly thinking about Finn then saw that the players were running on to the field. She easily spotted her boyfriend. The boy was a mile tall, so he always stuck out. She cheered loudly with the rest of the people on the bleachers and caught Finn’s gaze for a few seconds when he looked over at the crowd. She knew it was cheesy but she blew him a kiss for good luck. Finn just grinned a crooked smile at her then focused his attention back to Coach Tanaka, who was no doubt giving a horrible pep talk.
As she stood in the stands she tried to ignore the weird looks she received from her fellow students. They all knew her as cheerleader Quinn Fabray, president of the celibacy club for so long but now that she was pregnant she had been brought down several pegs. Some of the girls snickered as they whispered to each other and stole glances at the former ice queen. Quinn was used to the gossip and petty ways of girls, she had practically written the handbook, but she really didn’t know how to handle the guys. She had always known she was a schoolboy fantasy but they looked at her more intensely now. They knew that she had to have had sex in order to get pregnant so now they looked at her as if she would “give it up” to anyone. Their gazes made her feel dirty. But if she learned one thing from being a Cheerio, it was how to keep a game face. So she kept her attention on the game and cheered loudly every time Finn threw a good pass and winced every time he was tackled.
They lost the game, as Quinn knew they would. No matter how many great passes Finn threw, they were so weak on the defense that any points they managed to score were quickly lost from the other team sneaking past their lines time and time again. After the game she stayed sat in the bleachers waiting for Finn to be done with the team’s post-game speech. To any onlooker it would appear that everything was just fine, but inside it really hurt to know she was the subject to slander and ridicule. She hadn’t realized how hard sitting through this game would be, but she knew it was important to Finn. He seemed to be her only ally these days, so she tried to do everything she could to make him happy.
She didn’t have to wait long. After only about 15 minutes Finn came walking up the stairs of the bleachers, the metal echoing with each of his steps, and sat down next to her. She gave him a smile and leaned up to kiss his cheek.
“Good game,” she said. “You threw a lot of great passes.”
Finn wrapped an arm around Quinn’s shoulders and laughed. “Yeah, we only lost by one touchdown, so it wasn’t too bad tonight.” They just sat there for a few minutes talking about some of the games highlights. “Well, you ready to go home?” He asked. Quinn just nodded and they walked to the car, his arm still around her small frame.
Later that night Quinn snuck into Finn's room, as she had been doing every night since they made up. She was tracing patters on Finn's bare chest as it rose and fell with his slow, steady breath. She was thinking about the football game and how affected she felt by everyone gossiping about her. Suddenly she felt tears flowing down her face. Damn pregnancy hormones she thought to herself. A few of her tears must have made contact with Finn's chest because he startled away and looked down at Quinn.
"Are you crying?" He asked in a scratchy, husky voice. He sounded quite sexy if she was completely honest with herself and had her hormones not been preoccupied with sadness she probably would have jumped his bones.
Quinn nodded slowly. "I … it's just," she paused for a moment. "Tonight was hard. Not being on the field as a Cheerio," she admitted.
"I'm sorry Quinn, I didn't even think of that. I shouldn't have made you go…" he trailed off, feeling guilty.
"It's okay, Finn. I wanted to be there for you." Finn could feel her smiling slightly against his ribcage.
He felt her wiggle her way up so their faces were level and she pressed her lips to his for a kiss. "Goodnight," she whispered into his ear then adjusted herself back down against his side.
Finn knew that she wasn't one to talk about her feelings or whine about how unfair her life was, so he just accepted her silence and held her until they both fell asleep.
Author: wanderinghope // ipickquinn
Pairing/Character(s): Finn/Quinn
Rating: PG
Word Count: 956
Spoilers: Through Sectionals.
Summary: Quinn's life living at the Hudson's. WIP - AU as Sectionals is disregarded on my timeline.
AN: Set a little bit before Sectionals, I guess, since Finn is cleaning out his locker due to the end of the Football season. From here on out it's AU. The scene where Finn finds out is disregarded. Though I may use other stuff from the Sectionals episode. We'll see.
Previous chapters:
Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5
It’s the last football game of the season and for the first time since elementary school, Quinn stood in the metal bleachers with the rest of the student body. It hurt to not be out on the field in her Cheerios uniform, waving her pom-poms around for McKinley High’s pathetic football team. The only perk she could see was that she wasn’t freezing. She could actually wear pants again and Finn gave her his letterman jacket to wear. Even though it was a million times too big for her, she loved wearing this jacket. It made her feel safe, like Finn’s own arms were wrapped around her.
She smiled faintly thinking about Finn then saw that the players were running on to the field. She easily spotted her boyfriend. The boy was a mile tall, so he always stuck out. She cheered loudly with the rest of the people on the bleachers and caught Finn’s gaze for a few seconds when he looked over at the crowd. She knew it was cheesy but she blew him a kiss for good luck. Finn just grinned a crooked smile at her then focused his attention back to Coach Tanaka, who was no doubt giving a horrible pep talk.
As she stood in the stands she tried to ignore the weird looks she received from her fellow students. They all knew her as cheerleader Quinn Fabray, president of the celibacy club for so long but now that she was pregnant she had been brought down several pegs. Some of the girls snickered as they whispered to each other and stole glances at the former ice queen. Quinn was used to the gossip and petty ways of girls, she had practically written the handbook, but she really didn’t know how to handle the guys. She had always known she was a schoolboy fantasy but they looked at her more intensely now. They knew that she had to have had sex in order to get pregnant so now they looked at her as if she would “give it up” to anyone. Their gazes made her feel dirty. But if she learned one thing from being a Cheerio, it was how to keep a game face. So she kept her attention on the game and cheered loudly every time Finn threw a good pass and winced every time he was tackled.
They lost the game, as Quinn knew they would. No matter how many great passes Finn threw, they were so weak on the defense that any points they managed to score were quickly lost from the other team sneaking past their lines time and time again. After the game she stayed sat in the bleachers waiting for Finn to be done with the team’s post-game speech. To any onlooker it would appear that everything was just fine, but inside it really hurt to know she was the subject to slander and ridicule. She hadn’t realized how hard sitting through this game would be, but she knew it was important to Finn. He seemed to be her only ally these days, so she tried to do everything she could to make him happy.
She didn’t have to wait long. After only about 15 minutes Finn came walking up the stairs of the bleachers, the metal echoing with each of his steps, and sat down next to her. She gave him a smile and leaned up to kiss his cheek.
“Good game,” she said. “You threw a lot of great passes.”
Finn wrapped an arm around Quinn’s shoulders and laughed. “Yeah, we only lost by one touchdown, so it wasn’t too bad tonight.” They just sat there for a few minutes talking about some of the games highlights. “Well, you ready to go home?” He asked. Quinn just nodded and they walked to the car, his arm still around her small frame.
Later that night Quinn snuck into Finn's room, as she had been doing every night since they made up. She was tracing patters on Finn's bare chest as it rose and fell with his slow, steady breath. She was thinking about the football game and how affected she felt by everyone gossiping about her. Suddenly she felt tears flowing down her face. Damn pregnancy hormones she thought to herself. A few of her tears must have made contact with Finn's chest because he startled away and looked down at Quinn.
"Are you crying?" He asked in a scratchy, husky voice. He sounded quite sexy if she was completely honest with herself and had her hormones not been preoccupied with sadness she probably would have jumped his bones.
Quinn nodded slowly. "I … it's just," she paused for a moment. "Tonight was hard. Not being on the field as a Cheerio," she admitted.
"I'm sorry Quinn, I didn't even think of that. I shouldn't have made you go…" he trailed off, feeling guilty.
"It's okay, Finn. I wanted to be there for you." Finn could feel her smiling slightly against his ribcage.
He felt her wiggle her way up so their faces were level and she pressed her lips to his for a kiss. "Goodnight," she whispered into his ear then adjusted herself back down against his side.
Finn knew that she wasn't one to talk about her feelings or whine about how unfair her life was, so he just accepted her silence and held her until they both fell asleep.