Fic: B-Sides

[kappamaki33]

Title: B-Sides
Author: kappamaki33
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Sam, Kurt, Blaine, Puck, Artie, Mercedes, Santana, Karofsky, Quinn, Lauren, and Rachel; canon pairings
Word Count: ~6,900
Warnings: Language, non-explicit talk of sex
Spoilers: Through 2.19 (Rumors)
Summary: Six ficlets about a handful of the untold stories in the episode “Rumors,” with each one

Comments

[lls_mutant]

Ooooh, this is exactly what I wanted on my flist today! Rumors friendship fics, and by you! :)

I love all of them. The first one... can I hug Sam now? He'd probably be offended, but I really would like to. And he could use it. That was just the right amount of concern and restraint- I loved it. The second one with Puck and Artie... I really wish the show would keep going more on that friendship a little more explicitly. (In a totally straight guy way, of course. That whole little running gag whenever they actually discussed something with depth was adorable.) The Kurt-Mercedes one made me hurt because I have a nasty feeling it's probably true. The Kurt/Blaine one- YES, BLAINE. CONTEXT MATTERS. (Plus, the websites Rachel keeps tweeting him crack me up.) The Santana/Dave one was so sad as well, especially if I read the ending right. Or at least one interpretation of the ending. (I so want the two of them to battle through this together and become BFFs. For me, that's the perfect redemption story for Dave- not with Kurt, but that he finds a deep friendship with Santana.) And the Lauren-Quinn one was awesome.

Absolutely fantastic!! :)

[kappamaki33]

Thanks! Oh, Sam. I want to hug him, too. At least he's got a lot of glee clubbers looking out for him now.

It's not the best of the bunch, but I do think the Artie-Puck one is my favorite of the bunch. I'm not really sure why beyond that I love their improbable friendship.

I really am afraid that that's at the root of a lot of Mercedes' frustration and sadness lately (along with the lack of solos/recognition), and I'll be really sad if she and Kurt drift apart.

YES, BLAINE. CONTEXT MATTERS

Now that Mercedes called out Artie on "Isn't She Lovely," I'd love for her to call out Blaine on one of his many, many inappropriate song choices, which I'm sure are far from over. ;)

Yeah, that is definitely one way to interpret the ending, though it was so sad I decided to leave it open-ended enough that I could pretend they changed their minds and just got really, really drunk together. (Sad when that's the happier of two alternatives.)

Ah, Lauren-Quinn. That wasn't one that I had any concrete ideas about coming in, but I think it turned out the best of them all. They're just a really interesting pair.

Thanks again!