Fic. Not Perfect
Title: Not Perfect
Author: alicebluegown16
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Finn/Will
Summary: Five ways actually dating Finn is nothing like the fantasy. And about a thousand ways it's better.
AN/: Written for the glee kink_meme prompt: A few years down the road and Finn is now in a relationship with Will and the football coach at McKinley.
Warnings: First time writing this pairing/fandom, Unbeta'd. So sweet it may cause cavities. Severely lacking in porn.
Finn is not perfect.
Will has absolutely zero illusions about that, has never assumed otherwise even back in the early days of his bordering on inappropriate, for-the-love-of-God he’s one of your student’s crush.
Finn is not perfect and Will has no regrets about this fact. After all, once upon a time he thought he had the perfect married-to-his-high-school-sweetheart-white -picket-fence life and look how that turned out. But occasionally Will compares the reality to the fantasy he built up in his mind before he and Finn got involved and he can’t help but think ‘Huh, so that’s different.’
1.
Waking up with Finn wrapped around him, lazy kisses and wandering hands. Slopping water all over the tile floor when Finn climbs into the shower with him. Cooking breakfast together, shoulders bumping, fingers trailing along hips as they move around the kitchen.
Most days he wakes up in their bed alone.
Finn, who has the energy level somewhat comparable to a cracked out four-year-old is already up ages ago and out for a morning run. The most action he’ll get is a sweaty enthusiastic tacklehug on the stairs. Finn sing/yodeling as he sprints up to their bathroom for a shower.
“Sorry I’m smelly, Babe. Love you and there’s coffee in the pot and a McGriddle waiting for you because I’m aaaaaawwwweeesoooooome!”
2. Sneaking off with Finn for long lunch breaks off campus at some quiet out of the way restaurant.
Okay, who is he kidding? First of all, there isn’t much in the way of quiet out of the way restaurants in Lima. Second, they only get half an hour for lunch. What would be the point? The closest thing to a romantic meal they usually get is paper bag lunches in the teacher’s lounge, with Finn stealing his cookies and insisting it’s a fair trade for celery sticks or demanding they thumb wrestle for the last of the potato chips. It’s not glamorous by any stretch of the imagination, but driving Sue out of the room with their ‘homo floorshow’ is always an added bonus.
Then there will be those afternoons when their schedules never quite align, Finn busy preparing for a game or Will electing to eat at his desk as he grades papers and he’ll find a napkin with a stick figure wearing a sombrero and ‘Te Amo, Will! See! I did learn something in your class!’ scrawled on it or a handful of Hershey’s Kisses and he’ll be in a good mood all day.
3.
They work at the same school. A building full of shadowy staircases, empty classrooms, locker rooms with fantastic acoustics, and his desk, his very sturdy desk which you better fucking believe he’s fantasized about bending Finn over.
They work at the same school.
And there will be times they go all day without seeing each other.
Because Finn is doing a remarkable job rebuilding their joke of a football team from the ground up on a shoestring budget with players who have far more enthusiasm than talent. Because Finn spends most of his days reviewing game tapes, running practices, and generally working himself into a frenzy acting as mentor, older brother, drill sergeant and best friend (frequently all at the same time) to half his team.
Because he himself has classes and Glee club and Acafellas and somewhere in a moment of weakness and/or insanity he also agreed to be the faculty advisor for the Gay-Straight Alliance. If Will is completely honest there are days when his biggest fantasy is sneaking off with Finn and taking a nap.
Because there is porn and then there is real life.
And while being wild and spontaneous sounds lovely in theory it can also lead to any number of mentally scarring events such as Jenny Abernathy barging in to argue about the completely deserved B- he gave her on her last essay and getting an eyeful of Finn’s hand down his pants.
Just to use an example.
4. He and Finn won’t ever fight. After all the lies and drama with Terri he’s going to be completely open and honest about everything. For a relationship to work they need a strong foundation of trust and communication.
Of course he and Finn fight. Because despite the fact that he fully intends to spend the rest of his life with the other man, Finn also on occasion seriously. pisses. him. off.
Finn never picks up after himself, and he has a habit of putting the empty milk carton back in the fridge. He hasn’t yet outgrown the tendency to pout when he doesn’t get his way, and he has the terrible propensity of inviting Puck to crash on their couch without consulting Will first.
And all of that, all of that, yes even arriving home after a long day to find Puck and Finn playing beer pong on their new coffee table is nothing compared to the knock down, drag out, go for the jugular fight they had when Will failed Finn’s star running back right before Regionals.
5. Once he finally acknowledged that he wanted Finn and even better once he finally, finally got him, Will wasn’t going to hide it. Out and proud and accept no compromises.
Yeah, no.
Will’s a musical theatre geek with a penchant for sweater vests. No one cares that he’s gay. But the young and attractive football coach who used to be his student? That requires a bit more discretion.
Not that Finn’s in the closet or anything. But Will’s accepted the fact that there’s a lot of leeway between never ever acknowledging the issue and skipping down the hallway wrapped in rainbow flags.
Finn’s mother adores him, he and Finn are listed as each other’s emergency contacts and next of kin, Finn has even gotten Puck to stop tossing any and all derivatives of the word ‘faggot’ into daily conversation. He knows Finn loves him and he doesn’t doubt the other man’s commitment to their relationship one iota.
But if there are times he wishes he could do more than give Finn a quick one armed hug after he wins a game or he wishes Finn would stop politely putting off the new Geometry teacher with the huge rack and inform her that he prefers dick, well he’s human. He’s allowed to want it all.
*****
Finn is’t perfect, far from it.
But he says I Love You with greasy breakfast sandwiches and Hershey’s Kisses and some mornings he surprises Will by declaring 'Fuck it' and hitting the snooze button instead of going out for his run or actually does climb into the shower with him. Of course, these mornings inevitably lead to them being horribly late for work, making a mad rush for the door with mismatched socks, coffee stains and toast crumbs down their shirts, and on one memorable occasion, Will almost hitting an artery when he cuts himself shaving.
Finn isn’t perfect but he insists on carpooling to work with Will, damn the inconvieniance of their schedules, so that they can have some time alone everyday.
Finn isn’t perfect but every night he makes a point of asking Will about his day and Will knows he actually cares about the answer.
Finn isn’t perfect but when they fight, the make up sex is always, always worth it.
Finn isn’t perfect but he’s the only man Will has ever met who makes shorts and a whistle look sexy and after a game when Finn’s out there shaking hands with the other coaches, patting his players on the back, reassuring them, encouraging them as they all gaze at him with worship tinged respect, Will gets a little choked up. Finn’s all grown up, a man fully come into his own-his man, and he’s got such a big heart.
And when McKinley makes it to State, everyone on the field whooping and cheering and Finn in his ridiculously sexy shorts and whistle grabs him and kisses him in front of everybody…
Finn isn’t perfect and that thing with the milk carton really does drive him insane, but when Finn asks Will to marry him, he doesn’t hesitate to say yes.
Because pefect is highly overrated.
And the day after Finn pops the question, he surprises Will in the choir room with an absolutely filthy blowjob.
Finn may not be perfect but it’s still nice when some of the fantasies prove true.
Will’s still working on the one with his desk.