Glee | Mother of Mine | Rachel (+ Shelby) (One Shot)
Started my daily ficlets to make the hiatus pass, then decided to keep going with a 2nd cycle, and then a 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th , 12th, and 13th cycle. Now cycle 14!
Yes, another hiatus is upon us! I'm working to plan out those summer cycles, so if you have things you would like to see get written, pleeease drop by the suggestion box. The link is further down!
"MOTHER OF MINE"
Rachel (+ Shelby)
There had been something in the air, even as she sat there, waiting for her to start. She didn’t know who she was, to her, not yet, but part of her must have known… something… She felt the prickle of hairs on her arms, the back of her neck…
The moment she’d opened her mouth and notes had come out, the woman had made her begin to feel like she knew… like a memory… Her heart started to beat a little faster. She sounded so very much like… It couldn’t be, could it? But it sounded like it, she…
She had played that tape over and over, so much she’d found a way to transfer it elsewhere in case she wore it out. She knew her voice inside and out, her mother’s voice. Ever since that day where she’d first heard it, she’d been imagining in her head the face that might go with that voice. Looking out to the stage, to the reflection in the mirror, all she could think was how surprisingly similar it was to the image in her mind.
This was the voice that had lived in her head, this was the face she’d pieced together… her mother… Her mother was on that stage. She couldn’t move, couldn’t tear her eyes away.
Sitting there, she could remember being little, wondering about her mother. She loved her fathers, and this was by no means about them. It was just something she had to know, the part of herself that was a mystery. To hear her friends talk about their mothers… She had nothing to say, nothing to hold on to but vague information provided by her fathers.
Listening to her, it all gave her own talent that much more ground to stand on. It had come from somewhere; it was in her blood. It had been in her nature, without her mother there. If anything, she felt pride for it.
Watching her, it was impossible that they couldn’t be related. It wasn’t even just about looks, though that was one half of it. Shelby Corcoran had all these traits in her that Rachel had but her fathers didn’t… it was amazing to see. But more than appearance, it was a quality, a stage relationship. That presence was something she felt down to her bones. It expanded through her body and drove her. A hand, a turn of the head… and Shelby had it mastered down to an art Rachel could well appreciate, because it was what she strived to do whenever she took to the stage.
There was no more doubt in her mind, this was her… She’d waited, she’d hoped for her, and right there… without even trying, she had happened upon her… It was fated… It was terrifying…
She couldn’t just forget about it. There was her mother, the one she’d waited on for so long. She couldn’t walk away without going to her. Only with all those years, with questions and whatnot, there came expectations, and Rachel wasn’t stupid. She knew expectation didn’t equal reality by a long shot. Taking those steps would forever rip the safety around everything she had held close to her heart since she was a little girl. So going with apprehension, lowered expectations, hopefully it could lessen the heart break as she met reality.
But then how could she not go to her? She’d waited so long…
She really was spectacular. No matter what, she would have been awed by her. She was everything Rachel was and wanted to be. The tape was only one thing, one dimension. The stage had added all sorts of dimensions, and Rachel was drawn in by them, right off her seat and down to the stage below. The closer she got, the faster her heart raced. There just was no turning back now. She was going to meet her mother, and it would be done, for better or worse.
THE END
* IN CONSTRUCTION! *
PREVIOUS DAYS
[Cycle 01] [Cycle 02] [Cycle 03] [Cycle 04]
[Cycle 05] [Cycle 06] [Cycle 07] [Cycle 08]
[Cycle 09] [Cycle 10] [Cycle 11] [Cycle 12]
[Cycle 13]
[Cycle 14]
(none yet)
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Mother of MIne"
Pairing: None; Rachel (+ Shelby)
Rating: G
Summary: Rachel watches her mother perform for the very first time.
Spoilers: 120 Theatricality
Yes, another hiatus is upon us! I'm working to plan out those summer cycles, so if you have things you would like to see get written, pleeease drop by the suggestion box. The link is further down!
"MOTHER OF MINE"
Rachel (+ Shelby)
There had been something in the air, even as she sat there, waiting for her to start. She didn’t know who she was, to her, not yet, but part of her must have known… something… She felt the prickle of hairs on her arms, the back of her neck…
The moment she’d opened her mouth and notes had come out, the woman had made her begin to feel like she knew… like a memory… Her heart started to beat a little faster. She sounded so very much like… It couldn’t be, could it? But it sounded like it, she…
She had played that tape over and over, so much she’d found a way to transfer it elsewhere in case she wore it out. She knew her voice inside and out, her mother’s voice. Ever since that day where she’d first heard it, she’d been imagining in her head the face that might go with that voice. Looking out to the stage, to the reflection in the mirror, all she could think was how surprisingly similar it was to the image in her mind.
This was the voice that had lived in her head, this was the face she’d pieced together… her mother… Her mother was on that stage. She couldn’t move, couldn’t tear her eyes away.
Sitting there, she could remember being little, wondering about her mother. She loved her fathers, and this was by no means about them. It was just something she had to know, the part of herself that was a mystery. To hear her friends talk about their mothers… She had nothing to say, nothing to hold on to but vague information provided by her fathers.
Listening to her, it all gave her own talent that much more ground to stand on. It had come from somewhere; it was in her blood. It had been in her nature, without her mother there. If anything, she felt pride for it.
Watching her, it was impossible that they couldn’t be related. It wasn’t even just about looks, though that was one half of it. Shelby Corcoran had all these traits in her that Rachel had but her fathers didn’t… it was amazing to see. But more than appearance, it was a quality, a stage relationship. That presence was something she felt down to her bones. It expanded through her body and drove her. A hand, a turn of the head… and Shelby had it mastered down to an art Rachel could well appreciate, because it was what she strived to do whenever she took to the stage.
There was no more doubt in her mind, this was her… She’d waited, she’d hoped for her, and right there… without even trying, she had happened upon her… It was fated… It was terrifying…
She couldn’t just forget about it. There was her mother, the one she’d waited on for so long. She couldn’t walk away without going to her. Only with all those years, with questions and whatnot, there came expectations, and Rachel wasn’t stupid. She knew expectation didn’t equal reality by a long shot. Taking those steps would forever rip the safety around everything she had held close to her heart since she was a little girl. So going with apprehension, lowered expectations, hopefully it could lessen the heart break as she met reality.
But then how could she not go to her? She’d waited so long…
She really was spectacular. No matter what, she would have been awed by her. She was everything Rachel was and wanted to be. The tape was only one thing, one dimension. The stage had added all sorts of dimensions, and Rachel was drawn in by them, right off her seat and down to the stage below. The closer she got, the faster her heart raced. There just was no turning back now. She was going to meet her mother, and it would be done, for better or worse.
THE END
* IN CONSTRUCTION! *
PREVIOUS DAYS
[Cycle 01] [Cycle 02] [Cycle 03] [Cycle 04]
[Cycle 05] [Cycle 06] [Cycle 07] [Cycle 08]
[Cycle 09] [Cycle 10] [Cycle 11] [Cycle 12]
[Cycle 13]
[Cycle 14]
(none yet)
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Mother of MIne"
Pairing: None; Rachel (+ Shelby)
Rating: G
Summary: Rachel watches her mother perform for the very first time.
Spoilers: 120 Theatricality