Glee | LATGHAOT They Are Nostalgic | Multiship (11 of 20)
Started my daily ficlets to make the hiatus pass, then decided to keep going with a 2nd cycle and then a 3rd, all through to a 22nd. Now cycle 23!
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LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING - [For the full explanation, please refer to Chapter 1
Chapter 11 of 20 They Are Nostalgic
"LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING
11. THEY ARE NOSTALGIC"
Multiship
He didn’t know what he was expecting to happen when he went over there, what he might want to happen. They were in a much better place now than they were a few weeks before, but it was still bordering on difficulty and complications. And no matter if he tried to explain himself, he still had to contend with his… He couldn’t say competition, no; that wasn’t what he was looking for, by any means. But for all his intentions or lack thereof, he still came out as the bad guy, the interloper, when he went up to them, most of the time. That was on most days, so how would his going up to them pass, when that day was Valentine’s Day?
As it turned out, when he found Emma, she was on her own. She turned just as he was approaching, and she reacted with semi-happy surprise. “Will, hi!” she almost startled. He smiled.
“I was hoping I’d run into you,” he started, and she looked back, quietly staring… It was easier than answering, although she did reveal…
“Uh, Carl went to examine Jacob Ben Israel; he tried to get one of the Cheerios to slow dance with him and he got clocked right in…” she gestured at her jaw, shuddered. “He lost two teeth… and a half.”
“Wow…” Will nodded, wincing. “Well, I… I was wondering if I might interest you in a dance.” Emma opened her mouth to talk but couldn’t find words to answer… She could still remember the days where the idea of dancing with Will Schuester would be enough to light her smile for a good long while, get her heart in such a good place… That was all still in there, somewhere, it was… but then so was the rest. It wasn’t even about Carl and her, being married now, although it was part of it, she supposed. But they just weren’t the same anymore, her and Will… She hated it… she hated it… she…
“Okay,” she spoke, then, “One dance,” she insisted.
“One dance,” he promised, looking to the stage to see what was going on.
Finn had left Rachel with Miss Holiday near stage’s end. As he got on stage, he gave Brad his card. The accompanist signalled a fifteen to the band and then nodded to Finn, who got up to the microphone. The music began, as Will led Emma on to the dance floor. He could feel the slightest of tremors in her hand as it rested in his… she was nervous; so was he, though maybe not in the same way she was. Once they’d reached a spot, they moved to face each other, and their dance began as Finn began to sing.
[F] “Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you / By now, you should've somehow realized what you gotta do / I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now
Backbeat, the word is on the street that the fire in your heart is out / I'm sure you've heard it all before, but you never really had a doubt / I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now”
They were moving on, both of them were. She was with Carl, married to Carl, and he was starting something with Holly. Maybe it wasn’t where they thought they’d be, not that long ago, but he knew she was happy, and he was learning to get there for himself… But he still had trouble reconciling with the fact that he’d had to lose something so very precious for them to get there. And he couldn’t stop asking himself if she felt that too, if she missed him at all… as a friend, as anything more?
[F] “And all the roads we have to walk are winding / And all the lights that lead us there are blinding / There are many things that I would like to say to you, but I don't know how”
She anchored him… He knew how he could be, even when control got away from him. There were so many things running through his mind at any given time… his own personal drive, his wishes for the club, the voices who tried to quiet them, the frustrations and the attempts to get over them… by any means. True to her calling, to guide, Emma saw all this, and she’d catch him from flight, bring him back down before he flew too high. He tried it on his own, but he couldn’t always manage it…
[F] “Because maybe you're gonna be the one that saves me / And after all, you're my wonderwall”
Things were still awkward between them, as much as they tried for them not to be. They were still hanging on to what their lives were supposed to be, what they thought they should be, but then they had this new reality of theirs. The two didn’t cope well together. But he wanted to fix it. Maybe they needed to let go a bit, not hang on so tight to the past, but he didn’t think that meant letting go altogether… They needed to be thankful for the past, but happy for the present, so maybe the future…
[F] “Today was gonna be the day, but they'll never throw it back to you / By now, you should've somehow realized what you're not to do / I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now”
Emma didn’t meet his eye as they danced, not at first… She wasn’t so far gone that she wouldn’t be able to control herself, but she knew what looking into those eyes could do to her, and this setting wasn’t exactly discouraging on that… They weren’t the people they used to be, but she didn’t know that she’d ever be ready to forget what they’d had and almost had.
[F] “And all the roads that lead you there were winding / And all the lights that light the way are blinding / There are many things that I would like to say to you, but I don't know how”
Eventually she did look up at him, just as he was looking at her, and… it wasn’t at all what she’d feared it would be. He just smiled at her, and she smiled back, and then he laughed, and so did she. They relaxed at once. It was a dance… just a dance… No one was going to panic, or doubt one another, they were just going to dance.
[F] “I said maybe you're gonna be the one that saves me / And after all, you're my wonderwall / I said maybe (I said maybe) you're gonna be the one that saves me / And after all, you're my wonderwall”
“Does your date know you’re here?” Emma asked him, and he nodded.
“It was her idea,” he revealed.
“Really?” her voice got a little louder than she’d anticipated, and she startled and looked down for a moment. “I mean, it was?” she nodded.
“I think she just wanted to get a moment alone with the song bowl, if you ask me,” he smirked, craning his neck to see. “Either way, I’m glad she did,” he looked back to Emma, and she smiled.
[F] “I said maybe (I said maybe) you're gonna be the one that saves me (that saves me) / You're gonna be the one that saves me (that saves me) / You're gonna be the one that saves me (that saves me)”
The song ended without incident, and when they let go, there was a quiet nod. “Thank you for the dance,” he gave her a smile.
“Thank you, too,” she smiled back. “I think this whole thing was a really good idea,” she tilted her head toward the stage. He was happy to hear it.
“I should probably get back,” he indicated Holly and the bowl, then, “Let me know how the, uh, the Jacob situation goes. We’re starting to have a body count,” he shook his head, thinking of Tina’s ankle.
“Right, sure,” she promised, and he started back toward the stage, just as Finn was coming down, and they reached their dates together.
“Hey, good job,” he patted Finn’s shoulder. Rachel gave him a quick round of applause, and Holly nodded, pleased with her play for both Finn and for Will.
“You were fantastic,” Rachel got up, returning to Finn’s side. “Come on,” she led him back toward the dance floor. Will turned back to Holly, came to sit by her side again and held out his hands. After a beat, she bowed her head and returned the bowl.
“Thanks,” he told her, and she knew he wasn’t thanking her about the bowl.
“You’re welcome,” she told him, just as Puck approached, looking over his shoulder, to Santana, who stood not too far off, observing him… She still wasn’t too sure if his idea would pan out, but he sent her a little nod before reaching the two teachers.
“Mr. Schue, can I go next?” he nodded to the bowl.
TO BE CONTINUED (TOMORROW)
* 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] [Cycle 15]
[Cycle 16] [Cycle 17] [Cycle 18] [Cycle 19] [Cycle 20]
[Cycle 21] [Cycle 22]
[Cycle 23]
[463] [464] [465] [466] [467]
[468] [469] [470] [471] [472]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Love & the Gentle Heart Are One Thing: 11. They Are Nostalgic"
Pairing: [Capitalized = in this chapter] Carl/Emma, FINN/RACHEL, Kurt/Blaine, Artie/Brittany, Mike/Tina, Sam/Quinn, PUCK/SANTANA, Anthony/Mercedes, WILL/HOLLY, Puck/Quinn, WILL/EMMA, Burt/Carole, Brittany/Santana, Artie/Tina and more to come!
Rating: G
Summary: Valentine's Day is coming, and it's shaping up to be a very Glee kind of dance...
Spoilers: Through 210 A Very Glee Christmas
if you have things you would like to see get written, pleeease drop by the suggestion box. The link is further down!
LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING - [For the full explanation, please refer to Chapter 1
Chapter 11 of 20 They Are Nostalgic
"LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING
11. THEY ARE NOSTALGIC"
Multiship
He didn’t know what he was expecting to happen when he went over there, what he might want to happen. They were in a much better place now than they were a few weeks before, but it was still bordering on difficulty and complications. And no matter if he tried to explain himself, he still had to contend with his… He couldn’t say competition, no; that wasn’t what he was looking for, by any means. But for all his intentions or lack thereof, he still came out as the bad guy, the interloper, when he went up to them, most of the time. That was on most days, so how would his going up to them pass, when that day was Valentine’s Day?
As it turned out, when he found Emma, she was on her own. She turned just as he was approaching, and she reacted with semi-happy surprise. “Will, hi!” she almost startled. He smiled.
“I was hoping I’d run into you,” he started, and she looked back, quietly staring… It was easier than answering, although she did reveal…
“Uh, Carl went to examine Jacob Ben Israel; he tried to get one of the Cheerios to slow dance with him and he got clocked right in…” she gestured at her jaw, shuddered. “He lost two teeth… and a half.”
“Wow…” Will nodded, wincing. “Well, I… I was wondering if I might interest you in a dance.” Emma opened her mouth to talk but couldn’t find words to answer… She could still remember the days where the idea of dancing with Will Schuester would be enough to light her smile for a good long while, get her heart in such a good place… That was all still in there, somewhere, it was… but then so was the rest. It wasn’t even about Carl and her, being married now, although it was part of it, she supposed. But they just weren’t the same anymore, her and Will… She hated it… she hated it… she…
“Okay,” she spoke, then, “One dance,” she insisted.
“One dance,” he promised, looking to the stage to see what was going on.
Finn had left Rachel with Miss Holiday near stage’s end. As he got on stage, he gave Brad his card. The accompanist signalled a fifteen to the band and then nodded to Finn, who got up to the microphone. The music began, as Will led Emma on to the dance floor. He could feel the slightest of tremors in her hand as it rested in his… she was nervous; so was he, though maybe not in the same way she was. Once they’d reached a spot, they moved to face each other, and their dance began as Finn began to sing.
[F] “Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you / By now, you should've somehow realized what you gotta do / I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now
Backbeat, the word is on the street that the fire in your heart is out / I'm sure you've heard it all before, but you never really had a doubt / I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now”
They were moving on, both of them were. She was with Carl, married to Carl, and he was starting something with Holly. Maybe it wasn’t where they thought they’d be, not that long ago, but he knew she was happy, and he was learning to get there for himself… But he still had trouble reconciling with the fact that he’d had to lose something so very precious for them to get there. And he couldn’t stop asking himself if she felt that too, if she missed him at all… as a friend, as anything more?
[F] “And all the roads we have to walk are winding / And all the lights that lead us there are blinding / There are many things that I would like to say to you, but I don't know how”
She anchored him… He knew how he could be, even when control got away from him. There were so many things running through his mind at any given time… his own personal drive, his wishes for the club, the voices who tried to quiet them, the frustrations and the attempts to get over them… by any means. True to her calling, to guide, Emma saw all this, and she’d catch him from flight, bring him back down before he flew too high. He tried it on his own, but he couldn’t always manage it…
[F] “Because maybe you're gonna be the one that saves me / And after all, you're my wonderwall”
Things were still awkward between them, as much as they tried for them not to be. They were still hanging on to what their lives were supposed to be, what they thought they should be, but then they had this new reality of theirs. The two didn’t cope well together. But he wanted to fix it. Maybe they needed to let go a bit, not hang on so tight to the past, but he didn’t think that meant letting go altogether… They needed to be thankful for the past, but happy for the present, so maybe the future…
[F] “Today was gonna be the day, but they'll never throw it back to you / By now, you should've somehow realized what you're not to do / I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now”
Emma didn’t meet his eye as they danced, not at first… She wasn’t so far gone that she wouldn’t be able to control herself, but she knew what looking into those eyes could do to her, and this setting wasn’t exactly discouraging on that… They weren’t the people they used to be, but she didn’t know that she’d ever be ready to forget what they’d had and almost had.
[F] “And all the roads that lead you there were winding / And all the lights that light the way are blinding / There are many things that I would like to say to you, but I don't know how”
Eventually she did look up at him, just as he was looking at her, and… it wasn’t at all what she’d feared it would be. He just smiled at her, and she smiled back, and then he laughed, and so did she. They relaxed at once. It was a dance… just a dance… No one was going to panic, or doubt one another, they were just going to dance.
[F] “I said maybe you're gonna be the one that saves me / And after all, you're my wonderwall / I said maybe (I said maybe) you're gonna be the one that saves me / And after all, you're my wonderwall”
“Does your date know you’re here?” Emma asked him, and he nodded.
“It was her idea,” he revealed.
“Really?” her voice got a little louder than she’d anticipated, and she startled and looked down for a moment. “I mean, it was?” she nodded.
“I think she just wanted to get a moment alone with the song bowl, if you ask me,” he smirked, craning his neck to see. “Either way, I’m glad she did,” he looked back to Emma, and she smiled.
[F] “I said maybe (I said maybe) you're gonna be the one that saves me (that saves me) / You're gonna be the one that saves me (that saves me) / You're gonna be the one that saves me (that saves me)”
The song ended without incident, and when they let go, there was a quiet nod. “Thank you for the dance,” he gave her a smile.
“Thank you, too,” she smiled back. “I think this whole thing was a really good idea,” she tilted her head toward the stage. He was happy to hear it.
“I should probably get back,” he indicated Holly and the bowl, then, “Let me know how the, uh, the Jacob situation goes. We’re starting to have a body count,” he shook his head, thinking of Tina’s ankle.
“Right, sure,” she promised, and he started back toward the stage, just as Finn was coming down, and they reached their dates together.
“Hey, good job,” he patted Finn’s shoulder. Rachel gave him a quick round of applause, and Holly nodded, pleased with her play for both Finn and for Will.
“You were fantastic,” Rachel got up, returning to Finn’s side. “Come on,” she led him back toward the dance floor. Will turned back to Holly, came to sit by her side again and held out his hands. After a beat, she bowed her head and returned the bowl.
“Thanks,” he told her, and she knew he wasn’t thanking her about the bowl.
“You’re welcome,” she told him, just as Puck approached, looking over his shoulder, to Santana, who stood not too far off, observing him… She still wasn’t too sure if his idea would pan out, but he sent her a little nod before reaching the two teachers.
“Mr. Schue, can I go next?” he nodded to the bowl.
TO BE CONTINUED (TOMORROW)
* 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] [Cycle 15]
[Cycle 16] [Cycle 17] [Cycle 18] [Cycle 19] [Cycle 20]
[Cycle 21] [Cycle 22]
[Cycle 23]
[463] [464] [465] [466] [467]
[468] [469] [470] [471] [472]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Love & the Gentle Heart Are One Thing: 11. They Are Nostalgic"
Pairing: [Capitalized = in this chapter] Carl/Emma, FINN/RACHEL, Kurt/Blaine, Artie/Brittany, Mike/Tina, Sam/Quinn, PUCK/SANTANA, Anthony/Mercedes, WILL/HOLLY, Puck/Quinn, WILL/EMMA, Burt/Carole, Brittany/Santana, Artie/Tina and more to come!
Rating: G
Summary: Valentine's Day is coming, and it's shaping up to be a very Glee kind of dance...
Spoilers: Through 210 A Very Glee Christmas