Comfort Zone 2/2

[tamakito]

Spoilers: Up to 2.10.
Warnings: Homophobia.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 12, 272 total
Disclaimer: RIB and FOX own everything ever.

This prompt. Finn discovers that Kurt’s bed is almost definitely magical; at least, sleeping there always makes him feel better. (Obviously, given the stuff I write, I got permission to keep it brotherly.)

Part One

Comments

[some_stars]

Oh, I love this so much. They're so full of issues and flaws and prickly spots, and of course I always adore scenes with Kurt taking care of Finn, but I also love exploring how that dynamic works out when there isn't actually a crisis happening and they actually have to talk, not just make grand (if totally genuine) gestures. Rachel was also awesome and so spot-on. (I admit to being kind of really confused by the timeline for the first few, because it seemed like they were all happening really, really close together, but possibly I've just put so much thought into my fanon timeline that I've forgotten which parts aren't real

[tamakito]

(I shall be clearer about such things in future; this story was nothing if not a learning experience. It all has to fit between right after "Furt," when I've moved them into the Hummels' house for the first piece, and sometime a little after "A Very Glee Christmas", if that helps, so... not a huge amount of time, really, but there was some kind of canon gap between "Special Education" and "Glee Xmas" right, so that gives me more wiggle room

[ileliberte]

This is fantastic, as are you. I'd been refreshing the comment thread for a few days and I literally squeaked when I saw this pop up on my flist :D I love how you manage to make things funny but touching and you write Kurt and Finn and Rachel here so believably. I'm always a sucker for family/sibling closeness and this was a dynamic I really enjoyed. I get a little annoyed at stories where suddenly Finn is the "big brother" and Kurt is a helpless little thing and so I definitely appreciated Kurt taking care of Finn, but I especially liked that they were on equal grounds just with vastly different personalities. And even when I was kind of side-eyeing Finn a little for a few things, it didn't ever feel...malicious or over the top, it felt really organic and I didn't ever dislike him. Nice work, as always :)

[tamakito]

Thank you so much! You are so very very nice! I love family stuff too, so writing it is fun like candy. And I think Kurt and Finn really do have equal-but-differing personalities in ways that make them perfect for each other as brothers, except in the ways that it makes them exactly wrong for each other as brothers (for someone who's so thoughtless, Finn is really good at finding very proud, sensitive, prickly people like Rachel, Quinn, and Kurt to be close to).

[anonymous]

"There are possibly no such things as demons, and anyway the one in the movie didn’t attack in the daytime, so he could move back to his own room. He pulls the sheet over their heads instead, just in case, and locks his hand tighter around Kurt’s. Neither of them are going anywhere."

Honestly, your Finn and Kurt brother fics are my absolute favourites! Kurt's bed with magical healing powers, and Finn's thinking his room are haunted... I loved this entire fic, it is ridiculously charming :)

[tamakito]

Thank you! Lollerskates, I'm glad you like the Finn and Kurt stuff; they're my faves to write. And I'm ever so pleased you found this charming. Thanks for commenting!

[happyinchintz72]

Oh this is utterly spectacular. I mean, honestly WHY is this not FLOODED with masses and masses of comments?! It's wonderful.

I giggled endlessly at the end exchange. Kurt WOULD worry about dirty sheets and Finn WOULD still be convinced his room is haunted. Oh god your characterisation completely blows me away!

I was wondering - do you post on FFnet because if so, I'd add you to Author Alert in a heartbeat.

The way you had them bonding and admitting their mutual like/love was so unbelievably touching and still SO in characher. I love how you still channel Kurt in tiny ways like saying "Finn Hudson" and really biting stuff back at him in response - it's just so amazing.

Well, I could go on forever about how brilliant this is but, instead, I'll begin reading another one of your stories.
:D

[tamakito]

Dude, you are too good to me. I'm just gonna print this stuff out and hang it on the wall and read it when I feel down. I'm tickled pink you liked the final exchange and the characterization, just - yeah, really lovely of you to say. Managing to get them bonding and keep it in-character so it's not too... sappy, I guess? - is tough for me and I'm so glad you liked this.

As for comments, lol, I'm actually not only grateful for but shocked by every one I get, because the chances of people finding their way to this journal is infinitesimal - I fill prompts with my main journal and I still haven't posted to any community. I have to sort out spoilers and warning before I do that. And I do have an FF.Net account, to which I'll happily link you, but I also have yet to post any of my Glee stuff there - right now it's mostly really old, embarrassing stuff. (Like seriously, do not read anything there, oh god.) I really have to start putting this... where people can find it. Because I do so love comments

[prettybird]

Eeep! Sorry if you didn't want these out there? I followed the link back from the angst meme and then started digging around afterward because I was really hopeful that there was more.

I really suck at leaving feedback ("THIS IS AWESOME AND YOU ARE AWESOME" seemed totally inadequate in this case) so I recced you over in kurt_blaine and on delicious while I tried to think of something a little less crazy to say. Seriously though, you're one of my favorite authors in the fandom. :)

[tamakito]

Oh my god no, it's not that, I was asking because I wanted very much to thank you from the bottom of my heart! I'm glad you're here now, though, actually, as it makes it easier for me and I am totes lazy. So: OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH. I've made it like impossible for people to find this journal, and I didn't mean to and need to post to a community but there you are, so - dude. This is like advertising but way way better because it's because you liked the stories, that means so so much to me. And now, I mean. One of your faves in the fandom, really, I can't thank you enough. I'm just going to go dance for joy now, excuse me.

[rockinhamburger]

What a wonderful story! Brotherly Furt love FTW!

“Next time we’re going back in your room, though. Pretty sure this one’s haunted.”

Perfect end to a fantastic fic!

[tamakito]

Thank you! Gosh, thanks for commenting, and I'm very glad you liked the end and, you know, the fic, lol. Also, word, brotherly Finn-and-Kurtness is always fun. Yeah, just - thanks again!