"Denouement in Progress" by recrudescence (R)

Main Characters or Pairings: Kurt, unrequited Finn/Kurt and pre-Puck/Kurt
Length: ~3,800 words
Author on LJ/Author Website: recrudescence
Why this must be read: An episode tag slash fix it to 1x20 "Theatricality" in which Burt's not home when Finn blows his gasket; in the aftermath of some ugly headbutting Kurt runs away to hide in the choir room where Puck turns out to have some surprisingly accurate insights.

When Puck finally glances at him, his eyes are almost mirthful. “You're not gonna sell me on this,” he says. “I can't wave a magic homo wand and make Finn take you to prom.”

“Stranger things have happened. I taught the entire football team some kickass choreography and we won. Consistently.” He bites the inside of his lip and stares at the floor, hesitantly taking a seat in another plastic chair. “I didn't think having to live with me would be that bad.”

For what seems like a very long time, there's no sound except for Puck alternating between “Aqualung” and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme with appreciable dexterity. “Living with someone you care about is fucking hell.” His eyes are on his fingers. Kurt's are narrowed, trying to seek out the other shoe before it drops. But Puck doesn't do anything other than frown. “Quinn doesn't look at me more than she has to. When she first moved in, she'd wander around wearing this big-ass bathrobe over her clothes like she thought I was gonna knock her up again with X-ray vision or something.”

“Like Finn getting dressed in the bathroom.” Kurt says it without thinking, then cringes and waits for Puck to howl with laughter. He doesn't. “I don't know what he thought would happen.”

“Accidental dick-up-ass syndrome is more common than you think.”

Kurt winces at the casual crudeness, but he can't shake the mental image it conjures. It sits fat on his nerves, making him feel uncomfortable and itchy, like having his fingers coated with layers of glue that can't be peeled away.

Denouement in Progress

_{Just a note that this'll be my last post to this comm. Future recs will probably be made at my journal until I find another more active place.
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