Title: These Chains That Bind Us
Summary: In a world in which marriage is a contract, two boys will have to marry and learn how to live with each other, even through the hate. AU
Genre: Drama/humour/romance/angst
Characters/Pairings: Kurt, Puck, Santana, Sam, Blaine, Finn, Rachel, Mercedes, Mr. Schue, Brittany, Puckurt, Blam, Brittana, Finchel…and perhaps others.
Rating: T for now
Word Count: 687(this chapter)
A/N: So I received a message, by someone who I will leave unnamed who pointed out to me that this wedding ceremony makes Kurt seem like the girl in the relationship. I apologize if this makes anyone else uncomfortable and if I offended anyone. This rewrite just has a miniscule change so that it reflects a part of the Jewish wedding ceremony so that Puck and Kurt come down the aisle together with their parents behind them respectively. I apologize again, because I am an atheist so I don't pay much attention to other religions, and I don't Kurt would either so I don't want them have it at a church, just a venue with an officiant to marry them.
Disclaimer: I do not, and will never own Glee. Just sayin'.
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Chapter 1: Prologue
Kurt didn't know how he got here. Well, he did, it was planned and everything but he didn't know why it had to be with him. It was like some ass backwards joke that the universe was playing with him. He looked up at the boy who was walking beside him and couldn't believe they were about to do this. Who in their right mind got married to the guy who bullied them for years on end? Oh right, Kurt did. He wanted to do a face plant, this was the most ridiculous thing ever. It wasn't his fault, as this was all prearranged, but he felt like punching whoever had picked his and Noah's name out of that stupid little hat the government had.
Flashback
"Why Dad?" Kurt asked in a whiny voice, though no one could blame him after the news he just got.
" I'm sorry, Kurt. If it was up to me, you wouldn't be marrying this guy but I didn't have a say in it. I just know what I received from the government on your first birthday," Burt replied, glancing at his fretting son.
" But, really, Puck? The guy who bullied me since we were twelve and he understood what being gay meant? It's like the universe is playing some ridiculously ass backwards trick on me. Dad, do I have to go through with it?" Kurt asked.
" I'm sorry, kiddo, I am. But you do. You know it's government policy," Burt answered. He felt heart broken for Kurt, but he couldn't help it. At least most of the marriages ended in love, which was something Kurt had always been into.
" Damn government policy. Who in their right mind came up with a law like arranged marriages? And a contract? And why? I mean, I wouldn't care if I was contracted to be married to Puck for like five years but the contract is for life! I can't even get out of that to find someone else," Kurt replied, he knew he was being slightly overdramatic but he was gay and Puck was not and he had to be married to him for life? What a fucked up world he lived in.
" Maybe you won't have to find someone else…" Burt replied quietly.
Kurt stared at him in shock. How dare he say that? " Dad! Why would you even say that? For one, Puck isn't gay. Two, he bullied me for years. Three, he isn't even GAY. And we have to be married for life? This isn't going to work. I just know it. This is going to be the worst disaster in history. Worse than Pearl Harbour and the freakin' Titanic."
" I know you don't like this, Kurt, I don't like it either. The thought of you getting hitched to a guy who used to toss you in dumpsters all the time makes me sick to my stomach, but it won't be all that bad. Just because you get married to the guy doesn't mean you have to…go through with the…sex and stuff."
" But isn't that the whole point of marriage? Tied to one person? I don't condone cheating, Dad."
" Neither do I, but he might find other ways of…having fun. You should think about that too."
" Dad, I'm still a virgin. A GAY virgin at that. In a small town, it isn't likely I'm gonna find anyone who will be willing to…do it…with me. Which makes me stuck between a rock and a hard place. I just don't want to get married at all. And I'm not just talking about marriage to Puck, I mean ever. I love love, but I don't think it's meant for me." With that, Kurt headed upstairs to his room, leaving Burt Hummel standing in his kitchen and scrubbing his hand down his face and thinking about how much fun Puck was going to have.
End Flashback
When Kurt and Puck got to the head of the altar, Kurt looked up at his soon-to-be-husband and sighed internally before the ceremony started…
A/N 2: So this is another story of mine going into a difficult realm of life for Noah and Kurt. Don't get me wrong, I love Klaine, like you have no idea. Blaine + Kurt = squealing fan girl but I love the Puckurt pairing so I thought I'd do another AU fic. So remember to read and review! I might continue if I get enough good reviews!