While laying in bed last night, I thought up a pretty nice possible plot for a Finn/Puck story. This is just a dry run - if you're actually interested in having me continue this, please let me know! Otherwise, I'll keep this a one shot ;)

Title: Waiting for You to Come Around

Summary: It's been four years since Beth's birth and Quinn is completely out of the picture, leaving Noah to raise the little girl alone at home with the help of his best friend Finn, who is completely and madly in love with him, not that Noah realizes it. Will Finn continue to let his emotions go ignored to keep the peace between them or will he tell Noah how he feels at the risk of losing his best friend and the love of his life?

Finn watched Noah from the doorway as he cradled Beth in his arms. He couldn't help but smile at the man who was known throughout high school and around town as the resident badass as he cooed into the little girls face, planting kisses all over here cheeks and making her shriek in happiness. It was absolutely adorable and warmed Finn's heart.

"Uncle Finn is going to watch you while I'm gone, okay Beth?" Noah said as he put the four year old down. She nodded but quickly twisted her face up in curiosity.

"Where's Grammy?" Beth asked.

"She had to work today, sweetheart. She'll be home later tonight. I promise."

Beth smiled and ran off into the living room where she plopped down onto the floor and played with the doll house she had gotten from Finn for Christmas. Noah turned from his daughter with a sigh as he set his sights on Finn who was wearing a look of amusement while he watched the little girl.

"Thanks again, man. I really need to just get out for a night." Noah breathed. "I love my daughter and everything but I really need to get out of the house for a while and meet some girls. It's been so long since I got some."

Finn chuckled. "It's been a week."

"A week is a long time for the Puckmeister!"

Finn rolled his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest. It'd been three years since they had both graduated high school and Noah was still the same as always, except now he had a child. "Yeah, whatever. Now go before you're late for your date with whatever her name is!"

"You tryin' to get rid of me so you can steal my kid, Hudson?" Noah joked. Finn laughed.

"Yes, that's exactly what I'm trying to do." He played along. "Now hurry up!"

"Yes dear," Noah snorted as he headed down the long and narrow hallway, disappearing into his bedroom to finish getting ready to go. Finn felt a sharp heat spread throughout his chest at Noah's words, wishing that he'd meant it.

Finn left his post in the doorway and stepped into the living room, smiling down at the small girl. She was a spitting image of Quinn Fabray and was nothing less than precious.

He walked around Beth and sat down on the couch, keeping his eyes on her the whole time as memories flooded the back of his head, mainly those which consisted of Quinn and her unfaithfulness towards him and how heart broken he was when he learned that not only had Noah, his best friend and the man of his dreams, slept with Quinn but that the baby was actually his as well.

Yes Finn, it's true. Puck is the father.

Finn swallowed hard as he remembered. Hearing those words had been one of the most painful experience of his life. He could care less about Quinn and the fact that she cheated on him, he really could-it was the fact that it was with Noah. It was like he had ripped Finn's heart out, tossed it on the ground and walked away without so much as an apology. Finn knew at that point that there was definitely no possibility of a future with Noah because he would never look at him the way Finn did.

Finn rubbed at his eyes with the back of his hand to keep himself from tearing up. It was freshman year that he had realized he had feelings for Noah; feelings that went deeper than just wanting to hang out and play video games at his house on the weekends. It was also freshman year that Noah had made it clear he wasn't a fan of gays by pushing Kurt Hummel around every chance he had, so Finn suppressed his romantic feelings toward Noah in fear of being rejected, and worse-hated.

Sophomore year however seemed to offer a sliver of hope for Finn and his dream of being with Noah when they had joined the glee club and Noah learned to be more accepting of gays, especially since Kurt was in the glee club as well. He had stopped his reign of torment on the pale fashionable boy and focused more on actually protecting him. Finn figured that this meant hope for their relationship but that was soon squashed when the events of Babygate unfolded, causing him to hide the pain by being with Rachel Berry.

"Are you okay, Uncle Finny?"

Finn tore his hand away from his face and looked down at the beautiful little girl who sat at his feet. At first he could barely look at Beth, not when he knew she was a product of Quinn and Noah instead of himself and Noah. He harbored a brooding dislike towards her and couldn't even handle being alone with the girl. That was short lived though, because after Quinn had decided to give up on the child when she was all but a few months old, Finn knew that Beth didn't deserve that and felt as if there was an opportunity for him to possibly step in and replace Quinn. Acting upon that idea, Finn spent as much time as he could with the little girl; watching her, taking her to the park, buying her gifts and even spending holidays with her and Noah. It wasn't long until she had completely won his heart over and he practically saw the girl as his own.

"Yes love, I'm fine." Finn smiled down at her. When she looked back up at him with her big green eyes and a smile of endearment, he felt his nose burn as tears threatened him once more. Beth was beautiful.

"I like it when you're happy."

"I like it when you're happy, too." Finn's attention was brought to Beth's small hands where she had two male dolls clasped tightly in her palms. This caused him to laugh and furrow his brows. "Are they brothers?"

She shook her head. "No, this is you and Daddy in your house!"

"Oh, we live together?"

She played around with the dolls for a little while before answering his question. "Today we learned about mommies and daddies." She continued to manipulate the dolls in her hands. "She told us how every little boy and little girl has a mommy and daddy."

Finn didn't quite understand where she was going with this. "Is that so?"

Beth nodded. "We had to go around in a circle and say the names of our mommy and daddy, but when it was my turn I told her that I didn't have a mommy."

Finn didn't know what to say to that. He knew that Quinn wasn't spoken of much around Beth so he wasn't sure if he should even try and say something. "You have a mommy, Beth."

"Nuh-uh."

"Beth-"

"I told her I have two daddies," Beth ignored Finn's impending words. "She didn't get it and told me I was wrong but I didn't believe her."

Finn felt as if his heart had just stopped. "I'm your other dad?"

"You're just like a daddy to me so yeah."

"You do know you actually have a mother though, right?" Finn didn't know if he should have asked her that.

"I know. Daddy told me about her." Beth nodded. "I learned in school what a mommy and daddy does, and it sounded just like the stuff that you do with me but since you're not a girl, I can't really call you my mommy, so you're my other daddy!"

Finn let one of his infamous lopsided grins take over his face. Had he really meant that much to the small child? "That sounds like a pretty big role to fill. You really think I can do it?"

"Yeah, but I can't call you Daddy Finn since you're not with Daddy Noah." She frowned. "So you're Uncle Finn, I guess. But you're like my other daddy!"

"Maybe someday I can be Daddy Finn."

"That would be so cool!"

Finn's whole body was overcome with a wave of warmth at the precious little girl that sat at his feet. She was so loving, so accepting-so naive. She didn't know about all the hatred in this world and didn't realize social norms. She didn't care that she felt like she had two fathers. She actually embraced it.

"Hey, I'm taking off." Noah announced as leaned down and planted a kiss on Beth's head. Finn hadn't even noticed Noah walk in. "I'll be back in a few hours."

"Bye Daddy!" Beth called out as Noah retreated back toward the front door. Noah smiled warmly at his pride and joy as Finn hustled to meet him on his way out.

"You think you can have her to bed by 9:00pm?" Noah asked as he slipped his jacket on. Finn nodded and zipped it up for him, causing Noah to step back with a questioning look on his face. "Whoa dude, I think I know how to put a jacket on myself."

Finn frowned. "I just want you to be warm. It's chilly outside."

"You're weird."

"Sorry for caring."

Noah rolled his eyes and placed a hand on his best friends shoulder. "Call me if anything happens, okay?" Finn nodded and watched Noah open the front door and slip outside, allowing a draft to come in. Finn shuddered as the cool air whisked across his bare arms.

He stood there at the front door, watching as the only person he ever truly loved pulled out of the driveway and drove off without so much as a glance back at the house. Part of Finn was grateful for this because if he had looked back, then he would have seen a heartbroken man who wanted nothing more than for Noah to love him.