Title: Fairytales and Rearview Mirrors

Summary: The times the Dalton Boys (and their counterparts) had issues with the concepts of fairytales.

A/N: The first six were on tumblr forever, and once I wrote the next seven, I figured what the hell and decided to throw them on ff. Every single one of them is based on Taylor Swift, so you can defenitely tell my Taylor Swift Ban isn't exactly working out.

Anyway, I don't own Taylor Swift or anything mentioned, not even the characters, 'cos I don't even have OCs in these. Enjoy!

White Horse-Reed

"…I was naive, got lost in your eyes and never really had a chance…"

Reed put too much stock in fairytales. He hadn't ever realized that there was a possibility of no happy ending. He had always assumed he'd be the prince in a fairytale for a beautiful girl forever and always.

It was just easy to believe that everything would work out right, just like it was easy to believe that he just hadn't met the right girl yet. It wasn't anything he ever really paid attention to.

And then the curly haired tornado called Shane had ripped his way into his world, turning everything upside down. Maybe he wouldn't mind being the princess in this fairytale, the one who was swept off his feet, the one who was given the happy ending.

He should have known.

Micah. He rolled the name around in his mouth with only a hint of bitterness. It was a good name, a sturdy name (it was a derivative of Michael, which meant "who resembles God?"and was that stalkerish that he'd googled his crush's boyfriend's name to find the meaning? He kinda guessed it was. But still, "Who resembles God" was a lot better than "red", which is what Reed meant.) It was a strong, calm, sturdy name, and it made sense that someone like Micah would have that kind of name—someone who was a savior to Shane in the darkest of times. (okay, hestill hadn't been told that story, but from what little he'd figured out from Kurt and Blaine was that Micah had done something and Shane had done something but then it hadn't worked out? It was incredibly confusing, since no one wanted to give him a straight answer.)

But Micah seemed to be someone sturdy, steady and calm. Someone who Shane Anderson could fall in love with.

Reed had no idea what to think anymore. He knew he wasn't a prince or princess, but he knew he'd always wish for forever and a white horse. But part of him insisted that forever and a white horse was a bad idea, that anyone foolish enough to believe in fairytales was just going to get their heart broken.

But maybe this was all a misunderstanding. Maybe Shane was the princess and Micah the evil dragon. Maybe Reed would have to be the white knight and save Shane. But then again…Micah seemed too nice to be evil, and he was too skinny to be an evil dragon. Maybe he was an evil wizard, because…well, he didn't seem like a witch either. Besides, witches stole babies, not full-grown princes/esses.

Or maybe this wasn't a fairytale at all, and it wouldn't work out at all.

But a boy could dream, couldn't he?

Reed fell asleep, dreaming of a curly-haired dancer.

R&R?