Okay I have this Glee-verse in my head that I like to play with story ideas in. None of them are really connected or have any continuality except for a few key factors.

One stable thing in this verse are Rachel's dads. We were given so little info on them for so long that I made up my own profiles for them. The thing is I made the Berry Daddies a couple of total and legit badasses. I'll include the profiles further down.

Another thing that's pretty stable is that Rachel's okay with violence, and fighting. While she doesn't like to do it herself she's not this horribly disappointed mess if someone gets into a fight. She herself is actually quite a good fighter and excellent with guns and some simple explosives. Yes making things explode with her Daddy is fun but giving mini-concerts where she gets to dress up and sing were much more interesting to her as a child and has only gotten more so as she's grown. Her dads do their best to support her dreams but it's not a concentrated area of interest for them.

Puck's family is pretty stable in this verse as well. His mom is a RN and works the ER on third shifts at a hospital in Chicago. This is actually a pretty common thing for nurses to do. They'll work far away from home on the ludicrous shifts where they make something like triple overtime because they're willing to work those hours. This explains why she's somewhat ignorant of everything her son gets up to in the mean time. His little sister practically lives with his Nana Connie freeing up more of Puck's time. Again this is something from my own childhood when my grandparents began to seriously consider weather or not they should just adopt me and be done with it. With Puck running wild so much occasionally the Berry Daddies would step in when he was younger and have always been pretty chumming with the young boy without a father. The slushies Rachel never told her dads about them because she thought it'd ruin the relationship Puck had with her dads. After they dated Puck became more and more a regular visitor at the Berry household again where he himself eventually confessed to the slushies.

So yeah when I think of stories I put them in that universe. I'm thinking of making this a front page for the various one shots I have written or will write. I'll update the other one-shots to say they're being moved.

Badass Berries Universe

Noah "Puck" Puckerman's family

Rebekah Puckerman – mother; RN (Registered Nurse); thin black haired woman; works long hours away from home; makes a point to be home Friday night for movie night with her kids but is generally absence the rest of the time. Though she worries about the stuff her son gets up to she works hard to keep a roof over their heads while putting some aside for her children's futures. She depends on her mother and the Berrys to keep on eye on her children meanwhile. She is respected for her hard work.

Sandra Puckerman – sister; stays mainly with her Nana; young, pale, short black hair, has trouble pronouncing L's properly but will grow out of it. Sandra varies in whether her and Puck are full siblings or not. Sometimes her dad is someone her mom had an affair with sometimes she's from the same father, sometimes she's from a boyfriend after Puck's dad. She's 10 years younger than Puck and somewhat hero worships her older brother who is her hero, protector, surrogate dad, and brother all rolled into one. She carries his picture in a little pink wallet he got her along with an ID he had made. Due to her mom's absence it's Puck who drummed stranger danger, safety laws, and emergency phone numbers into her. Calls all of Puck's girlfriends by Disney names; Lauren was Ursula; Santana was the Evil Queen; Quinn was Maleficent; Rachel she called Jasmine at first but has decided that she's a princess in her own right and just calls her Princess Rachel and always wants to know when Prince Noah will marry her.

Connie "Nana" Greenburg – grandmother; lives further out in the country; drives to Mansfield every Friday afternoon for Temple and then stays over until Saturday evening to drive back. Moved from New York to Lima when her husband came to work in the tank plant; Fluent in Yiddish she taught both Puck, Rachel and Sandra Yiddish and Hebrew when they were young and arranged Puck's Bar Mitzvah. She primarily takes care of Sandra and tries to call Puck daily to keep an eye on him. Gives music lessons out of her home; primarily piano and lap harp. Rachel took lessons with her when she was younger.

Nathan Puckerman – father; greatly varies; different in almost every story that features him. Most won't. Excuses for leaving vary from anger over his wife having an affair, prison, divorce to he works on the road a lot and is simply not home a great deal; he can send money or not;

Stable facts are that Puck was born when he was 18 and still in high school. Played guitar and taught Puck when he was very young. Puck's finger tips are scarred because his dad cut X's into them when he was first learning to play to help him build up callous. This was done no matter what kind dad he was or why he left because doing it to a young child or no this is actually just something that guitar players really do. My husband gave me this tidbit because some of his uncles have done it. Looks like an older Puck

Nathan Puckerman's parents – Amos, a carpenter who was in Vietnam and Naomi, who had Nathan when she was 19 and was Amos's high school sweetheart; Jewish; live on the outskirts of Allen county. They usually won't appear in the story unless Nathan does as well.

Rachel Berry's family

These were inspired by watching Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor. What about all those other guys working for SHIELD in the room?

Hiram Berry: 43 years old. American native but raised from 11 in Israel. Former Israeli Commando. SHIELD (or similar organization) security expert. Works as a security consultant, krav maga instructor, and owns a gun store in down town Lima which covers his arms deals for SHIELD. Although in excellent physical condition is often under estimated due to his short stature (5'5"), bald head, and perfectly starched shirts. He's the more serious of the two. He tells dark humor jokes and still has two bullets imbedded in his body that pain him during bad weather. Although he's exceptionally gentle with his daughter he's still a very dangerous man and is always armed. He started the sadness/water thing with Rachel having grown up in a desert where water was precious.

How he came out: He stole all the guns from his platoon at night then woke them up holding the only gun to inform them he was gay. Amazed at the sheer balls of this his comrades banded together to support him.

Leroy Berry: 45 years old, born in a small town outside of New Orleans. Boxer, Chemist. Works for SHIELD (or similar organization) as a scientist focusing on chemical warfare. Is a drag queen although he usually doesn't do this in Lima because of lack of appropriate venues. Worked his way through college on a scholarship backed by fighting in many minor boxing matches. Killed a mugger once while in drag by shattering first his jaw then his nose causing brain damage that ultimately killed him (this is blandly stolen from 1,000 Ways to Die). Is exactly one foot taller than his lifemate. Is almost always in a good mood and has a very macho attitude except when in drag when he affects a haunty demeanor. He has a dirty mouth and a Louisiana accent. He has arms bigger then Puck and unless he's working in his lab often goes shirtless around the house.

How he came out: After a very successful boxing match the next morning he strutted around campus wearing a sleeveless neon orange shirt that said. "Yeah I'm gay, Motherfucker. What are you gonna do about it?". He got in 7 fights that day. After beating the shit out of seven men no one ever bothered him about it again.

How they met: At SHIELD they run into each other in an elevator. After an entire ride of eyeing each other and then some subtle flirting they started going out.

They chose a mostly stationary position after Rachel started regular school but are often away on business usually not at the same time or for very long though even though they trust Rachel to be alone now. Hiram still moonlights with them especially now that Rachel is older and able to be left home alone. They use the American Civil Liberties Union as a cover for their work with Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division or SHIELD. Rachel, most of the time, has no idea. Has SHIELD "uncles" and "aunts"

Rachel has minor training in krav maga, boxing, and self-defense. As a child she traveled all over with her dads. She remembers doing pageants and singing competitions and only vaguely the military offices. While she is aware that her daddy works with dangerous chemicals in the lab at home and her dad has a gun room she has never delved deeper into either of these "hobbies" besides learning enough to converse, or be safe. Hiram mandates going to the shooting range at least once a month to maintain her current levels of skill. It's a very family outing for the three.

Out of Rachel's boyfriends they like Puck the best because they see a lot of a young badass in him which they can appreciate for their little girl. In Puck they saw a young Jewish man they had a lot in common with and are grateful that Rachel maintains a friendship with the young man having him over often for ball games, dinner, and have even began to teach him some boxing and krav maga moves. They've vaguely hinted that they like to take him shooting which Rachel was ify about this at first but now thinks it'd be cool to show off her own lovely guns in front of Puck. They treat Puck like a son and Rachel's actual boyfriend. This is sometimes distressing for Rachel but she knows how much the relationship with her dads means to Puck and doesn't interfere sometimes joining them in their activities. As much as she would like to think of Puck as a brother their boiling chemistry completely prevents this and is actively encouraged by her fathers.

Jesse they have sent vaguely threatening messages to and have put on several watch lists just to hassle him (i.e. he always gets pulled aside at airports, he can never get out of tickets, he always detained in any kind of incident, etc.)

Finn they show vague distrust and disinterest in. They somewhat suspect that Rachel is using him to rebel. They have a severe lack of respect for his intelligence and meetings between the four always end quickly and silently. They hope that by not active hating and tossing Finn out that they won't encourage Rachel to rebel with him.

They are aware of Rachel's bullying at school and have given her full permission to use her skills to beat her tormentors. That she hasn't makes them think that it just hasn't been all that serious. They are however worried about the psychological abuse and her Daddy, who also has his license as a pharmacist, has her on a low dose of anti-depressants that go in her morning shakes as suggested by her therapist. They have enlisted Puck as a spy to make sure things don't get too bad at school.

This might get updated if anything else becomes stable in this universe.