Song: Inevitable
Artist: Anberlin
Rating: T for mild language maybe?
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Puckurt
Genre: Romance with a little angst
Warning: Bullying, off-page character death
Spoilers: None really if you've seen the show at all.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, all rights belong to FOX
Summary: The kiss Kurt pressed to his lips and Kurt's arms around his neck felt like wanted to break every clock so time would stand still
Word Count: 891
A/N: I know this might be terrible but I've had this idea for a while now so this is what you get. Lyrics are in italics.
Noah wasn't sure if Kurt remembered their childhood as vividly as he did. He remembered everything- from the way Kurt's voice sounded when he called him No-no to the childish conversations they shared in the schoolyard of McKinley Elementary that would stay in their memories far longer than either of them would have thought.
Kurt's family had moved to the house next to his when they were both 5 years old. Noah recalled himself bouncing from the excitement of finally getting a neighbour that was his own age.
Immediately, the boys were drawn to one another and soon enough, they were inseparable.
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Do you remember when we were just kids?
And cardboard boxes took us miles from what we would miss
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The empty cardboard boxes from the Hummels' move became the boys' never-ending source of entertainment. The boxes were turned into castles, race cars or spaceships, taking them thousands of miles away on amazing adventures with just the two of them, side by side.
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Schoolyard conversations taken to heart
And laughter took the place of everything we knew we were not
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Never would Noah forget the first time he kissed Kurt Hummel.
The boys were 8 then and were sitting under the ancient oak tree in Kurt's backyard, talking about the wonders that were adults. They had both seen their parents kiss and could not understand why anyone would want to do something that looked so stupid. Their curiosity got the better of them, though, so when Kurt suggested that they gave it a try ("We're both boys so it's not like we'll get cooties, right?") Noah had quickly agreed.
Noah wouldn't be able to describe that warm feeling inside his stomach when he kissed Kurt until he was much older. However, what Noah did know was that he wanted to stay in that moment that forever and ever (and ever). Kurt was Noah's first kiss – his first love – and he was Kurt's.
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We could stay in this moment (stay in this moment)
For the rest of our lives
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It was the next summer that things started to go wrong. Life happened. Kurt's mum died and Puck's dad left. Instead of being there for his best friend, helping them both through their losses, Noah began to shut Kurt out. They talked less; there were fewer smiles and the sounds of their soaring laughter were no more.
Then Noah's family moved away because without his dad's job. His mum couldn't afford to pay for their beautiful white picket fence house on her own.
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Is it over now hey, hey, is it over now?
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By the time middle school started, they were worse than strangers.
Noah was Puck.
Kurt was Hummel. He was fairy, ladyface, queer, or any other inventive name the football team were able to come up with that day.
Puck was one of the jocks. He taunted, shoved, dumpster-tossed and slushied Kurt.
Kurt never said a thing; never even showed any more recognition for Puck than he did for the other jocks. He treated him as one of them and this made Puck wanted to push Kurt even more.
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It was funny how life worked. He ended up hurting the only person he really loved (besides his family).
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Amazing how life turns out the way that it does
We end up hurting the worst, the only ones we really love
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High school, junior year. Puck didn't know how it was possible but somehow Kurt forgave him; for running away, for being the world's biggest asshole, for everything. Granted it took a million afternoons spent at the Hudmel's and a hell lot of apologising and grovelling, but Kurt eventually forgave him. It then took another long period of constant and desperate attempts at wooing for Kurt to agree to a date.
It was all worth it.
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Is it over how hey, hey, it's not over now
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Holding Kurt in his arms with Kurt's back pressed against his chest, looking through the glass window of their apartment at a dazzling New York- Noah couldn't believe they had made it this far.
He felt blessed.
The only thing that could make this moment even more perfect was sitting in his pocket, as it had done for about 2 weeks.
Taking a long calming breath, inhaling Kurt's familiar scent, Puck unwrapped himself from the man who meant the world to him, spun him around and reached for the small velvet box.
"Kurt, I know this is incredibly sappy but there is no other way to put it. You are my everything. I want to be your last first kiss. I want to be your last first love, for all time. When I'm with you, everything feels right. Will you marry me?"
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I wanna be your last, first kiss
That you'll ever have (that you'll ever have)
I wanna be your last, first love (that you'll ever have)
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The kiss Kurt pressed to his lips and Kurt's arms around his neck felt like home. He wanted to break every clock so time would stand still but he figured he could wait until after Kurt had said 'I do'.
I wanna break every clock
The hands of time could never move again
We could stay in this moment (stay in this moment)
For the rest of our lives
Yeah, he could wait until then.
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