"Particular Brand of Sunshine" was originally a one-shot, but I wanted a place where I could relax and experiment with possible Sunshine/Glee fics. See any prompts you like and want to read more on? PM me or review to let me know. Also, these aren't written in any particular order, so don't read it with a linear mindset.
1. Skills
"I'm simply green with envy over your fashionesta instincts, darling. You're almost better than I am."
"I get a lot of practice, Kurt. Have you seen the quality garage sale clothing? Picking out the only wearable item is a skill."
2. Vacation
Santana is bragging about her upcoming cruise, Brittany and Quinn are hitting the nearest tanning resort, and the boys, (minus Artie) are going to spend spring break at football camp in Michigan. Tina and Mike are going on a short day-trip to PA, Rachel and Mercedes are attending "diva camp" in Indiana, and even Artie's visiting his uncle in California. No one notices Sunshine's wistful smile as she listens to the chatter, or realizes that she's the only one who hasn't spoken about the upcoming vacation.
3. Brain
Puck loves to make cracks at Mike's 3.8 GPA, (Asian, much, Chang? Shut up, Puckerman, it got old the third time.) and he's used to Tina's perfect 4.0. He nearly blows his top when Sunshine's report card falls out of her glee notebook and he sees a freaking 4.6 printed neatly at the top.
4. Brain (part 2)
"Shit, Sparky, your mom must be an 'effin slave-driver. How the hell do you get a 4.6 anyway?"
"Two words, Puck: weighted classes. And don't make cracks about my mom."
5. Glasses
She stops wearing them after the first week of class. When Rachel inquires whether she "has purchased contact lenses instead," Sunshine just shrugs and changes the subject. Rachel doesn't need to know that her glasses got broken during the crackhouse incident. Besides, her mom can't afford new glasses and her eyes aren't that bad.
6. Door
Mr. Schue finds it ironic that the only reason the glee boys open doors for the girls is because they got tired of seeing Sunshine do it all the time. When he sees Sunshine at the grocery store with a round, petite woman with exhausted eyes and far too many wrinkles, he suspects the Filipina's gestures have more to do with habit than chivalry.
7. Hmm?
Santana starts to get suspicious when Sunshine starts showing up to glee with dark circles under her eyes, undone math homework, and a distracted expression. She starts to get worried when the girl doesn't respond to her call until the Latina punches her in the shoulder. It stops a couple days later, so Santana doesn't push it.
Sunshine's really glad the hospital's finally hired another janitor. She wasn't sure if she could handle being her mom's secret assistant for much longer.
8. Gray
Sunshine loves the clouds, despite the fact that they cover up the sun and promise rain. They mean her room isn't so stuffy and that she can finally use the stove without burning herself on the hot metal. (The sun's rays heat up everything in the small rooms and the A.C. broke the first day they moved in.)
9. Competition
She crosses her fingers when the glee club decides to vote on the mode of transportation to Regionals, and breathes in a sigh of relief when the result is, "bus." She never knows that Mr. Schue—who's suspected something since the grocery store—goes against his moral code and rigs the vote.
10. Pity
If there's one thing Sunshine hates, it's pity. She knows that racism can be breached, hostility overcome, enemies reconciled—but pity eats away at a friendship until there's nothing left but anger and past memories.
11. Bugs
She swats bees like mosquitoes, refuses to be cowed by the cockroach, and gets rid of the spider, but when Sunshine Corazon sees ants crawling up her arm she shrieks and falls flat on her back. It's the worst five seconds of her life as she struggles to breathe, feeling the tiny creatures running over her arm.
She spends the rest of lunch firmly on the stair railway, balancing precariously rather than choosing to expose herself to the grass again.
12. Crush
Puck nearly has a heart attack when he hears Sunshine gushing about the "cutest little guy she's ever seen" and feels his vision growing red when she laughs about how he "licked her all over the place." (Punk's gonna freaking die.) Mercedes finally takes pity on him and informs him that the object of Sunshine's affection possesses four legs and a stumpy tail.
13. Funeral
When said puppy dies a few weeks later, Sunshine arrives to school with red eyes and invitations to its funeral. The event is somber, with appropriately dark skies and sad-faced people. Sunshine buries the puppy on the football field, (no one thinks to ask why), and the glee club sings, "Rainy Day."
14. Bubbles
It's a slow day in May and the glee club is lazing when Santana brings out a bubble machine and turns it on. (Her glare dares anyone to ask where, or why she got it.) Brittany immediately leaps up and starts trying to pop all of them, and Sunshine soon joins her, the two giggling as they feel the wet pops and mini explosions.