Flaws & all - Will Schuester loves Emma Pillsbury, he loves her red hair, her big brown eyes, he even loves her excessive cleaning and obsessive routines, he loves every freckle on her body. To put it bluntly, he couldn't imagine living without her, which is good, because she doesn't think she'd survive without him.

Rating - T

Characters - Will and Emma

A/N - Reviews/concrit are loved, as are suggestions as to what you want to see happen next. And I'm from the UK, so if anything American is not quite right, please let me know and I'll fix it.

[Lyrics in italcs are 'Bridge over troubled water' by Simon and Garfunkel & 'The Climb' by Miley Cyus]

When you're weary,
feeling small,
when tears are in your eyes,
I will dry them all.

Emma clung tightly to Will's chest, her eyes filling with tears as they entered the practice room, the glee kids, moving them over to the piano as they sang. Will was surprised to find that there was no one else in the room, the only musical accompaniment came from Kurt playing the piano, and the guitars held by Puck and Artie.

I'm on your side
When times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Tina reached out her hand for Emma's, squeezing it softly as Mercedes did the same to Will, pulling them closer, the group all took hold of the hands of the person standing beside them, Kurt standing from the piano, Puck and Artie putting down their guitars, enabling them to join their friends

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

"I, I. . ." Emma was speechless, "Why?" she asked as the group finished their song, "I mean I'm not even part of your glee club" she knew the group had shown their support to each other through song before, and she could only imagine that this time they were letting Will know they were there for him.

The group disagreed, "bullshit" Puck said loudly, "You married Mr Schue right?" Emma nodded, unsure as to where Puck was going, "well then that makes you part of the family" he said simply, "we don't always get on but we got each other's backs."

"Thank you" Emma smiled, her eyes filling with tears at the kindness and love she felt from the group.

"That's another thing Mr Schuester" Rachel spoke, and Will knew he was in for it, she only used his full surname when she was planning to lecture him on something. Fortunately, this lecture was brief, "are you planning on making your wife co-director any time soon, or is everything she does for the group going to continue to go unrecognised?"

Will chuckled and turned to Emma, "Mrs Schuester, would you do me the honour of co-directing this group of miscreants with me?"

Emma nodded, "I would love to." She smiled again.

"While I resent being called a miscreant" Rachel glared at Will, "welcome to the team" she held out her hand to Emma who shook it firmly.

"And we mean it" Santana spoke sincerely, "the two of you are always there for us all, so anything you need, anything at all then let us know, we're all here for you."

Emma nodded, "thanks" she whispered as she leant her head on Will's chest.

"Right" Will smiled, his chin resting on Emma's head, "let's get down to business, does anyone have any suggestions for the set list for sectionals?"

The group looked at each other, before nodding, "bridge over troubled water" they all suggested.

Will smiled and nodded, "I'll make a list" he said, detaching himself from his wife so he could grab a sheet of paper and a pen.

He scribbled down some more suggestions before Puck spoke, "how about something a little less lame?"

"Like what?"

Puck shrugged, "Some nickleback or green day or something" He picked up his guitar, strumming the first few lines of good riddance by green day.

Will scribbled something else down on his paper, "It's on the list" he told Puck, "I think we should practice vocals on all of these, then pick out our best and add choreography, that way we've got something to al back on if anything untoward happens like last year. I think Noah might be right though, doing something that's not typically a show tune might work in our favour, like vocal adrenaline and bohemian rhapsody"

The group nodded, and Matt raised his hand, "I think I have an idea"

"Shoot"

"Can I use your computer?" he asked. Will nodded and the group followed Matt into the small office as he searched for a song on youtube. How about something that's sort of between this. . ." he began to play 'with or without you' by u2, "and this" he said, flicking to the scala & kolacny brothers' version of the same song. "or there's this" he suggested, clicking open scala & kolacny brothers' cover of The cure's 'Friday I'm in love'

"Puck, are these too lame?" Will asked.

"Those are, but the originals are awesome."

"Would you be prepared to compromise, somewhere in the middle?" Emma asked quietly.

Puck shrugged, "I'd have to hear it."

"I'll add them to the list" Will smiled, trying to please everyone with the song choices.

"I know a song" Brittany said slowly. "It's from some show my sister watches. I don't know what it's called but I could sing it for you."

"Okay" Will nodded, guiding the kids back into the practice room where there was more space.

"I can almost see it, that dream I am dreaming. But there's a voice inside my head saying you'll never reach it. Every step I'm taking, every move I make feels lost with no direction. My faith is shaking, but I gotta keep trying, gotta keep my head held high"

Santana moved to stand beside her friend, having a younger sister herself she recognised the song almost instantly, and began to join in, Kurt, Quinn and Rachel joining in soon after, "There's always gonna be another mountain, I'm always gonna wanna make it move. Always gonna be a uphill battle, sometimes I'm gonna have to lose. Ain't about how fast I get there, ain't about what's waiting on the other side. It's the climb."

"Wow" Will was speechless. The song seemed perfect, even the lyrics were appropriate for the group of outcasts who let nothing stand in the way of them doing what they loved. "What do you think?" he asked the rest of the group, "do we have our first definite?" The rest of the group were as shocked as Will but slowly began to mumble and nod in agreement. "Great" Will smiled, "I think we'll call it a day, but if you think of any other songs you think we could use at sectionals, you know where to find me"

Once the room was empty, Will found Emma in his arms again. "Will" she whispered.

"Yes Mrs co-director".

"I love you."

Will couldn't help but smile every time he heard her say those three little words. "I love you too" he told her, and or the first time in almost three weeks, things seemed to be getting a little better.