Finn and Rachel, in various AU settings. Drabble(s)

Various short Finchel drabbles.

There's a clarifying relief that comes when he admits to himself that he loves Rachel. (AU, Finn x Rachel.)

A/U - "No matter what, you keep finding something to fight for."

A/U - They both miss the last train to New York. With nowhere else to go, they're in for a long night.

A/U - Agent Finn Hudson is about to get a mission that will change his life forever.

A/U - Rachel is excited to begin singing lessons with one Finn Hudson, only her new student isn't exactly what she expected.

He'll never tire of this, of mornings spent tangled up in her. The first in a series of vignettes, snapshots from Finn and Rachel's life together.

AU. Her memories of last night are still hazy, but she remembers strong arms around her, the smell of boy and grass and summer mixed together. She remembers brown eyes, kind eyes. She sits up straight, her daddy's note dropping on her lap as her eyes widen. She remembers Finn Hudson.

" Rachel laughs and it's nice, dancing around in his brain and filling his head with nothing but red kisses and pretty brown eyes. " AU

This is how things always go, though, how they are doomed to always be, he fears, because he's in love with a girl who has a fiancé. AU

There's so much history between them and sometimes he thinks it's going to swallow them whole. (Finn x Rachel, AU post-4.17.)

Her older brother's best man was Finn Hudson. It was the Finn that Rachel had met at the bar the night before. Finn, the guy she had just had mind-blowing sex with. Finn, the guy who she had left with only her phone number. Finchel, AU

She finishes writing, looks up at him, brown eyes bright. She doesn't let go of his hand. "I want you to call me," she says, "because I feel like we have a real connection, don't you?" AU

She talks in this outlandish, high pitched voice and she really makes him laugh. He doesn't even know why, she's not even saying anything all that funny and seriously, she's painted green. But there's something about this girl...

"My name is Rachel Berry, I am your neighbor and on behalf of all of Lima, Ohio: welcome!" AU.

"Finn, you're my oldest friend. You mean very much to me, more than some immature kissing game." AU high school Finchel. It's complicated... until it's not. Now multi-chapter and rated M.

He looked at her as if she were still his. Canon, 4x14

It's never been quite this easy for Charlotte to warm up to someone, and she's kind of proud of her baby, growing up and all. Or maybe it's just something about Finn that makes him likable. AU.

She hates that she doesn't know what to say. That's never been a problem with her and Finn until now. She doesn't like feeling as if they're virtually strangers. canon, post 4x12.

Medical Student Finn is dragged along to Kurt's yoga class when he goes to visit his stepbrother in New York. Fortunately, there happens to be a very attractive instructor.

AU "So his knee split open. Okay, he gets that. And apparently some bones stuck out. Fine. He busted his knee cap, like, really badly and pulled a stupid nerve somewhere.So okay, it was really, really bad."

He closes his eyes. "Sorry, sorry, don't call me sir, I just meant I thought they'd send a ten year old." He opens his eyes, looks her up and down. "I suppose you do have the same height as one, huh, doll?" AU.

It should be known, first and foremost, that Finn loved her first. AU

falling in love with him isn't a big, sudden thing.

"No," she says, "I mean, like…the subway. The train. Underground, me, and him, and okay, it's not what you think except it kind of really is. He's nice." AU.

"She doesn't love you because she has your mother's heart Finn. She loves you because you're your mother's son." AU Finn/Rachel and learning to live and love past the scars, physical and emotional..

"It's not. I can't just be your friend. I know you have moved on, b-but I haven't and… To do that, I need to not see you for a while." The 10 first years of Finn and Rachel's relationship. One shot. Inspired by One Day. No character death.

She's just returning his umbrella. That's what you do when a person loans you something. You return them. But as a general rule, the exchange doesn't always happen in the middle of the rain when one of the party is soaking wet and miserable. Finchel AU

He thinks it's her turn to give in. Future.

They're friends, like actual friends. Not friends who are secretly in love with each other or friends who are secretly hurt by each other or best friends or pretend friends or friends who are waiting for something more. They're just friends, friends. Strictly platonic.

She sighs, taking a long drink before she looks up to find him winking suggestively at his fiancé from fifteen feet away. She finally understands what that tug in her stomach means. It's not unrequited love, heartbreak, or even longing. It's just loneliness. AU

"Besides, she's not sure how many true romances start in a hospital." AU, based off a prompt from finchel-prompts.

"No," she says and she's pulling back the sheets of his bed and crawling into it, shoes and tights askew on the floor. She pats the miniscule space beside her – they're twin beds, after all – like it's her own bed and he slips beside her, his body curved right against hers. "You can maybe kiss me. Just a kiss, please, because I have – I have a someone. And I want to kiss Finn." AU

All of those years at school and all of those late nights studying have finally paid off, and he's actually interning in an actual hospital. AU, loosely based on 'Scrubs'

He's her best friend in the whole wide world – the whole wide universe, even – and she is going to marry him because he's her best friend. Obviously. AU.

Rachel Berry doesn't need help. She certainly doesn't need to be in this support group. It's not like anyone here cares about her. She can tell they don't, except for those warm amber eyes. Somehow, it's like he understands. AU Finchel one-shot.

AU. "Rachel Berry," he says, putting on a cheerful voice as he grabs her hand. "Will you be my best man? Or you know, woman?" He's smiling at her, a hollow, wooden smile that she's never seen on him before, and there's a stricken feeling in her chest, like her heart is being squeezed dry.

Finn grinned and rolled Rachel under him. She giggled as his lips came down over hers. "You were everything I didn't know I needed, Rachel. You're exactly what my daughter and I needed. God, I love you, Rach." Rachel slid her hands under Finn's shirt and tugged it over his head. "I love you too, Finn. So much." AU Finchel

"Look, regardless of the situational context, he didn't mean to run his car into the Berry's house. It just sort of happened." AU, based off a prompt from finchel-prompts.

Everything is so much cheaper when he's gone. Spoilers for 4.03/4.04.

"I'll wait for you to find me again...so don't take too long." A look into Finn and Rachel's lives post 'Once'. AU. Two parts.

Did she lie? Was it all an act? Was she going to tell everyone? The silver ring on his finger felt suffocating. She was going to tell everyone. She seduced him – dumb Finn Hudson fell for her tricks. She probably went to Puck after she drove out of the parking lot. They probably had a good laugh at his expense.

Two years to the day. That's how long since he's held her in his arms, felt the softness of her skin, tasted the flavour of his kiss. Two years too long.:: AT Finchel.

It was then that she realized that Finn had pushed her down just as the second gun went off. He had jumped in front of her, and then he had gotten shot. Which meant that he had taken the bullet for her. Finn Hudson had saved Rachel Berry's life. AU Finchel

"No, you don't understand." Rachel shook her head. "You're in a coma. I'm not supposed to see you right now." Finn pressed his lips together at the mention of his condition. Finally, he said, "You wouldn't happen to know how I got that way, would you?" AU Finchel

"The day after first grade starts, Adam informs Finn that he's going to marry Elise Carpenter. At first, Finn doesn't think much of it because Adam's six and it's not as if he's actually going to end up marrying the girl." Continuation of 'fill my lungs with sweetness' and 'the trees are filled with memories'. AU, based off a prompt from finchel-prompts.

AU.The first rule about being a nanny according to Finn Hudson is to never get in too deep that you can't climb back out. He honestly can't remember the exact moment when he broke it.

Sometimes life throws you curveballs, gives you something then takes it away in the blink of an eye. AU

"Wipe off all that grease, Hud, because we're going to California." AU, based on a prompt at finchel prompts!

On advice from her family and best friend, she takes her son to join a football team, and ends up finding the happiness she didn't realize they were both missing. AU Finn/Rachel, ensemble.

"I loved Noah—love him, still. But it's so different from how I'm in love with you. I can feel you here," she places his hand over her heart, "even when you're not around. And I just want you to know that." AU.

When her new personal trainer really gets her heart rate up, Rachel attempts to earn a date, failing due to his personal rule on mixing business and pleasure. But when a special class and a confidence boost get thrown into the mix, both just might find they can work it out.

Every space in this apartment is a memory, filled with the prints that she's left behind, and every morning is a struggle.

A collection of ten one shots featuring Finn and Rachel throughout the 20th century. Historical AU

He knows he should listen to Puck and avoid Rachel at all costs, but she was super nice, and she had such a bright smile, and – He shakes his head. He can't think of her in that way; Puck made it clear that she's off limits. AU, based on a prompt at finchel-prompts!

She narrows her eyes at him and scowls in the low light. Checking her phone again, she's peeved that there's no service; she's 15 minutes away from her vacation and she's stuck in an elevator with the Grinch. Never mind how good his voice sounds. Rated T. AU. Finn and Rachel stuck in an elevator. Mentions of Puck, Tina and Kurt.

All in all, her coffee date turned out to be a bed-buddy of her best friend and roommate, and his roommate and best friend turned into her date for the movies later. AU Finn and Rachel, with a special appearance of Puck, Santana and Sam. Rated M because, well, they get into stuff.

She's been in New York for a total of five months when Kurt says he has a surprise for her. She assumes it's tickets to a Broadway show or something of the like, so the last thing she expects to come home to is Finn Hudson in her living room. Post S3

If someone is truly your soul-mate then something as silly as amnesia shouldn't be able to erase them from your memories. Right? AU, Finn/Rachel, ensemble, Rated M.

"Adam starts kindergarten on a bright and sunny September morning. He's not exactly thrilled about it, and he makes absolutely sure that Finn and Rachel are well aware of this fact." A continuation of 'fill my lungs with sweetness'. AU, based off a prompt from finchel-prompts.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

She can't believe she's done with high school now, just like that. And, really, there's no more fitting a way to celebrate than heading out on a road trip with three of her best friends. AU.

"And now Finn's taking his nephew back to New York to live with him." AU, based off a prompt from finchel-prompts.

She knew she was going to see him eventually she just wasn't prepared for the way he would blind side her again. Rachel centric post Goodbye Finchel ONESHOT.

"I just wish I could see him, you know. I wish I could tell him I miss him and that I love him and that I – that I understand why he did what he did." Finchel. Post 3x22 Goodbye.

"It's like I came back in time to tell you thank you, you were as beautiful then as you are now.." AU Finchel through Finn's memory.

She's happy, she is, but she misses Finn. Post Goodbye, spoilers abound.

One night, Appleton VX, college, gleeks as best friends who of course, have your best and worst interests at heart. A/U Finchel and a funny thing called love. Rating changed to be on the safe side.

"All those times, they come and go, and alone don't seem so long; over ten years have gone by. We can't rewind, we're locked in time, but you're still mine." AU, Finchel, growing up as best friends. Rated M for language just to be safe.

His eyes slide shut, and he releases this little breath. "I don't…I don't want to think about her. I just want to think about you. And me. Only for tonight." AU. Something Borrowed-based.

She's broken but no one knows how to fix her. He'll love her because he knows that's the only way for her to heal herself. AU. Finchel love, Cherry & Pezberry friendships. M for Santana's potty mouth and some citrusy encounters..

"I'm here, aren't I? I want to be here, with you. I want to hold you and support you through this. Like I've been doing. So I can't have you forever, but why can't you let me love you for the rest of your life?" AU Finn/Rachel. Love, angst and heartbreak.

"Besides, Rachel's been to Brooklyn before. Her and her dads drove through there once on their way to The Hamptons." AU, based off a prompt from finchel-prompts.

He's drunk and not thinking clearly and now he's in her front yard... Future-ish Finchel drabble.

"First comes love, then comes marriage, then something about a baby carriage. You're getting the steps mixed up son." AU Finn & Rachel, Carole and everyone else along for the ride. T for Puck, Finn & Rachel's potty mouths. Rating changed to be on the safe side.

He pulls away, and her fingers still on the base of his neck, squeezing his tee shirt, and her smile's all coy and cute and he thinks he is probably going to marry her right here and now. AU

He smiles at her before he leaves the room, and she doesn't know it yet, but she's in for quite the interesting summer. / Rachel gets a summer job. AU

He doesn't know why they fall apart, but they do.

AU: All he wants is to be left alone, and his annoying new neighbor just won't respect that, he hates her always coming by, talking his ear off in the laundry room, nearly getting herself killed, making him care, making him love her, he hates it all.

"Finn hates airports. Like, the sort of legitimate hate that people usually reserve for telemarketers or spiders or something." AU, based off a prompt from finchel-prompts.

"You know, there's a seven year age gap between my dads. They started dating when my daddy was just eighteen. Crazy, right? How attraction can just bloom between two people, regardless of age?" AU, based off a prompt from finchel-prompts.

When a freshly heartbroken Finn Hudson flees Lima, Ohio for his step-brother's couch in New York City, he finds himself a most unwelcome guest with Kurt's...peculiar roommate. A satire of sorts .

Rachel Berry wasn't planning on finding love that summer, but then again, she wasn't planning on finding Finn Hudson either. Sometimes the best love happens when you least expect it. Very AU.

Collection of 28 drabbles based on word prompts people on Tumblr sent me. There is much to learn about little things in the lives of Finn and Rachel! Drabble collection. Finchel. T for slightly adult themes.

How did this happen? One minute they were driving, singing along to the radio and the next a huge truck was plowing into them and Rachel was being propelled through the windshield. Finchel oneshot.

"You should meet my brother," he tells her every time he cuts her hair. Each time, she refuses, because well, she's just been dumped and she doesn't need that hassle right now...it's bad enough she's got a massive crush on her stylist's boyfriend.

She knows that, above all things, she loves him, loves him, loves him, but, even above all things, is love really enough? post 3x10.

A/U - Finn Hudson and Rachel Berry break off their "friends with benefits" title to stop it from ruining their friendship. But their friendship is truly tested when she sees the two little blue lines...

A/U Two people meet through volunteering and fall in love. Finchel

A/U: He owes his brother for a lot of things, but most importantly, for introducing him to a tiny girl who saved his life.

"Finn," she says, swallowing the bitter brown liquid, and she sighs after she says his name. "I'm getting married." Future.

Her battered heart agrees with this doctrine, and it's set: Rachel will not be tempted by Finn Hudson this summer. AU

I'm not used to – y'know, needing people – but I…I guess I need you. Future.

"But it's 1952. The world isn't like it used to be. It's a harder place, and we have to be realistic, you know?" AU.

He thinks that Rachel Berry might just be what this inn needs – and maybe even what he needs as well. She's a little sunshine and a little warmth, and he thinks she'll be a perfect fit. AU.

Finchel Drabble: Rachel writes her college essay about the person she admires most.

The person you love is often the person that breaks your heart. But what if you need to be broken only to learn how to love again? Strings and tethers can only take so much before they break. Future fic.

"Rachel," he hisses, "don't be ridiculous. I'm just looking out for you. That Flint was just very conspicuously checking you out." AU.

She doesn't know what she's doing. She can't believe what she's doing, what he's doing to her. She does know what they're doing is wrong. But she wants more. She wants him. Reposting. Set S1 after "Throwdown" and beyond. Finchel.

And he finally says something, his voice scratchy. "Who are you?"

"And I know that one day, I'll see you again." It's everything to them, that day. Their one day. AU.

She's nursing her third plastic glass of cheap chardonnay when she sees him from across the room, towering above the rest of the crowd.

It's not his fault he falls for her before he knows who her father is. AU.

"Um...hi." He paused, remembering very clearly why he had trouble speaking to women. "This is going to sound kinda weird," he finally blurted," but I got your number from Puck..." Co-Authored with the fabulously amazing tjcrowfoot

The first six months of Finn and Rachel's rekindled relationship - told in 30 parts.

"We are afraid to care too much for the fear the other person might not care at all." What would happen if Finn & Rachel moved to New York after graduation but didn't have their happily ever after? Future-Finchel. Multi-Chapter.

Somewhere in between the drumsticks and the late night kicks, they become a band—a band of friends and a band of lovers. / Finn, Mike, and Puck's idea of a band turns upside down once a tiny belter who goes by the name of Rachel Berry hops on board. AU.

When Finn Hudson sees his new neighbor for the first time – wearing some frilly layered tutu and struggling with the handle of a bedazzled rolling suitcase – he's significantly less than impressed. A story of love, in several acts. AU.

A/U After moving into a new apartment with his friend Puck and his girlfriend, Finn finds himself more and more attracted to their neighbour each time he sees her, even if she is a little bit too obsessed with cats and other things.

When Finn pulls up to the Berry residence on a humid night in June, he almost doesn't make it out of his truck. He tells himself that he has no business being here, that he shouldn't have come without calling, that he shouldn't have come at all.

"I'm Rachel Berry," she says. "I live down the hall with Tina and Mercedes." She holds out her hand to him. "I've been here for over a year. It's not so bad. But someday I'm going to leave and be a famous singer." AU. Finn and Rachel grow up orphans.

"They renewed their lease in the beginning of May, and they broke up at the end of it." Finn and Rachel, an apartment in New York City, and feelings that just won't go away. Future!fic.

or five times Finn Hudson considered asking Rachel Berry to marry him - and the one time he did.

they aren't as cautious this time around.

season two "behind the scenes" of Finn and Rachel.

A quiet moment between Finn and Rachel. A drabble.

"The first letter comes on a Tuesday in a pink envelope." Rachel and Finn become pen pals. AU.

Finn takes a stab at his wedding vows. A short drabble.

He nods, and he feels like she's walking in slow motion as she brushes past him, heading to the bathroom. They're only twenty-five and they've been married for a year and she's struggling enough with auditions, so how are they going to handle a baby?

100 word bits regarding Finchel in Season 2, as it goes along, as Finchel goes along. Spoilers.

senior year at McKinley.

Post-Prom Queen one shot. Finn has some things he needs to say.

He doesn't tell her that he can't be, because he never really stopped loving her. He should, but he doesn't. He's holding himself back, and he doesn't even know why anymore.

"Are you happy here, Finn?" she asks quietly, suddenly. He glances down at her. "In New York, I mean," she adds. "Are you happy?"

"I'm Ms. Rachel Berry," she told him, holding out her hand. "I'm from Ohio, and one day I'll be on Broadway." In May 1934, Finn Hudson falls for the new Friday night singer at McKinley's. And then everything spirals out of control. AU.

when you're dead, you're dead — except when you're not.

She hates how she's back at the beginning. She hates how it always seems to come down to her and Finn. He's the only one that makes her feel this way, and she's tried and tried but it's no use. He has her heart, and it seems he always will.

how to be Rachel Barbra Berry and nothing less.

Hello angst and a sassy Ms. Berry. Rachel handled news of rekindled Finn/Quinn with grace...but seeing it with her own eyes might spark a bit more anger.

"Rachel hates white cheddar popcorn. He's not gonna think about that, though." Finn and Rachel and popcorn and timing.

Somewhere in between the drumsticks and the late night kicks, they became a band - a band of friends and a band of lovers. Finn, Mike and Puck's idea of a band turns upside down once a tiny belter who goes by the name of Rachel Berry hops on board. AU.

he wants to do it right this summer.

What if Mr. Schue didn't teach at WMHS and wasn't there to revive the Glee club when he did? Could fate still bring Rachel & Finn and the rest of the glee kids together? A story about finding real love, real friends, and your real self in high school. AU.

"You're not an idiot," she says. "Don't let her turn you into one." - Finn tries to decide who he is, who Rachel is, and who they are together and not together.

"Finn. When a very sexually active woman who has a regular period suddenly goes over six weeks without her period, it usually means one thing." - Rachel, Finn, and what comes next. future!fic

Post 'Special Education' - Rachel comes to Finn with an interesting citrus-y? idea.

Finn and Rachel's thoughts throughout 2.09, Special Education.

Finn tries to make sense of life as he knows it.

Finn and Rachel face the uphill battle called long distance.

in which Finn learns who the right person is.

Rachel's life hasn't exactly gone according to plan. When her biggest 'what if' walks back into her life, can she discover the girl she used to be or will she let her past hold her back? Finchel FutureFic

From the time they sang their first notes, Rachel and Finn were destined to be together. So what happened to them? Can they fix their mistakes and get it back? FutureFic.