Disclaimer: I do not own Glee. Sniff.

Author's Note: Okay...so here's the Artie/Tina fluff. Enjoy!

Tina C Featuring Wheels

A twenty-two-year-old Tina woke up one morning to the sound of squeaking wheels. She yawned, got out of bed, and went to the kitchen to make herself some toast. She was shocked to arrive at the table to an already prepared breakfast...no, wait, this was lunch. Had she really slept that long? Sure enough, looking at the clock, it was noon. Artie wheeled himself into the kitchen and grinned widely.

"What's with the huge smile?" Tina laughed.

He frowned. "You don't like it when I smile?"

Tina quickly retracted. "No, no, of course I do...it's just that you look overly...excited...this morning?" she offered.

Artie smiled again. "Just eat your lunch."

Tina looked at what he had prepared for her; sure enough, it was her favorite meal, spaghetti and meatballs. And right next to it was...a fortune cookie? With Italian food? What is up with his brain today? Tina wondered. She shrugged. She supposed any time was good time for a fortune cookie, so she proceeded to eat the spaghetti.

"So," Tina asked between mouthfuls, "What's with the mixed cuisine?"

Artie looked kind of panicked for a minute. "Nothing. Just finish your lunch, okay?"

"Take your time Tina," she mocked and he rolled his eyes impatiently. "Hey, you okay? Should I be concerned that my boyfriend is abnormally jumpy?"

He flashed her a nervous smile. "Yeah, yeah, I'm just a little worn out. Eat your food."

She was a little worried now. He was never like this. "Okay, something is really wrong. You never object to mealtime conversation. Do you need to tell me something?"

"Just open the damn fortune cookie, okay?" he breathed out quickly and then looked down, ashamed at his own lashing out.

"Okay..." she suspiciously eyed the cookie and then picked it up slowly. "No need to flip." Tina broke open the cookie and was more than surprised to find a glittery diamond on a white-gold band in there instead of her lucky numbers. She gasped, utterly shocked.

Artie coughed. "Tina," he began awkwardly and took the ring. "I love you more than anything." He slipped the ring on her finger. "And I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

Tina was crying. This was a day she'd been waiting for since...she was, what, maybe thirteen? Artie was proposing to her.

"Tina Sarah Cohen-Chang. I'm asking you to marry me."

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Tina shot up out of bed and breathed sharply.

Fuck.

She tried to stop the tear that fell down her cheek when she thought about what had just happened. She honestly thought Artie was proposing to her, something she had wanted forever. Of course it was a fantasy. Of. Course. Tina went back to sleep, unable to face him after this inconvenient dream.

Her dreams were not as pleasant in this next sleep. Nightmares would be a better way of describing them. She dreamt of Artie breaking up with her, or leaving her for someone else. She also had other random dreams, like of her falling in an endless black hole or off a cliff. Usually, when she had these recurring dreams, her hero in his wheelchair would show up and rescue her from certain death. But this time, her dreams remained unfinished. He would never show up, and she would just move on to the next in her series of dreams. The last dream was particularly horrible. Tina dreamt someone was stealing her away, and Artie just stood idly by and watched as she faded off.

Thankfully, in the middle of this dream, she woke up to a feeling of warmth on her mouth. Her eyes opened and she saw Artie hovering above her and smiling. Tina exhaled in relief. He hadn't left her. He would save her from the abyss or the kidnapper. Her hero was still here.

Suddenly, he grabbed her hand and she felt something cold slip onto her ring finger. A ring. A sparkly diamond on a thin, white gold band.

"Marry me, Tina."

What the fuck?

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Sorry for the shortness! Weren't these two just adorable in The Power of Madonna? I almost hated him at the beginning...almost. If you haven't seen this episode yet, it was my personal favorite! Pure amazing!