Only Intending On Buying a Fish

by ICan'tStopBelievin

Finn is a lonely, abused orphan. Will Schuester is a bored man who collects fish. At the pet shop, the two briefly meet but that was all Finn needed to love him. After that one day, Finn cannot bear to keep away. Will was only intending on buying a fish, but he ends up dealing with a persistent Finn. AU, where Will and Finn are not father and son figures. INCOMPLETE.

2. Unordinary Find

The cashier at the pet shopped greeted him as he would practically every week. "Just filled the stock." Fish, of course. What else stock would Will be engaged in?

"Sorry Rebecca," he said, "just here for food, but thanks for telling me." Yes, he'd be there so often that he properly grown to meet the 4 pm cashier. Mike worked a shift at 11 am. Will could see how ridiculous this had been of him, so dedicated to fish that he captivated the entire focus until he picked the special one to welcome into his home.

Will was broken from his concentration due to a figure causing utter havoc. The workers excluded their responsibilities from the necessity list, and went off to disrupt the disturbance itself. The figure appeared to be a young boy, assumed to be around fourteen in Will's eyes.

Now, perceiving two workers grow violent, flogging the boy with dog leashes. Seeing small tears jump across the boy's eyelids and scurry down his cheeks. Something was not valid, and not only in Will's eyes but also in his heart.

He was unsure what he was getting himself into, though he must act. He could not let this happen, even if the boy had committed wrong; the boy did not deserve this severe punishment, especially from people who had not been his guardians with consent. Already seeing such tears and pleas for liberty made Will consider that the boy had not deliberately offended. With this contemplation lingering, he impulsively yelled out, "Stop!"

The boy glanced directly at him, with a faith-holding gleam. The gleam seemed to capture a sense of heroism and hope that he would be rescued from a pain of sorts. His pretty little face was plenty great, but the contusions and non-existent expressions were the things that truly attracted focus. Will highly doubted that it was not a result of this trauma, but from something previous and very suspicious. This was not a lesson, this was abuse; possibly joined with frequent harm outside also.

The workers stared him down. It was now fair confrontation to begin, and even if Will was able to settle them for a discussion, they were surely not going to surrender their dominance and weapons only to chance a loss. One had set out ready, now with broom in hand to replace his leash. He replied to Will's shout, "Why should we?"