AN: Inspired by lyrics from "As It Seems" by Lily Kershaw
With a gasp I sit up quickly, my body tense expecting to see Karofsky. But no one is there. The only light is from the moonlight shining through my window, which illuminates the still mostly packed contents of my room. Slowly, the fears of my nightmare fade away replaced by the reality of today - the wedding, Finn's speech and all of us under one roof.
And Karofsky was no longer at the school, but the nightmares hadn't gone away. Nor had the fear - not completely. Karofsky may be gone but Azimio and his friends weren't and though they hadn't threatened to kill me, the bullying would continue.
I laid back down, burying my face into my pillow to muffle the sounds of my sobs. Dad can't know anymore details as I'm already worried about the stress this situation with Karofsky had caused him. He can't know that I'm still afraid to step into the halls of McKinley.
"Kurt? Are you okay?"
Finn's voice startles me. My fears of Dad finding out about my nightmares and fears had caused me to once again forget that two other people were sharing this house. I try to take a few deep breaths to calm myself down enough to answer him.
"I'm fine," I replied, turning my head enough that the pillow doesn't muffle my voice.
I'm relieved when he doesn't turn on the light, and hopeful that my naive stepbrother will accept the answer at face value. Seeing the dark figure move from the doorway of my room tells me I'm not going to be that lucky. As he steps into the shaft of moonlight coming through the window, I can make out the worry on his face and realize that he can probably see traces of tears on my face. I bury my head in the pillow again, ashamed to have him see me like this.
"No you're not," Finn replies as he sits down on the edge of my bed. Soon after I feel his hand come to rest on my back between my shoulder blades. "I thought I heard you crying but I wasn't sure, but I already saw the tears Kurt."
I turn my head again, realizing that trying to hide my face is futile.
"What's wrong?" Finn asks. "I know I've sucked at this brother thing so far but give me a chance to figure it out."
And in that moment I realize how much I want to confide all my fears to someone and why shouldn't it be my stepbrother. The guy who had promised earlier today to have my back no matter what. If anyone could help protect me from Azimio and the others it was Finn. Once I made that decision everything just came rushing out and before I knew it I was crying again, despite efforts to hold back my tears. By the end of my confession, Finn was hugging me and for that moment all the fears disappeared and I felt safe.