Prompt: Jaws: "We stock up on our glories, keep 'em treasured - right here, in the hope that one day when we're old they'll keep us going, because they are our lives. If we lose our talents, we are dead men. You're gonna look back on today, it's gonna be one of your treasures, because we are gonna hold on, no matter what they throw at us. We don't die today gentlemen. We go out there and we live forever." - 'Dream Team'
Looking across the dance floor, my eyes met Finn's as he danced with Rachel. Maybe he had totally tossed aside the best man speech I had written for him but I found that I didn't care, just like I hadn't cared that my Dad had improvised on the procession during the ceremony. Yes I might have put hours into planning the perfect wedding, but reality was so much better than any plans I could have come up with.
Never would I have expected Finn to do anything like this for me. Honestly, I had given up expecting him to do anything at all for me. After standing up to Karofsky and Azimio during Lady Gaga week last year, he had gone back to turning a blind eye to the bullying. The only consolation that I had was that he no longer was a part of the bullying. Now that Puck and Finn left me alone I didn't end up in the dumpster quite as much.
Though lately I've almost wished for those days. At least back then I didn't have a death threat hanging over me.
But tonight, even Karofsky's threat can't ruin this moment for me. More than anything he could ever say to me, the fact that not only did Finn sing a song for me but that he danced with me in front of a fairly big crowd means the world to me. It shows to me that he really has accepted me.
As for his promise to always have my back, there is a little voice in the back of my head that is whispering for me not to count on it.
However, the look on my new stepbrother's face muffled that little voice. I knew he meant what he had said tonight. Knew that the events of these past couple of weeks had changed how he viewed our relationship. That they had changed how he viewed me.
I had long ago resigned myself to the idea of this new family. Carole made my Dad happy, and I was grateful for that. I also knew that Carole cared about me, and it was nice to have someone else in my corner when so many were against me. However, knowing that Finn now accepted me, that we had a chance of really being brothers, the union formed today meant more to me. I finally realized that once again I had a family I could treasure.