AU set in Season 2 during Furt. In which shapeshifters do exist and are called Cursed, they look and pass as human but aren't, their inner beast is always just under the surface. While accepted and registered by the Government they hide from the general populace and lay low.

Rated M.

Warnings: Will touch on harassment and there will be dub con elements throughout. Additional warnings at base of page. Don't like don't read, though constructive criticism is always welcome (plus any reviews).

I own nothing, literally.

Cursed Chapter 1

Stomping loudly behind his dad Dave waits for the soft words that show how disappointed his dad is in him. He can smell dad's unhappiness coming off of him in waves, the air in the school corridor holding old stale scents from the day so dad's were nice and clear and crisp. God damn Acting Principle Sue freaking Sylvester, the bitch just expelled him, now the FBI and Homeland Security were gonna have to step in, he hates dealing with them, they make his head hurt.

Out in the parking lot Dave can't hear any heartbeats but he knows there are security cameras about and he has to keep pretending to be something he's not.

The beep from the car unlocking is loud in the night air and he gets in the front passenger seat without being asked. Staying hunched he sits miserably and waits for the lecture on what's expected of him, how he's literally the test case for his kind and if he can do this then others can too.

Starting the car his dad drives and turns away from the road that leads to their den but heads somewhere else, and then stops at the play park. Dave used to come here as a child and play-act at being a normal kid.

Opening the door his dad gets out and waits, Dave scrambles out and his heart starts beating wildly, what if his dad kicks him out? What if he thinks Dave isn't trying hard enough?

Worried he falls into step with the man beside him, and he can breathe in the clean air, no other heartbeats, no new human scents, and no cameras, here he can relax and be himself. His footfalls hush until he glides along making no sound. The darkness is not a problem for him and it's literally alive with insects, animals and birds. Dad trips and Dave catches him moving with lightening reflexes.

"Thank you," Dad says and pats his arm.

Going to the swings dad sits down and points to the swing next to him. Dave sits and swings gently, this used to be a mostly happy place. Sometimes mom and his sibs would bring him here after everyone else had gone to bed and he could play properly, leaping, jumping, and hunting.

Nervously he looks at his dad, the man is almost blind in the dark but then he is only human, shifting his dad turns to him and offers a smile he knows Dave will be able to see just fine.

"David, would you like to tell me your side of the story?" And there's no judgement there.

Relieved Dave fidgets, "Um, instinct?"

A soft sigh as deafening as thunder makes him flinch, "David that isn't a catch all excuse, you're not a tiny cubling anymore, you've hit your last growth spurt, and your mother has told me you're glands are leaking sexual pheromones," Dave winces, it's handy when you can pick up those kind of things, not so much when the rest of your family can too.

"Dad, really it's instinct. There's something about the whole Glee club, they're the lowest of low at the school, and Fancy's so tiny and girly, he smells of fear and pain, it's all I can do to just shove him and not attack him," he tries to explain. He can hear his dad's heart stop beating for a few seconds and then start again, faster, he's really fucked up if dad's reacting like this. He tries so hard to fit in with the kids, to be one of them, but it's difficult to ignore the dragon in him that wants to stalk the weaker ones and rip them to shreds.

Clearing his throat dad asks, "Can you smell the boy anywhere in the school? Even over the scents of the other pupils?"

"Um, yeah," Dave admits and his dad's heart kicks again, oh god what's wrong? What's he missing?

"And his heartbeat? Can you hear that too? Can you track him by his heartbeat alone?" And there's a thread of fear from his dad.

Thinking about it carefully Dave blinks in surprise, "Yeah, how did you know?" And it hits him, "Oh fuck, oh no dad no, it can't be, I'm too young, hell Fancy's way too young, this can't be happening."

"Well it is son," and dad leans over and pats his arm, squeezing Dave's shoulder his dad tries to be reassuring, "We'll all help you with this, and you are going to make a successful mating with this Hummel boy, this doesn't need to stop either of you, you can still go on to college and this could help you," now there's hope in his dad's voice.

"Yeah? How the hell is being tied down and mated at my age gonna help me?" He falls back on sarcasm.

"Aggression levels in mated Cursed drop," his dad says it slowly, "So think about how much easier it's going to be to pass as human, you might even be able to play a little sport in college instead of having to stand on the sidelines faking a bad sports injury so you won't kill anyone on the field by accident."

"I guess," and Dave can see how that could work. "But Hummel's scared of me, and you've always said when mom kidnapped you and tied you to the wall it almost destroyed any chance you two had, that it was like being caged against your will," Dave hates being caged. "Won't Fancy hate me when I take him away from his family?" He tries not to think about the fear and pain that comes off the boy in mouth-watering waves and he's glad it's dark so his dad can't see the boner he just got.

His dad goes quiet, thinking it through and trying to find a way to balance Dave's Cursed needs against a human's fragile body and feelings. Mom picked well when she mated this human, Dave's always been glad this man has been in his life, because of him they no longer hid, and Dave's sibs were mated well, his brother had even sired a child, a human child, but a child none the less.

Stirring his dad says, "David, you've shown more control than most Cursed and demonstrated an ability to act human, even going so far as to develop protective instincts for your family. Can you control the urge to mate for a few more months?"

"Um, I guess so," Dave frowns, "I mean I haven't raped him, I just push him around and act threatening."

"Act threatening? Or really threaten?" And dad lifts that eyebrow so Dave scuffs his heel.

"Really threaten, and once I kissed him but it was his fault for encroaching on my territory, and I swear the kiss was closed mouth, no tongue. Afterwards Kurt pushed me away, I wanted to kiss him again or hit him but I left," Dave's proud of that self control, of listening to Kurt's non verbal refusal, though thinking about it that should have been a clue he was sexually interested.

Rubbing the bridge of his nose his dad sighs again, "You kissed him?"

The whole story comes tumbling out and dad doesn't interrupt him once, he nods a few times and praises Dave for not sexually assaulting Kurt and also for not killing the boy who'd confronted Dave on the stairs, he tuts when he hears Dave admit to threatening to kill Kurt and he sighs when he hears about the later encounters.

"I kinda screwed up didn't I," Dave glares at a rock mad at himself.

"Kinda," dad agrees and Dave shrinks into himself, he hates it when his dad gets upset with him, he tries so damn hard to act human but he doesn't always understand. He knows that simply biting Kurt and then starting to mate with him is wrong, that Kurt will fight and scream, that it will hurt Kurt but he doesn't really get why, he's seen human's mate before and it seems to be instinctive, but then again he's seen human's pay to mate and the human offering up the service often fakes it and is disinterested. Humans are crazy in so many ways, and Kurt's instincts won't override his fear of Dave so their mating will be a bad experience for him and not the good one it should be.

Baffled as to how to get Kurt to want to mate with him Dave swings some more and hopes his dad can come up with a plan. Dad helped Marcus and Kitty win their human mates and they happily and enthusiastically mate everyday or every other day, humans could get tired very quickly and needed rests.

Bored he watches moths flit through the starlit air, autumn's here and soon the air will be too cold for their little bodies. Hmm that means Hummel, no Kurt, human's liked to be called by their first names, so that means Kurt will be wrapping up in extra layers and Dave wonders if the boy will wear more silly hats. Dave will have to act interested in the clothes that seem to fascinate the human so much, he's always reminded Dave of a colourful butterfly.

"Crap!" Dave swears.

"What is it David?" His dad is concerned.

"I just realised that by mating Hummel, I mean Kurt, I'm gonna have to pretend to be gay," he huffs annoyed, "The jocks are all homophobic for some reason even the ones that are gay. Well shit, that's gonna suck big time, those assholes will keep hassling me and they might pick on Kurt, if he's my mate I'll have to step up and protect him, do you think the cops will be okay if I kill a few of the jocks?"

Dad blinks a few times and opens his mouth and then closes it, a smile flickers on his face and then vanishes, "David what did we say when we talked about fighting in school?"

"Err not to kill people?" Dave scuffs his foot again, "But dad," he whines, "Kurt will be mine and I'm supposed to defend him aren't I?" He's confused again, humans were so freaking complicated sometimes. He doesn't give a shit about the boy apart from the fact that he'll get a mate, but mom, Marcus and Kitty had all come to care about their mates and he wants a mating like that, he wants to purr when he's petted, to wake up next to his mate, to make his mate happy.

And he'll get to fuck him on a regular basis, sure his hand was good enough to get off on but the way his family acted about mating he knew it would be better.

"Yes you should defend Kurt, well done David," and Dave's chest puffs out, "But killing the jocks will upset people, we'll think about how to handle them too."

"Thanks dad," Dave relaxes and swings some more. A stiff breeze blows through the park and his dad shivers, "Do you want my jacket?"

"Actually let's go home, I need Penny and Anton's help with this," Dad stands up, "It's too dark for me to see now, can you guide me to the car?"

"Sure," Dave leaps up and lets dad put a hand on his shoulder and he faithfully guides dad back to the car being careful to keep him away from trip hazards.

In the car dad backs up and they head to their lair. "Dad?"

"Yes David?"

"How come when other humans are in the dark they get scared but you're never scared?" He's curious, and he wants to know more about human fear so he can help Kurt overcome his so they can get to the mating.

"Because I have nothing to fear when you're there," Dad says simply.

"Oh," it doesn't help him with his problem but it makes him feel good, "Okay."

Pulling up and parking dad leaves the engine running and whispers, "Let me do the talking." Turning off the engine dad gets out and Dave happily follows along, mom takes bad news better from dad anyway, Dave's not really in the mood to flee through the woods and then to get beaten up when his mom catches him.

Walking into the big den, no he has to remember to call it a house, dad asks him, "Where are they all?"

Cocking his head to one side Dave listens, "The heartbeats are all at the back, probably in the main TV room," and he follows dad thought the maze of corridors.

Yep he was right they're all there.

Large comfy sofas are placed around the room so they can all see the TV, Anton had wired in surround sound so the humans can hear too, and Dave wants to be able to lounge on his own sofa with his head in Kurt's lap as his mate pets him.

Eyeing up Marcus who was doing just that he stifles his envy as Penny gently rubs that spot on Marcus' neck making Marcus purr loudly. And then their daughter Violet giggles and helps her mom pet her dad and Marcus purrs louder.

"Paul, my Sweet," mom's sprawled on her sofa and she blinks sleepy looking brown eyes at dad, "How did it go?" A wave of happy loving scent wafts from her to her mate.

"Diane," dad's voice is soft and his love for mom is written on his face and the scents he's now giving off. Yes they had a good mating. "We have a problem."

And mom growls those eyes turning gold as she stalks off the sofa, hiding behind dad Dave peeks out as she snarls, "What did he do?"

"Well he's expelled," dad says and then adds, "And he's mating the boy who's got him expelled."

That stops mom in her tracks, "He's mating?" Sniffing the air she walks up to Dave and shoves her nose against his skin, "I thought you'd just hit your last stage," she inhales more, "Hmm, you're a bit young, is the boy strong?"

"Yeah," Dave smiles, "He's been going toe to toe with the jocks for years."

"Hmm so we're going hunting tonight for your mate?" Mom asks as Kitty and Marcus slink towards us in growing excitement.

"No," dad says firmly, "There will be no hunting of the boy, this Hummel child is afraid of David, enough that he got him expelled, we need to come up with a plan."

"Fine," mom gives in, "You my Sweet and the other humans can come up with a way to help this boy accept his place as my son's mate, we're going out hunting so we can see him for ourselves."

"Di," dad warns.

"We won't be seen," she smiles hungrily, "I'm curious as to the boy who's scent has caught my son's attention."

"No kidnapping him," dad crosses his arms, "You saw how well Marcus and Kitty mated, how much easier it was for Penny and Anton, let's do the same for Kurt and David."

Making a rude noise mom glides over to dad, "Paul, you know it makes me unhappy that I made you unhappy during our own mating," she caresses dad's face, "we all agreed to do this your way," dad doesn't hear the muttered, "for now."

"Fine," and dad kisses mom on the mouth, "just be careful."

"Always," mom waves and we leave running through the den's halls silently.

Bursting out into the night they fall back and for the first time Dave leads the way, of course he knows where Kurt lives, and he quickly plans their route and lopes ahead of them. Behind him they fan out and they all scan the area as they move rapidly through Lima.

No one notices them and he loops around and comes at Kurt's den from the back, there's no need to call attention to them in the streetlamps that dot the road. Kurt's scent hits Dave and he growls longing to get in Kurt's face and to push him. Now he knows what it is he controls the urge and stops, leaning against a tree he stares at the house from the dark of the tree line.

Marcus sniffs the air and sneezes, "He's the softer smell?" And Dave nods, "He uses many products," which was a polite way of saying Kurt stinks.

"I know, you should see what he wears," Dave rolls his eyes, "Fancy loves strange clothes, one set made my eyes really tired."

Leaping into the tree mom settles herself down, "You've named him?"

"Yeah," Dave nods, and that must have been the giveaway his dad picked up on. "He feels like a Fancy to me."

They accept it and go back to watching the house. He knows it baffles dad that they can stand or crouch for hours when they hunt but have no patience for waiting and quickly get bored anywhere else.

"Did you bite him yet?" Mom asks.

"No I didn't even realise I was beginning to enter the mating cycle with him," Dave frowns, "I should have realised, I know all the signs. I singled him out, I stalked him, I pushed him around, I even accused him of sneaking in the locker room to peek at my junk."

"It happens," mom says, "Once, before I met and mated Marcus' sire, I mated a human, well I nearly mated a human," she sighs, "I didn't realise either, it was as if the thinking part of me turned off, I followed the woman, I entered her den and took her things or moved them, and when she panicked I was barely able to stop myself from pouncing. It wasn't until a horse bolted dragging a cart with it and ran her down so she died, that I realised the connection was the beginning of a mating bond."

He often forgets his mom grew up well over a hundred years ago, hell Marcus was coming up to his eightieth year. It sucked being just in his teens, but if he mated Kurt the chance of him mating later on were less, and if he made the kind of mating he wanted he'd pine to death after Kurt anyway.

Why the fuck did he have to choose Kurt? He wanted to wait until his twenties or thirties to mate, preferably someone younger than him. He had plans. Damn instincts ruining his life.

The back door bangs open and he sees Burt Hummel wander out, "Damn it Kurt I don't care if you're organising the wedding, that doesn't excuse you from your chores, now do the trash or I'll wear my old tux tomorrow."

"Dad!" An annoyed Kurt appears and huddles from the cold, "I'm trying to make your wedding a truly memorable moment in yours and Carole's life. The perfect start to a new life, for you both."

"I know that kiddo, and just think how great it's gonna be with no trash piling up inside," Burt points to the trash can, "Come on, I'd do it myself but you'd end up giving me a lecture for an hour on my heart and not overdoing it if I did."

Huffing the boy vanishes inside then reappears bundled up in some huge coat hauling a bag over his shoulder. Dumping it in the can he starts dragging it along the ground grumbling under his breath about what the cold wind was doing to his skin.

"I can give you a hand if you want," Burt watches his son struggling and Dave can smell a mixture of amusement and worry from the man.

"I've got it dad," Kurt says clearly not having got it at all.

"He's kinda scrawny," Kitty remarks.

"Not too short though," Marcus mentions.

"And you said he went up against the bigger, stronger kids at that school?" Mom asks.

"Yep, they pick on him everyday, he smells of fear and often of pain, but he won't back down from them," Dave realises he feels proud that his mate's so strong inside, and Kurt can leave the heavy stuff for Dave to handle from now on.

Putting the trash out Kurt skips up the drive and heads back in the warm. Outside Dave and his family stay for a few more hours listening to the household go to sleep.

Running back home Dave again takes the lead and almost dances in joy. He's coming to accept his mating, there's no point in fighting it, his instincts will have made the right choice.

Bounding into the building that's their den he picks up the sound of heartbeats and hunts them down. Dad, Penny and Anton are still talking, another human thing, why talk all the time? Little Violet was fast asleep in her mom's lap, Penny's arms tenderly cuddling her.

"You're back," dad smiles, "Did you have fun?"

They all nod and move closer, mom strokes dad's hair, "Did you come up with a plan?"

The three human's exchange glances and smell anxious, "You might not like it," dad says, "It might take time to win Kurt's interest in mating, and he's very young."

Balancing on the balls on his feet Dave shrugs, "It's kinda like hunting him then? But using human ways?"

"Exactly," Penny beams at him, "We'll speak to our agent handlers in the morning and start it moving. Paul says Kurt's dad's getting married so even though Kurt will be going through some big upheavals in his life he'll be thinking about marriage, it's as good a time as any."

Dave nods politely not really getting it, but if Kurt was more receptive to mating then that was a good thing.

They've decided to let Burt and Carole get married and then after the wedding to move in with agency back up and relocate the newly formed family into the Karofsky home here, that way Kurt wouldn't feel too alone and he'd have family to fall back on if the mating got too intense.

"Why?" Kitty frowns looking confused.

"From the rumours around town," dad explains, "Kurt's never had a boyfriend, this is a big moment for a human teen, yes most tend to throw it away these days but from what little I saw of Kurt he's not one of them, a mating is a very intense and physical time, he's going to need his own dad to help him deal with it. And now his dad is getting married it's easier to move the whole family here."

"Oh, okay," Kitty nods just as baffled as before, they all nod and pretend they understand.

Humans were so weird.

The meeting broke up and the humans went to bed, they needed a lot of sleep, Dave knows that Marcus and Kitty used to have to stay the whole night with their mates and fake sleeping, he sighs quietly, he's gonna be so fucking bored, but if it makes the mating easier on Kurt so the boy will pet him he'll do it.

A/N: Sorry for any and all mistakes, I've tried to catch those I could, but I'm only human.

Additional warnings, Dave is a shapeshifter so at some point a dash of bestiality will come into the story, there will be touches of violence, homophobia (from the jocks at the very least), misunderstandings, dub con as I've already said, blood shed and I'm sure others as well as mentioned MPreg. Never non con.

As I've had such a positive feedback (thank you so much for your kind reviews) I've decided to post once a month (at the beginning of each month starting with chapter 2 in a few days) as this story is driving me crazy and wants to be written, and as with my other stories, this one won't be that short (why can't I write short stories, why?). Thank you and I hope you bear with me over the coming months, once I've finished I'll post the remaining chapters once a day for you (don't hold your breath this will take some time).