Title: you're listening for a song that I don't know, that no one has yet sung

Fandom: Highlander/Glee

Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Denise Levertov

Warnings: AU after "Born This Way" for Glee; post-series for Highlander

Pairings: Kurt/Puck

Rating: PG

Wordcount: 240

Point of view: third

Notes: for maldeluxx, who wanted a gleek future!pov

Rachel spent ten years on Broadway. She called Mercedes once and told her that she'd seen Puck and Kurt after a show.

Kurt was a mystery to everyone who knew him in Lima. He'd broken up with Blaine the summer between junior and senior year, graduated top of their class, gone to NYU, graduated top of his class there—and vanished. He still called and emailed, but hadn't been home in five years. Finn said he called his father the most, once or twice a week, and he emailed Finn little tidbits about his life.

Puck disappeared after graduation, but Finn said he sent money home to his mom and sister, which was more than his father ever had.

But one night, Rachel told Mercedes, who shared the story with everyone else, Rachel was leaving after a performance and saw Kurt leaning against the wall outside, smiling at someone whose face Rachel couldn't see. Broad shoulders, yes, and adorably curly hair, and a deep laugh that sounded familiar.

Kurt caught her eye and smiled, then his companion turned and it took Rachel a moment to recognize Noah Puckerman. They both still looked so young, like they were in McKinley's halls again.

Noah winked at her, Kurt smiled again, and they were gone.

"She probably just saw two boys who looked like 'em," Mercedes said to Quinn at their monthly lunch.

"Most likely," Quinn replied, and the conversation moved on.