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hale-of-stiles-heart · 5 years

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mistletoe woes

I finally managed to rewrite the rough draft I finished last week (which feels like forever ago tbh) so voila! For the sentence starter: “Is that mistletoe?” (Also on ao3!)

With the winter holidays quickly approaching, Principal Nezu had quite magnanimously agreed to grant the students of UA a week-long break so that they could return to their homes and spend Christmas with their families.

The unexpected announcement had come as a shock to many who had simply assumed that their hero training would continue through the holidays. It was UA, after all, and it wasn't like pro heroes could expect to have holidays off.

But all the students were ecstatic despite their surprise, none more so than the students of Class A. With the year they'd had so far, a nice break was exactly what they needed.

But that wasn't all they needed, according to one Ashido Mina. Mere moments after Principal Nezu's announcement, she had made one of her own, insisting that they have a party to celebrate the holidays together.

She had claimed that in addition to just being fun, it would do good for class morale. That had instantly intrigued Iida.

As class representative, he was constantly in search of different ways to engage the class in group bonding activities. At the mere suggestion of a class party, he had started babbling to himself about the logistics and estimated costs of a party for twenty people, more if anyone decided to invite their friends from other classes.

As though some kind of weird domino effect had been initiated, Midoriya had joined in on the absentminded muttering, rubbing his chin and scrunching his face up in thought. He and Iida had awkwardly migrated to one of the common room couches, sitting side by side while talking to themselves.

While they had discussed things with themselves, the rest of the class had erupted into conversations of their own. Without bothering to wait for Iida to approve it ("It's not like he's our dad," Kaminari had helpfully pointed out) they had begun talking about the party like an inevitability rather than a hypothetical scenario.

Jiro, Tokoyami, and Kaminari had immediately started talking about music, already brimming with ideas for playlists. Jiro and Tokoyami wanted to keep it rather varied with songs from multiple genres in order to cater to everyone's unique tastes while Kaminari had insisted that they play mostly Christmas music.

Fortunately, Sero had stepped in and very diplomatically suggested that they make a compromise. Carefully defusing the situation like it was a hostage scenario not a simple argument over music, he had pointed out that they could do both, additionally suggesting that they include Christmas cover songs from a variety of different genres.

Meanwhile, Yaoyorozu, Hagakure, and Aoyama had immediately launched into a lively conversation about decorations. In a matter of minutes, they had sketched out plans for everything decoration-related, from what specific decorations they wanted to where they would go and how much everything would cost.

Though rather down-to-earth and modest to a fault, Yaoyorozu was still a rich girl at heart and had excitedly squealed at just the prospect of a shopping spree. The others had eagerly agreed, already discussing what they should wear for the party.

On the other side of the room, Sato had started talking to Shoji and Koda about cooking for the party, claiming it would be a good opportunity to practice cooking in larger batches. He had then rattled off a handful of desserts that would be a good fit for a Christmas party, listing off cheesecake, chocolate cake, sugar cookies, and Dutch apple pie.

Koda and Shoji had nearly drooled all over themselves just at the mere mention of the promised desserts. Not that they could be held accountable, Sato's baking was ridiculously good. If he ever decided not to become a pro hero, he could have his own cooking show, no problem.

The rest of the class had divided themselves up into small groups to talk about other party-related things from balloons and banners to if and how they should rearrange the furniture for the party. They discussed outfits and party themes and color schemes and anything else they could possibly think of.

Uraraka and Tsu ended up talking about how they would get supplies for the party. Ultimately, they concluded that they would have to go to Mr. Aizawa and the principal for permission to leave campus and go shopping.

Eventually, Yaoyorozu had taken over party planning responsibilities. Mentioning the previous times she had helped to organize parties (typically with her parents for various charity events) she had promptly started delegating different duties to her classmates.

Uraraka, Tsu, Sato, Koda, Shoji, Aoyama, and Hagakure were tasked with going to the mall to collect the necessary supplies for the party. These supplies ranged from everything between Christmas decorations to food supplies to new clothes.

Fortunately, Yaoyorozu had thought to provide them with an extremely detailed list. She had also let them borrow some cash, just the sight of which had nearly given Uraraka a nosebleed.

Jiro, Kaminari, Tokoyami, Ashido, and Sero had been put in charge of the music, left to work out the kinks with their party playlists amongst themselves. Luckily, they all got along exceedingly well so there was no real hardship there.

The rest of the class was charged with assisting the others with cooking, cleaning, and decorating. This so-called 'reserve' team consisted of Ojiro, Midoriya, Iida, Todoroki, Kirishima, and (begrudgingly) Mineta.

Yaoyorozu had quite wisely decided not to assign Bakugo to any group. She was well aware that the hot-headed teen would rather explode his own face than listen to someone else's instructions.

Speaking of the explosive blond, he had left the common room almost immediately after the announcement of the party. Rolling his eyes, he had turned on his heel to stomp up the stairs to return to his room, scoffing about how fucking stupid they all were.

But it was no matter. Barely a week later, the promised Christmas party was in full swing.

All of Class A was in attendance in addition to a handful of students from other classes. Tetsutetsu and Kendo from Class B were there, invited by Kirishima and Yaoyorozu, respectively. They were excitedly telling anyone who would listen about their most recent date.

Shinso Hitoshi from Class C and Hatsume Mei from the Support class had also been invited, both of them mingling with the rest of the students in attendance. Shinso was leaning against a wall, looking as bored as ever while talking to Uraraka and Jiro; meanwhile, Hatsume was pestering Iida.

The entire ground floor of the Class A building had been converted into a veritable winter wonderland thanks to Yaoyorozu's ingenuity and Aoyama's sense of style. Green and red decorations filled the common room and kitchen, complemented by hints of gold, silver, and white.

Faux pine garlands were hung on the walls alongside wreaths and stockings. All of which were dusted with fake snow and decorated with plastic gold bells and red velvet bows.

White fairy lights, shaped like snowflakes and stars, were strung up around the common room. They cast the large room in a dim, intimate, almost dreamy light.

In one corner, by the large television, there was an artificial Christmas tree wrapped in shiny red tinsel and decorated with gold and silver ornaments. An illuminated star rested atop the tree, glowing a bright white.

The coffee table in the center of the common room had transformed into a small buffet table hosting various appetizers, all of which had been carefully made with love by Sato. There were glazed meatballs, cheese plates, beef sliders, cheese tartlets, sashimi, korokke, gyoza, and kushiyaki.

The kitchen counters were loaded with even more food, crockpots and serving trays full of entrees nestled beside plates of desserts that looked pretty enough to be on the covers of baking magazines. Sato had made as much food as he possibly could, from main dishes like gyukatsu and miso salmon to cherry cheesecake and homemade manju.

And between the kitchen and the common room was Kirishima's favorite part of the party.

Hung from the wide wall opening that led into the kitchen, nestled in a bit of gilded garland, was a bough of mistletoe. It was tied up with a strip of pretty red ribbon, its leaves a bright shade of green and its berries as white as snow.

It had been Hagakure's idea. The hopeless romantic that she was, she had insisted that it was a necessary holiday tradition despite Iida's many protests about it being nothing but trouble and Mineta's utterly creepy enthusiasm about it.

Ultimately, she had put it up with the help of Uraraka while Iida was busy lecturing Kaminari about daring to suggest they have Yaoyorozu make them some alcohol for the party. It was another useless argument from Iida considering Yaoyorozu had already revealed a few bottles of wine she had created, claiming that her parents always let her enjoy a glass or two of Cabernet Sauvignon during the holidays.

Anyhow, that single scandalous bunch of mistletoe provided a unique opportunity for Kirishima. An opportunity for him to finally, finally, finally kiss Bakugo.

His ridiculous, thoroughly embarrassing, super mega gay crush on Bakugo the that had probably started way back at the beginning of the semester if he was being totally honest with himself had quickly blossomed into something so deeply rooted within his chest that he wasn't even sure if he could still just call it a crush.

It was more like infatuation. Or captivation. Or enamorment. Or, as Kaminari often liked to call it, self-destructive puppy love.

Either way, Kirishima's whatever-you-want-to-call-it on Bakugo was getting worse each and every day. To the point that he was finding it increasingly difficult to restrain himself from flat out ruining their friendship by confessing his feelings out of the blue one day or stopping one of their study sessions to grab Bakugo and finally kiss his stupidly handsome face.

Somehow, whether it was due to his own self-restraint or his old bad habit of freezing up when he should be launching into action rearing its ugly, inconvenient head, Kirishima hadn't done that. Instead, he had tried his hardest to hide his painfully obvious crush on his best friend.

Clearly, it hadn't worked very well since Kaminari, who could admittedly be rather dense sometimes, had picked up on it almost immediately. Before that, Sero had realized it and sworn his undying loyalty to Kirishima, promising to help him pick up the pieces if Bakugo wound up breaking his heart; whether it was intentional or not.

But now Kirishima was sick and tired of pining. He was going to finally make a move, consequences be damned. If only Bakugo would walk into the damn kitchen.

For the past forty five minutes or so, after shooing Mineta away from the mistletoe with a kick to the back of the head, Kirishima had been lingering on the threshold between the kitchen and the common room. Nursing a red plastic cup of Sato's homemade eggnog, he kept his eyes trained on Bakugo.

The blond had reluctantly made an appearance at the party, essentially dragged out of his room by Sero and Jiro, both of whom had insisted that he only had to stay for two hours and then he could return to his room to brood or do whatever the hell it was he did when he was alone.

For whatever reason, Bakugo had agreed with minimal (for him, anyway) arguing rather than blowing up the entire party like most of the class expected him to. No matter the reason, Kirishima was grateful. Even if Bakugo hadn't moved from his spot on the other side of the common room for the past hour.

In typical Bakugo fashion, he hadn't bothered to dress up for the festive event. At least, not like everybody else had.

Nearly everyone had worn some sort of Christmas or winter-related clothing from ugly holiday sweaters to funny holiday t-shirts to the classic red Santa hats that Yaoyorozu had handed out at the beginning of the party. For example, Shinso was wearing a deep red sweater decorated with cats and the words 'Meowy Christmas’, while Yaoyorozu was wearing a more traditional Fair Isle sweater.

Predictably, Midoriya head donned a green Christmas sweater a few shades darker than his hair, emblazoned with a cross-stitched image of All Might in a Santa hat. Kaminari had managed to find a Pikachu Christmas sweater that, to his intense delight, actually lit up when a button within the sleeve was pressed.

And Kirishima himself had decided to wear the novelty sweater his moms had given the previous year. Bright red to match his hair, it featured a great white shark rising out of the waves, a Santa hat on its head as it flashed its sharp teeth.

In stark contrast, Bakugo was dressed relatively casual. He was wearing a deep red t-shirt under an unbuttoned black dress shirt and what had to be the tightest pair of jeans he owned. They were worlds away from his usual baggy pants, briefly making Kirishima wonder if they were new.

Whether or not they were, they were unbelievably unfair. Hell, his whole entire outfit was unfair. Kirishima was way too gay for this. Especially the way the t-shirt showed off just a hint of Bakugo's collarbone.

Again, getting back to the point, Kirishima was lingering beneath the mistletoe, eyes on Bakugo, just waiting for him to walk into the kitchen for a snack or a refill on his drink. For the past sixty-something minutes, he had been drinking the same cup of eggnog.

Was he even drinking it? There was no way Bakugo was that slow of a drinker, right?

Regardless, Kirishima had been left waiting for what seemed like an eternity, impatiently watching Bakugo out of the corner of his eye. He only left his spot to move aside whenever anyone else strolled into the kitchen.

He would smile politely at them and move out of their way to avoid any embarrassing incidents. The last thing he wanted was to kiss a straight guy or, worse, a girl.

Not that there was anything wrong with a little platonic kissing between friends. But Kirishima was too busy waiting for a certain blond hothead to cross his path to think about kissing his other friends.

Kirishima was too caught up in these thoughts to notice that someone had wandered under the mistletoe with him. It was only when someone let out a loud wolf whistle and someone else joined in with a suggestive hoot that he finally realized it.

Shaking himself, he blinked a few times, belatedly adjusting to the sight of the person standing before him. To his immense disappointment, it wasn't Bakugo.

Instead, it was Class A's resident pretty boy: Todoroki.

Todoroki himself looked extremely confused, looking back over his shoulder at Kaminari who was whistling and Ashido who was cheering a bit too enthusiastically. Frowning to himself, he glanced between Kirishima and the others then back again.

Letting out a small chuckle at the look of pure perplexment on poor Todoroki's face, Kirishima took pity on him and pointed upward. Todoroki followed the path of Kirishima's finger, craning his neck to look up at the instantly recognizable, parasitic plant dangling above them.

"Is that mistletoe?" Todoroki asked no one in particular, his voice devoid of any inflection whatsoever. After a moment, he looked back at Kirishima, raising his brows in a silent question.

Biting down on a smile in an unsuccessful attempt to stop it completely, Kirishima just nodded. Smile widening at Todoroki's suddenly flustered appearance, a violent blush spreading across his cheeks and the bridge of his nose, Kirishima shrugged and, as casually as he could, said, "So, what d'ya say? For tradition's sake?"

He offered Todoroki what he hoped was a reassuring smile. He was just about to assure Todoroki that he was in no way obligated to actually kiss him when the other boy gave one single definitive nod of his head.

Kirishima just shrugged again. It was just a kiss. Just a quick, harmless peck on the lips.

Todoroki definitely wasn't Bakugo but it wasn't like it would be terrible. It could be much worse. He could have gotten stuck under the mistletoe with Mineta.

Puckering his lips a bit, he closed his eyes and leaned in towards Todoroki, blindly aiming for the other boy's lips. He could feel Todoroki's breath on his lips when suddenly there was a dull smacking sound and something hard and solid whacked into the side of his chin.

Kirishima's eyes snapped open in time for him to see Bakugo roughly shouldering Todoroki out of his way, face twisted up in an angry scowl. Shoving Todoroki side, he growled, "Get the fuck outta my way, dumbass fucking candy cane."

In the following ten seconds or so, Kirishima processed quite a lot. One, Bakugo had decided to push Todoroki out of his way instead of just walking around him like a normal person. Two, he had just used a holiday-themed insult in place of his usual jab of 'half and half bastard'.

Third (and perhaps most importantly), Bakugo was now standing under the mistletoe with him. And fourth and finally, he wasn't moving.

Standing off to the side, Todoroki awkwardly lingered, glancing between Kirishima and Bakugo. When Bakugo noticed that Todoroki was still there, he turned to snap at him, practically snarling, "Fuck off, IcyHot."

Shaking his head at Bakugo's rather brusque dismissal, Todoroki turned and continued into the kitchen, refilling his plastic cup with eggnog. Without so much as another glance at Bakugo or Kirishima, he returned to the common room where Kaminari and Ashido were now eagerly gaping at their two friends beneath the mistletoe.

"Fuckin' loser," Bakugo scoffed, downing the last bit of his drink before crushing the plastic cup in his hand and tossing it into the nearby trash can. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand as he turned back to Kirishima.

Kirishima swallowed heavily, stealing a not-so-subtle peek up at the mistletoe overhead. Meeting Bakugo's eyes, he pointed upward again, barely managing to shakily point out, "Uh, dude, you realize you're under the mistletoe with me now, right?"

Bakugo just snorted. "So fucking what?"

Without any further, he fisted a hand in the front of Kirishima's sweater to tug him into a kiss that he would think about all throughout their holiday break.

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spaceorphan18 · 7 years

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Finding Kurt Hummel: Props

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3x20: Props

I have such a love-hate relationship with this episode. On the one hand, they did one of the best things the show ever did with the bodyswaping stuff. On the other, we get twenty minutes of Rachel stalking Carmen Tibideaux and Tina bowing down at the alter that is Rachel. And interestingly, this episode really cuts in half, as the first half actually has to do with getting ready for nationals, and the second half is solely about Rachel and Tina, and the Puck/Beiste story lines. The nice part is that Kurt doesn’t have to do much with either of those plot lines, so I can skip a bunch of it. Whoot!

Gender Identity

So -- we open this episode with Sue dragging Kurt and Mercedes in her office to talk about Unique becoming the darling of the show choir world. Sue believes it’s because a gimmicky boy dressing up as a girl thing, and blames Kurtcedes for the idea (even though it was hers). I love the constant confusion on Mercedes’s face during this scene. Kurt follows her a little more, and is a bit more annoyed by the whole thing.

I’d like to take a second and say yay! for the return of Kurtcedes. Not that they really do anything together in this scene, but I always like to point out that their friendship is far from over. :)

Anyway, the crux of Sue’s big idea is that she wants Kurt to dress up like a girl. And Kurt is just not having it.

Kurt: Just because I’m gay does not mean I like to dress up as a woman.

And Kurt getting straight to the point. As stated in Saturday Night Gleever -- there’s a difference between being gay and being transgender, or being transgender and liking to cross dress. I think, also, leading to conversations about the difference between expression and identity. It’s kind of cool that Glee is presented these ideas and having this narrative -- especially since this is before transgender became the forefront of public conversation.

Mercedes points out that Kurt dressed up as a woman for Halloween. And hold on, let’s take a second and talk about this little bit of brilliance. Remember when this came out, and there was a still, and we couldn’t figure out who was standing with Darren for a half second? Lol. I love this little tidbit so much -- I’m sad we never really got a Halloween episode. I’m sad we didn’t get more Klaine couples outfits. I’m sad we didn’t get conversations Klaine had about their couples outfits. Man...

But I digress. Kurt’s argues that Halloween costume is just that -- and he’s not going to go on stage in a dress, because that’s not who he is, no matter how many kilts he owns ;)

As we get into Nationals discussion with the whole group, Sue still insists that Kurt will be featured -- in the Trouble Tones number (!!!) -- as he dresses up as a girl. Kurt’s still not having it. I also love that Blaine is totally WTF, Sue in this scene.

There’s also a beat after this that just cracks me up -- where Sue says something offensive like -- you’ll do as you’re told he-she. Kurt, omg, devil glare if I ever saw one. But it’s Blaine’s reaction that’s priceless. He’s like -- wait, what did you just say? Yeah, no, Kurt is not that.

As Sue calls Kurt a transsexual. OMG, Sue, stop.

Anyway -- we get into the ‘props’ part of the episode, and where this plot line recycles season 1 Hairography. But, I will say, this entire scene has a lot of hilarious little beats in it, and totally worth watch in its entirety.

Also -- we get into Tina ripping down Will, and then ripping down Rachel. I’m so, so sorry we get a complete 180 of her by the end of the episode because this part is so brilliantly done, and so meta on a lot of levels, it’s unbelievable. But GAAAAHHHH the backtracking. Don’t get me started!! (I’ve just noticed this episode was written and directed by Ian Brennan. No wonder I want to throw things at it.)

Body-Swapping

Before we get into the brilliant body swapping stuff, we get this mini-Klaine scene, where Blaine is reiterating Kurt’s earlier point -- being gay does not mean automatic enjoyment of crossdressing, or identifying as another gender. I’m kind of endeared by how indignant Blaine is on Kurt’s behalf. If I had to guess, they’ve been talking about it all day, (week?).

Also -- can we take a second and adore that Kurt and Blaine are sitting in massage chairs in the mall just hanging out. I kind of wish we had gotten to see more of this daily life side of their relationship.

Anyway -- so Tina comes along, and is rightfully pissed off at Mike for defending Rachel. I mean, yeah, dude, have some pride in your girlfriend. And the Tina slips into the water fountain and hits her head, and then we get the brilliant spot in the episode.

Yes -- that’s right -- Finn and Puck are now Kurt and Blaine. America have you shit yourself yet, lol?

Alright, so let’s talk about this a second. I know it’s Tina’s fantasy, but I think there are some interesting things going on here.

First of all, Cory was fantastic as Kurt -- he goes for that high voice and that poised look, and while he’s a little too tall and gangling to pull it off, I love it, it’s awesome. I’m not entirely sure what Mark Salling is doing with Blaine -- is it a William Shatner version of Blaine? Lol -- I think it lends itself more on the parody side of things, but I’m still entertained. I’m a little sad Darren didn’t get to do much as Puck, sadly.

Anyway -- it’s interesting here that they bring up the whole Dance With Somebody scandal. Blaine’s still got issues and Kurt tries to comfort him, yet they’re kind of bickering about it (while being endearing as Finn-Kurt brushes dirt off Puck-Blaine’s shoulder). I know this is Tina’s fantasy -- but it’d be interesting if there was some basis of reality there -- that it’s not all about Blaine the best and dutiful boyfriend, that all wasn’t patched up in Emma’s office. There are little cracks there that are going to lead into season four’s break ups. It’s kind of fascinating. I’m just sorry that the show has to play it off in this way, as comedic, and in someone’s fantasy.

Let’s take a second and talk about Chris playing Finn. And how utterly amazing it is. He just nails the mannerisms and speech pattern. OMG -- I love everything about this little moment. It’s perfect.

I’m not a big fan of this song, but man, it’s worth watching over and over just to see how everyone portrays everyone else. It’s so much fun. And Kudos to Jane and Matt who really outdo themselves in flipping Will and Sue.

So -- we get Finn-Kurt and Puck-Blaine looking all lovey at each other and, gasp, holding hands. Now, I’ve done how many of these now? Do you know how man times the real Kurt and Blaine have held hands during someone’s solo? Zero. In fact, the one time it looks like they do more than look at each other, it was cut.

Aaannd, here’s where you can tell Glee is pushing to see how far they can go. Don’t get me wrong, I love this moment, and giggle every time I see it, because it is a cute/funny moment. But -- I think it’s a statement, too. Because apparently the show can do m/m affection when it’s funny, just not when it’s serious. And, yeah, that is frustrating. And actually, I’d like to point out that Mercedes and Artie and Brittany and Santana are even more all over each other, and kiss at one point during this song. So yes -- this is why I think the censors were all over gay affection in season three. Because they got away with it here, and the show went out of its way to purposely make a joke out if it.

So yeah, after some plot related Tina-Rachelnes, we’re back to reality. As fun as it was, I would not trade in the real Klaine.

Props

All I can think about is controlled danger. That’s not a Kurt look. That’s a Chris look. Lol.

This is also another little scene with a lot of hilarious little bits. I’m so sad the second half of this episode is so awful, because the first half is amazing.

As Will relearns what he was taught in Hairography, Sue insists, again, that Kurt dress up as a girl. Man, this is getting old, tbh. But I’m assuming it’s set up for Puck coming in dressed as a woman? At least Kurt seems to have some kind of idea that doesn’t involve welding.

It actually involves more showchoir spying. Man, this feels almost like a season 1 Kurt throwback, though I suppose season 2 is when Kurt first started his showchoir spying. Lol. At least he seems to be better in his second attempt.

Kurt’s stolen them some footage of Vocal Adrenaline rehearsing. I love that Kurt’s redone the footage in black and white because he worships The Artist. Also -- they do the human centipede that looks suspiciously like a specific sex move, and something Blaine claims looks ‘not that hard’. Fantastic.

Man, how many eye rolls can Kurt give to Sue in this episode. Anyway, this is the scene where Puck comes in dressed up as a girl -- because a real man can wear a dress, or some such nonsense. I kind of wish we saw Kurt’s reaction to the whole thing, but we don’t.

And this is smack dab in the middle of the episode. After this, it all goes down hill as we get Rachel brainwashing Tina, and continuation of the Puck/Beiste story. This episode is so weirdly paced, because it was going so well in the first half, and this second half is just -- not great. The Puck/Beiste stuff works more so, but was barely set up in the first half of the episode. It’s so weird.

The nice thing is that I get to skip all of it, because Kurt (and everyone who is not Rachel, Tina, Puck, and Beiste) is not involved.

Flashdance to Nationals

And now we’re at the end of the episode -- where Kurt’s listening to Sam’s impressions as Rachel spouts off about their different personality aspects are what makes them unique, ya de da. I’m a little preoccupied with Kurt’s hoodie. I think this it’s the most casual thing we’ve seen him wear up to this point, and I’m slightly fascinated by it.

Rachel and Tina flashdacne their way onto the bus to nationals. Kurt doesn’t turn around at any point, but I can recognize that shimmy dance anywhere, lol. Alright guys -- we’re almost at the end of season 3!

#finding kh #kurt hummel

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