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slipping-through-my-fingertips · 3 years

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If Glee did a Taylor Swift Tribute Episode...

Just my opinions, feel free to add on to them. I know I have some fellow gleek swifties following me. I’d love to hear your thoughts. Obviously they have to do some of the hits but I think some people would have some out of the box picks.

*This post assumes all Taylor songs are available to choose from as of May 14th 2021 but focuses on Taylor’s first 6 albums (if you want more glee and Taylor I have fics with that; LOVER and FOLKLORE) and takes liberties with where this episode’s placement is in terms of canon. But since it’s all made up anyway who cares (but Blaine’s involved so I guess season 3 idk).*

Okay, trying to do a full plot here (completely inspired by @kurtdeservesbetter head canon posts. I hope this lives up to her fabulous posts). This will be my version of glee so everyone gets solos and Rachel can’t hog the spotlight. Also, this is about to be super long (both post wise and episode wise).

Let’s open the first episode with

...Ready For It because the New Directions are in their reputation era. Santana does the opening cough centerstage. Everyone in black and/or camo green outfits (can you just see Kurt in a dark green bedazzled snake jacket, Santana in a black leather dress, and Tina digging out some goth clothes for people to borrow?), snakes everywhere, but probably no Karyn (she just wouldn’t fit on the auditorium stage). Santana takes the first verse but we have Blaine step up for verse 2. (I just love their friendship in the Michael tribute, cute little badasses are BACK. Also him singing “Burton to this Taylor” is such a Klaine thing to do).

Everyone is still dressed in their rep outfits but we’re in the choir room now. Mr. Schue is talking about why Taylor had to disappear and clap back with rep, how rough the industry is for women and tries to uplift the ladies in the room and encourage them to not silence their voices (cue snarky comment from Santana about Rachel needing to be silent).

Then, Mr. Schue goes on about how you can only understand how Taylor got to her rep era by studying her earlier music. So we have a performance of Tim McGraw. Simple, front of the choir room performance, maybe Puck does guitar, and sitting on stools.

Everyone is surprised to find out how pumped Sam is for this assignment but he is all over it. “It's about time we did some country in this room.” Cue Sam and Quinn at her locker talking about their ‘date’ last night, Sam’s all cute and teasing and Quinn is not into it. She tells him it was fun but she was wrong, they shouldn’t do this again. In turn, he does a wonderful performance of Bye Bye Baby. He thought it was more but clearly he’s “a part of her past.”

Then, we’re in the empty choir room. Tina and Mike are there. (I love their cutesy duets) They sing Everything Has Changed and it’s utterly adorable. Can’t you hear Mike asking Tina if she’s “good to go” like Ed does? And while we’re on the subject of cute duets and RED, we flash to the courtyard to see Santana and Brittany. They turn Stay Stay Stay into a duet. “I’ve been loving you for quite some time,” “before you I only dated self-indulgent takers who took all their problems out on me,” “no one else is gonna love me when I’m mad, mad, mad,” and “it’s occurring to me that I’d like to hang out with you for my whole life” it’s perfect for them. Adorable ladies kisses are had.

Let’s toss in some boy drama for fun. Idk shit about football but somehow Puck is praised by their coach over Finn, which gets him all pissy, and Puck’s upset and jealous because Finn is back with Quinn now (this is why Quinn shut Sam now earlier, she changed her mind). Can we say duet of Bad Blood? “So if you’re coming my way...just don’t.”

After their dramatics, we have a Brittany solo in the choir room. It’s after school at this point (or whenever glee club is). Brittany does You’ll Always Find You Way Back Home.

When she finishes Mr. Schue tries to explain that it’s a Hannah Montana song. Britt injects that it’s confusing how she’s really Miley Cryus “like how can you be two people at once?”. Before Mr. Schue can continue, Kurt pipes up “you never specified that the songs had to be sung by Taylor Swift, just that they were her songs.” Mercedes adds, “yeah, Mr. Schue, Taylor wrote that song.” Mr. Schue concedes that he has once again been outwitted by Kurtcedes. The friends do their little hand shake thing.

With a sigh, Mr. Schue asks Mike if he’s ready to go and Mike asks to take things to the auditorium for some dancing room. Everyone’s on stage with him and it’s kind of a group number but Mike is the focus. It’s Shake It Off. All inspired by the music video. He’s tried to fit in elsewhere (i.e. football, with the smart kids, etc..) but he’s really himself in glee when he’s dancing.

Part 2 of Taylor Tribute Episodes

We begin with an ALL GIRL NUMBER of A Place In This World. Just because.

Glee is dismissed and we zoom in on Artie. He’s watching Tina with Mike and Brittany with Santana. Both Tina and Britt have broken his heart by this point. So, he’s rolling down the halls singing A Perfectly Good Heart. While Artie’s soloing, we cut to Rachel watching Finn and Quinn chatting. Artie’s song playing over this scene. Rachel is feeling similar to him at the moment.

She’s pretty sure Finn dumped her to be with Quinn again even though Kurt and Blaine told her they saw Quinn and Sam at the movies last night together making out in the back row. Fine, if that’s how he’s going to be, she doesn’t need him anyway. Cue Mr. Perfectly Fine. Uber dramatic solo performance walking around McKinley’s halls watching Finn and Quinn together ending in the auditorium alone. (see what I did there, both broken hearted peeps singing a song with Perfectly in it (this was not at all planned, actually, happy accident))

After some good old heartbreak, we have Kurt and Blaine on screen. Blaine walks into the auditorium to see Kurt sitting on the edge of the stage. “What’s all the fuss?” he asks from the door. Kurt had texted him “EMERGENCY.” The band starts to play and Kurt just starts singing, Enchanted. It’s time to profess their love for each other, just like they sing Perfect together in the car, this duet needs no audience. Blaine catches up and sings while walking towards his boyfriend. It’s very reminiscent of past New Directions competitions where they come in from the back and make their way to the stage. “Wondering if you knew I was enchanted to meet you?” Kurt and Blaine both know the answer to that question now but just a few months ago they were both wondering that exact thing.

They kiss before we cut to Kurt and Blaine walking hand in hand into the choir room where everyone else is already. Mr. Schue is praising the performances thus far and of course asks Rachel if she’s ready to solo (some practice for her completion solo). This causes an uproar from Mercedes and Santana. Another classic argument of how she gets too many solos. Mr. Schue tries to shut them both down but Santana tells Rachel to watch her back, and we get three very different reactions to this.

All three girls storm out.

First, we visit Mercedes alone in the courtyard. This solo is all about being hurt over this great thing in her life (glee) and her being denied happiness within that club. Thus, Cold As You. (mostly to indulge myself because she’d blow us away with this song).

Next, Rachel in the auditorium. A huge bridge on stage (very Speak Now Tour of her), belting out Better Than Revenge. Santana’s dropped the last straw (the humiliation, name calling, Finn at one point and now solos,) it’s too much this time.

And finally, Santana walking around McKinley, showing us flashes of Rachel ‘outshining’ her and the rest of glee and Mr. Schue being unfair, while singing Look What You Made Me Do.

Tina walks out at the same time as Rachel, Mercedes, and Santana but no one seems to put two and two together. She feels just as underutilized as the latter two do. She ends up in an empty classroom and sings The Outside. “Nobody ever lets me in” and “on the outside looking in.”

Once the 3, err 4, divas have left the room, Finn sticks up for Rachel. Quinn, of course, has something to say about this along the lines of “you always defend her.” Finn, intimated by her ‘scary Quinn’ fumbles and blurts “because she’s my girlfriend” WHICH IS NOT TRUE AT THIS POINT. Quinn dumps him on the spot, cuts quickly to Blaine and Kurt sharing some ‘oh my god, can you believe this’ expressions, and vanishes from the room.

By this point, Rachel is long gone from the auditorium but the bridge is still there.

Here’s where we go way off script but imagine, Quinn has decided to just quit boys. They’ve all failed her anyway, she’s better off being alone. She walks up the bridge and thinks to herself “god Rachel’s so dramatic, where did this thing even come from” before it hits her “fuck, I’m as bad as Finn. I want her.” Then, she starts singing Clean to herself in the auditorium, likely tearing up throughout and ending with a good cry. (Because Dianna would DELIVER with Clean.)

While Quinn is having a sexuality crisis, the rest of glee is still happening. They’re discussing upcoming competition and debating solos and songs.

Kurt’s all: “Mr. Schue, if I may” and performs a lovely rendition of Call It What You Want. Those opening lines are too good. “My castle (ie McKinley) crumbled overnight, brought a knife to a gun fight (ie couldn’t fight off Dave Karofsky), “I’m doing better than I ever was ‘cause my baby’s fit like a daydream,” and “at least I did one thing right.” When he’s done, Blaine’s a mess in the back of the choir room, and Mr. Schue says: “not really what we’re looking for but very nice, Kurt” however, Kurt’s too busy sitting beside Blaine teasing him about blushing.

Then, the missing girls return to the room having sung out their emotions. Quinn, having realized her feelings for Rachel, ends up soloing You Belong With Me to the New Directions in the choir room. Odd looks all around, no one knows what’s up with her and why does she keep glancing at Rachel? (Faberry just fit so well I had to add it, don’t know if I’m a shipper or not but it’s here now) (also thanks to @spicygemini for pointing out the obvious “Quinn would have ate YBWY”).

Mr. Schue wants to move the group to the audition to perform their final number of the Taylor Swift tribute well but Tina asks to sing first. He’s surprised but allows it, taking a seat with the rest of the New Directions.

Tina sings Beautiful Ghosts. “Watch from the dark, wait for my life to start” because New Directions is refusing to use her talents AGAIN. She’s singing this to Rachel and the girls who were in the Treble Tones. Because she absolutely SMASHES this number, the glee kids agree she gets solo for their next competition (and they deliver on that promise).

To conclude Part 2 of the Taylor tribute episode, we have a group performance of Long Live. “One day we will be remembered”, “all the years we stood there on the sidelines wishing for right now”, “for a moment a band of thrives in ripped up jeans got to rule the world” ie wining completions, “when they look at the pictures please tell them my name...”

#this took so long please enjoy it #Taylor tribute glee episode #glee head canon #gleek swifie #glee #taylor swift

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audikatia · 4 years

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2.22 New York

Rating: 3/5. Finn and Rachel piss me off so much. Get your shit together, guys.

Best Song: I didn’t really like any of them, so I pick “Moon River” playing in the background during like one scene.

Memorable Quote: “I love you.” -Blaine

General Notes:

So, the summary for this episode mentions that it opens up on a montage of striking images of New York. And? I’m underwhelmed? This is considered striking? It’s just a pan of Times Square. Am I jaded? Are the depression goggles on or are the summary writers just over exaggerating?

Calling bullshit on Rachel not knowing Cats wasn’t playing on Broadway.

Dear director of April’s show: Don’t fucking validate Schue.

The girls having a pillow fight seems like a weird fever dream/male gaze bullshit that no one wanted.

Ugh, I am so over the Rachel/Finn drama, but I do love the musical accompaniment of “Someone to Watch Over Me” in the background

Wow, Rachel and Patti LuPone really have the same nose.

Literally no one ever wants street singers to perform for them, Rachel.

Are the New Directions boys actually there singing “Bella Notte” or is this just a weird shared hallucination between Finn and Rachel? If so, wouldn’t you imagine someone a bit more romantic than Artie and the others? For instance, for me, it would be Darren Criss, but like not the rest of the Warblers.

I actually hate that Kurt and Rachel sang “For Good” because they made Kurt sing Glinda’s part and it just reminds me of when he threw “Defying Gravity” and made Rachel’s ego even bigger than it already was. Petty much?

Yes, Quinn. Yell and scream. Let it out.

But seriously, Quinn has some deep rooted issues about being loved and should really see a therapist about all of this. Is this why she keeps cheating on all her boyfriends? She has it in her head how love should look and behave and when one guy after another fails to live up the expectations she has dreamed up, she projects her expectations on the next guy?

Also, remember when she was kicked out of the house by her fucking father last year? Quinn, please see a therapist.

Oh, I was not prepared for the sound I would make when Puck hugged Schue

I’m actually glad they repeatedly addressed Rachel sending Sunshine to a crack house instead of just sweeping that under a rug like they do with other suspect behavior in this show. Like Josh Groban fucking Schue’s mom. Yeah, I have not forgotten that.

Omg. Finn. Rachel. You fuckers are both so goddamn dramatic. You’re going back to Ohio together like five minutes after Nationals are over. It’s not like after this Rachel is staying in NY and you’ll never see each other again. So fucking dramatic.

If the camera doesn’t slowly pan in on your face as you dramatically look at a loved one, did it even really happen?

I have a distinct memory of watching this episode when it aired and loudly exclaiming “Jesus fucking Christ!” when Finn and Rachel kiss. My sentiments have not changed.

I hate that Rachel kept saying how she will do anything to be a star, that she’s more committed to her dreams than anything, but then immediately can’t be professional and fucks up Nationals completely.

But honestly “It was the superman of kisses” is a cute line from Finn. I begrudgingly give him that.

Am I bitter?

Aw, Blaine’s look of utter adoration when Kurt tells him about having breakfast at Tiffany’s. And then exchanging of “I love you” is so sweet. I’m glad it was done just so simply, so sweetly. No big musical number, no dance routine, no bringing in the rest of the Glee Club. Just simple declaration. And I love that Blaine said it first. It makes me think of the quote from The Raven Cycle, “They were both hungry but Adam had been starving longer.” Kurt was starving for love and now he gets it so freely, so unprovoked.

Sam not knowing who Pippa Middleton is but supporting Kurt’s musical about her is so sweet

But not as sweet as the Sam and Mercedes reveal

Santana having a voodoo doll of Rachel is an underrated moment

I write my notes whenever Rachel and Finn talk to each other because I just don’t fucking care right now

“You gave it all up for one kiss.” You fucking moron.

#Glee #audi rewatches Glee

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sugrmottas · 6 years

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(this genuinely isn't judgey fodpsapid) but quinn, puck and santana having rachel's ambition is...a lot.

i mean, it is.

it also isn’t.

like, rachel definitely outpaces all of them, don’t get me wrong – rachel has lived her life being told she is going to be successful, and i think that changes things. quinn grew up believing she was doomed to live the life of her mother, puck grew up being told he was just like his father (which is mostly fan-canon but i feel like there’s enough Illusions in actual canon to back it up) and santana grows up in what qualifies for the Hood (adjacent) in lima, ohio – but like, rachel grew up with dads who worship her. who tell her she is going to be amazing because she has to be. her peers always say cruel things, but rachel trusts her fathers so much more than she does her peers, so girl grows up knowing she will be successful, if she works for it.

but then there’s puck, too. puck who is a young jewish kid in what is predominately a protestant state (on that line: i know quinn’s evangelical but what is mercedes actually? where we given anything more than just plain christian? also sam? why did glee never expand on anything??? ugh) so already feels like a fish out of water – but he (canonically, at least) only has two peers his age who share the same faith. jacob ben israel, who is disgusting, even from a young age (is it canon that puck’s always bullied him?) and rachel, who i truly do believe he grew up knowing, even if i don’t think they were the best friends fanon likes to paint them as. he grows up in a heavily jewish household but in a community that does not share his faith, or even respect it, and that’s hard. add to it a burning desire to not become his father (i’m not sure if it’s actually canon that his mother told him he was just like his father, but it’s a headcanon i hold very close to my heart) and a mother working her ass off to provide for him and his sister, and kid is fucking angry.

so puck has anger issues, which i feel is mostly backed up in canon anyway – which is his passion. his ambition blooms from this – a burning desire to prove everyone wrong, the need to get the fuck out of lima. i do think finn and puck have a very deep friendship, but it’s one that adds to both of their insecurities. finn is the Golden Boy, he is (seen as) kind and talented. puck is the Bad Boy, he is charming and capable. they spend their lives being compared and i think puck is mostly reserved to coming second (hence his anger at finn going off-book and joining glee) but he also maintains that he Wants to beat finn, wants to be the best. puck has selfish ambition (but really, what ambition isn’t at least a little selfish?), but he has so much of it.

remember his first Real line? i’m not like everyone else in this cow town, i got star potential. kid makes it very clear he’s getting the fuck out of lima, no matter what his peers think. i do hate how glee handled him in s4 (he got out of lima sure, but he didn’t do anything, which i feel was such a disservice to him – he struggled with school because he isn’t a learner, but he’s always been a doer, let’s not forget the kid had an actual business at 16) but i hate what they did with most characters in s4, so i tend to ignore it for everyone bar the newbies and finn. the unravelling of klaine was interesting too, if only because we saw how co-dependent they actually were. otherwise fuck s4. (santana and rachel both had Moments, now that i think about it.)

anyway, like – of the four, i think puck has the least ambition. i also think he has a lot more purpose than say, santana, so his ambition is a lot more Realised.

and then there’s santana, who i think has the clearest ambition in the show, even if it’s constantly overshadowed by rachel’s. i believe santana’s family is religious (her abuela definitely is but we don’t know too much about her parents actual lives despite actually meeting her mother, it’s of my personal belief they are religious but non-practising) but santana fails to perceive any proper value to religion.

(this is going somewhere, i swear.)

santana also doesn’t have a Great Big Dream, she eventually settles on wanting to be famous but that feels so much like a cop-out that i fail to see any value to it. she doesn’t particularly live for cheerleading or glee club either.

what i’m getting at here is that if santana has ambition (she does, i’ll get to it) she doesn’t have purpose to go with it. and ambition without purpose can be fucking dangerous and santana is such a good example of that.

onto her ambition: i do think it’s pretty clearly shown within the show, even from the beginning of her character, as underdeveloped as she was. of the three cheerleaders, she’s the one who wholeheartedly throws herself into sabotaging the glee club – we don’t see too much of her in the first half of s1, but i believe she was working away at some of the weaker characters (read: artie, because santana lopez genuinely does read super prejudiced, but i’m probably still salty about her biphobia) until the back half came along and girl turned it up, went after finn hudson and took his virginity (i have so many feelings about finntana, mostly in a platonic sense but there was a glee meta years ago on them sleeping together that still sticks with me) and took so much pleasure in quinn fabray losing her status (quinn and santana read weirdly similar to finn and puck, but i don’t think their friendship is anywhere near as deep so they have less reason to empathise with each other) and girl was fucking messy.

it was great. i lived for it.

then s2 happened and we met santana lopez, properly – the girl from the hood (adjacent) who was so angry and so scared and wanted so much. and the season was full of ambition from her, even if stupid little ways – wanting to win the duet competition and knowing her and mercedes would be the match-up, knowing she wants to keep sleeping with brittany so tricking her into thinking it’s not cheating (we can talk about who was the real bad guy of the two of them for that for days but the correct answer is both, because brittany pierce is not as dumb as she seems but santana lopez still had full intent to make b cheat on artie), rejoining the cheerios at the first opportunity because she wants to win, no matter the consequences (i’m not sure how i feel about the three of them ditching the competition because it’s just a weird situation but this isn’t a finn hudson meta). and she cares about glee club a lot, of course, for a lot of reasons, but you cannot tell me she’s so upset about finn and rachel losing them the competition solely because… what? they ruined it for the club? no, they lost it for her. fuck them for that.

s3 is really the season i point to to prove the girl lacks purpose, so we’ll skip over that to s4 – santana is on her own, for the first time. she’s on a scholarship to a big school relatively far from home and she doesn’t handle it well, of course. gets super untethered. and then visits home and remembers Santana Lopez, The Star. so she goes to new york and still lacks purpose, sure, but she has a stage. she just has to figure out what part she’s playing.

and this is where the danger comes in, because santana sees her friends succeeding – rachel mostly, but kurt too – and gets restless. does stupid shit like her yeast-i-stat commercial. but most importantly, decides her life’s mission is playing fanny brice. which isn’t stupid on its own, but like, for someone who cares so much about her friends it reads so strange that she would actively go after something that clearly matters so much to what we pretty much assume is her best friend. the deterioration of rachel and santana’s friendship was written awfully so i won’t go into it, but like. god. someone give this girl a purpose so she has something worthwhile to invest herself in and stops sabotaging all her relationships.

so santana has bucketloads of ambition (i’d rank her third of the four) but she has nowhere to put it and it fucks her over every single time.

and then quinn. oh, quinn. ohhhhhhhh quinn.

quinn has so much fucking ambition – she has a life planner from age six. she details every moment of middle school, every moment of high school, every moment of college, every moment of life. she’s going to go to an ivy league college (she thinks she’d like brown, her dad went there, but yale sounds nice and freeing) and she’s going to study law and she’s going to become a family lawyer. she’s going to help kids get away from abusive parents and she’s going to make sure everyone she comes into contact with is safe and happy.

on the flipside, lucy quinn fabray is already resigned to living her mother’s life. doing a short course in real estate and then becoming a realtor. she’ll marry a nice boy, maybe finn hudson, and they’ll buy a house with a white picket fence and have 2.5 children and a dog.

quinn fabray’s ambition is fucking tragic, because it was killed before even getting the chance to thrive – and it’s still there, of course. in some ways. when she tells finn she’s pregnant, she says i really thought i had a shot at getting out of here. when she’s wondering whether to give up drizzle or not, she knows she shouldn’t – her religion doesn’t look on the act kindly and i’ll never forgive glee for overlooking quinn’s faith post-s1 – but it would allow her to move on with her life.

quinn fabray is tragic, because she loses her future-husband to rachel berry, who has all of her ambition and none of her fear (or all of it, but quinn doesn’t get to see that, nobody gets to see that). she loses her husband to everything quinn wanted to be, and it’s awful.

s2 sees quinn not gaining her ambition back, as she hoped. or maybe as i hoped. s2 sees quinn getting back with finn. s2 sees quinn telling rachel that she’s wasting her time with lima because she’s going to be successful and they aren’t (or rather, quinn isn’t).

but it comes back, eventually.

i don’t know when. s3 fucked quinn over so bad. but it comes back.

and she writes so many fucking essays about her emotionally neglectful father and her child who she loves so fucking much but had to give up and her friends, her glee club, who helped her through fucking everything.

it comes back.

quinn gets accepted into yale.

rachel and kurt are (eventually) accepted into a prestigious performing arts school, which is perfect for them, but let me reiterate – quinn (and mike actualy) gains admission into one of the most prestigious schools in america.

quinn fabray is going to be fucking amazing, and she knows it – she’s going to live her own life, the one her mom wanted to life, but was always too scared to pursue. quinn knows how short life is, she also know she can’t let anyone drag her down – quinn is going to motherfucking yale and she is going to be fucking wonderful.

there’s a quote i’ve always used for quinn – i can’t abandon the girl i used to be, so i carry her. and quinn carries lucy with her every single fucking day – and lucy gets to see her ambition realised, gets to see herself succeed and become everything she dreamed of.

and it’s amazing.

so maybe nobody has rachel’s ambition, not really. but a lot of glee club have their own wild ambitions (mike, mercedes and tina all come to mind).

but i do genuinely think puck, santana and quinn all come very close to the standard rachel set, in such different ways.

and i think that’s wonderful.

#Anonymous #asks #i just have a lot of Feelings about these three okay they're my favorites #that's a lie it's sam but all top 5 #i'm just gonna become a glee meta blog lmfao let's go

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klaineanummel · 6 years

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Story of My Life 21/24

Kurt reflects on the past twelve years of his life, coming to realize that one man in particular has affected him far more than he ever thought he would

For the @klaineadvent prompt “Variation”. I’ve been looking forward to writing this chapter for basically the whole fic, so it is unsurprisingly a little long. Warning for Kurt being incredibly dense and stupid (I’m sorry, I promise his revelation is coming).

I hope you enjoy, and I’ll see you soon!

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September 1st, 2022

To: Kurt From: Blaine I bet you anything that the surprise announcement is that they’re dating.

Kurt chuckles as he reads the text from Blaine. He shakes his head and quickly taps out a reply.

To: Blaine From: Kurt I’ll take that action. $10 on Cooper got a role in an actual play.

The subway rolls into his stop, and Kurt stands up, keeping his phone in his hand. He steps off as soon as the doors open, not daring to look down at his phone until he’s fully out of the station.

To: Kurt From: Blaine Only $10? You don’t believe in yourself enough.

Kurt laughs, taking long strides in his attempt to get to Rachel and Cooper’s new apartment sooner. Whatever the reason for this impromptu invitation, Kurt knows that there will be alcohol, and he’s had a long week. He’s ready to unwind with his friends and celebrate whatever it is that Cooper and Rachel have to tell them.

He reaches their building quickly, climbing the short stairs to the front door and buzzing to get in. They buzz him in easily, and Kurt grins when he sees Blaine inside, waiting for the elevator.

“They live on the third floor,” Kurt says in lieu of greeting. “Are you really that lazy?”

Blaine doesn’t look back, but as Kurt reaches him he can see that he’s smiling. “I already worked out my legs today. I deserve a break.”

Without meaning, Kurt finds his eyes falling down to Blaine’s legs. He has to admit, they’re pretty fantastic. Nice and muscular, firm thighs wrapped in too-tight jeans, leading up to a gorgeous, plump…

He forces his eyes away, shocked at his brazenness. He feels like a total creep, standing here checking Blaine out. He shakes his head and sets his gaze on the elevator doors, ignoring the blush creeping up his cheeks or the heavy beating of his heart.

“You don’t really think they called us over just to tell us Cooper got a role, do you?”

Kurt snorts, thankful for the distraction. “No, but I have a hard time believing they’re going to tell us they’re dating. I mean, it’s been ten years. If it was going to happen, it would have happened already.”

“You never know. Sometimes it takes a bit of time for feelings to catch up.”

Kurt glances over at Blaine, but looks away again when he sees him staring at him a little too intensely. “I don’t think Cooper really needed to catch up on any feelings.”

“I didn’t mean Cooper.”

The elevator arrives, and they step in as Kurt says, “Even if that is the case, I don’t think it’s really healthy for Cooper to just be sitting around waiting for his feelings to be returned. Don’t you think it would be healthier if he got over his crush?” He presses the button for the third floor, then turns to face the front of the elevator.

“I think we both know by now that it’s more than a crush.”

Kurt can feel Blaine’s eyes on him, but he forces himself to keep his eyes on the elevator doors.

“Regardless. I feel like Cooper would be a lot happier if he let himself move on, since I think it’s clear by now that his feelings won’t be returned.” He tries to keep his voice casual, despite the harshness of his words.

“Maybe Cooper doesn’t want to move on because Rachel recently ended a serious relationship and has been spending a lot of time with him lately, and he sometimes catches her checking out his ass.”

Kurt whips his head over to Blaine, eyes wide. “Blaine…”

The elevator dings and the doors open, but neither moves to get out. “Have you dated anybody since you and Elliott broke up?”

Kurt licks his lips, heart speeding up in his chest. “I thought we were talking about Cooper and Rachel.”

“Really, Kurt?” Blaine shakes his head, though his lips are curved up in a slight smile. “You really thought we were talking about Cooper and Rachel?”

Kurt sighs, heart pounding wildly in his chest. “No.”

Blaine raises an eyebrow, almost cheekily, then steps out of the elevator, leaving Kurt staring after him.

The doors start to close, so Kurt hurries to step out before they do, feeling like the wind’s been knocked out of him.

What the hell just happened?

Tina and Quinn are already there when Kurt and Blaine walk into the apartment, which Kurt is surprised by. As far as he knows, Cooper has made no effort to include Tina or Quinn in any hang out at their new apartment since they moved in.

Thankfully, Sam and Mercedes arrive a few minutes later, happily announcing that they managed to get a sitter last minute, so they are child-free for the rest of the night.

“Okay, we’re all here,” Tina says, though the glance she sends at Kurt lets him know that she and everybody else is just as aware as he is of Elliott’s absence. Honestly, Kurt was a little worried that Elliott would be here today. Not that it would be wrong for Cooper and Rachel to include their friend in whatever announcement this is, but Kurt hasn’t even spoken to Elliott since he moved out of their apartment back in April. He isn’t sure that the first time he wants to see him again is in a group hang out setting.

“Yeah, tell us what the announcement is, we’re kind of dying,” Quinn says.

Cooper and Rachel share a smile, then Rachel raises her left hand, revealing a beautiful, sparkling ring.

“Cooper and I are engaged!”

Kurt’s jaw drops as he stares at the ring on Rachel’s finger.

“What the fuck,” comes Sam, voicing exactly what is running through Kurt’s head.

“Were you two… dating?” Blaine asks. “Did I miss something?”

“Nope,” Cooper says, wrapping an arm around Rachel’s waist. “We’re skipping that part.”

“Skipping…” Kurt shakes his head, finally finding his words. “You can’t just skip dating!”

“Well it’s not like we just met,” Rachel says, rolling her eyes. “Besides, we’ve been talking, and it turns out we’ve both had feelings for each other on-and-off for like, ten years. That’s a commitment in and of itself.”

“Not really,” Tina says, though she says it quietly enough that Kurt isn’t sure if Cooper and Rachel are meant to hear.

“Look,” Cooper says, pulling Rachel closer to his body. “I know this seems hasty, but even if we didn’t go straight from friends to engaged, we both know this is where we’re going to end up. I know without a single doubt in my mind that Rachel is the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with. Why go through an unnecessary formality? We’ve already waited ten years. I’m tired of waiting.”

Rachel grins up at him and says, “That’s exactly how I feel, babe.”

“I mean, I think it’s great,” Mercedes speaks up. “When you know, you know, right?”

Kurt can’t argue with that logic. He knows what it feels like to know in your gut that something is wrong. He personally hasn’t experienced it the other way around, but he isn’t about to claim that it can’t happen.

“Look, I’m going to congratulate you,” Kurt says, stepping forward toward Cooper and Rachel. “But I also need you to know that I think you’re absolutely crazy, and I’m going to remind you of that every single crazy second that I spend helping you plan your wedding.”

Cooper grins and pulls Kurt into a tight hug. “Thanks, man,” he says.

“Seriously,” Kurt whispers, hugging him a little closer. “Congratulations. You two are perfect for each other.”

“I’ve always thought so,” Cooper says, pulling away and winking at Rachel. Rachel laughs, then brings Kurt in for a hug as well.

Once Kurt has accepted his hugs, everybody else comes forward to give hugs of their own. Kurt steps back and watches, smiling softly. Blaine is the first up there, throwing his arms around Cooper enthusiastically, and then doing the same with Rachel. Both Rachel and Cooper laugh at Blaine’s antics, and Kurt just shakes his head, his smile fond.

After his hugs, Blaine heads over to where Kurt is. He holds his hand out, palm up, and says, “I’ll take that ten dollars now.”

Kurt shakes his head instantly, though he’s still smiling. “Your bet was that they would be dating. They were very explicit about not doing that. Bet cancels itself out. Nobody wins.”

Blaine pouts. “I was closest.”

Kurt shrugs. “Those are the rules.”

“I never agreed to those rules.”

“Sucks for you, I guess,” Kurt winks, and Blaine chuckles. He turns back to Cooper and Rachel, watching them with a softness in his eyes that warms Kurt’s heart.

“Hey,” Blaine says, voice lowering slightly, head tilting slightly toward Kurt. “I’m sorry if I made you uncomfortable earlier.”

Kurt feels his smile falter, and his stomach tightens, though he isn’t sure he understands why. “You didn’t make me uncomfortable.”

“You sure? You looked pretty uncomfortable.”

“I was just surprised,” Kurt says. “Besides, I should probably be apologizing to you.”

“For what?” Blaine asks, looking at him like he’s crazy.

“For, you know. Looking at you. Inappropriately.”

Blaine snorts, then smiles up at Kurt like he’s precious. “There is no way you could look at me that I would consider inappropriate.”

Kurt blushes. “Still.”

“Fine,” Blaine says, nudging their shoulders together. “Apology accepted.”

Kurt smiles down at him, then turns his gaze to Cooper and Rachel. “Think they’ll actually make it?”

He can feel Blaine’s gaze on him as he says, “Yeah. I don’t have a single doubt about it.”

Mercedes finds him a few hours later, falling into the seat beside him on the couch. Kurt leans into her instantly, taking a sip of his fourth glass of wine, feeling warm and pleasantly buzzed.

“You having a good time?” He asks her.

“Always am with you guys,” she says, arm slinging over the back of the couch, hand coming down to play with his hair. “Even if I miss Eva dearly and cannot wait to go home to her.”

“Of course,” Kurt says, sighing happily at her ministrations.

She turns toward him slightly, giving him a careful look. “Can I ask you something?”

“Always.”

She narrows her eyes a little, as though considering what to say. “You’ve been spending a lot of time with Blaine since you and Elliott broke up.”

Kurt nods, eyes fluttering closed. He loves when Mercedes plays with his hair. “It’s been nice. Everybody else is coupled up, so it’s cool to hang out with somebody who’s also single.”

“Right,” Mercedes says. “And that’s all it is? Just hanging out with a fellow single?”

“What else would it be?”

“I don’t know. Flirting? Seeing where things go?” Kurt opens his eyes slowly, sitting up slightly so that Mercedes can see the confusion written on his face better. She raises an eyebrow and says, “I saw you two, earlier.”

“So?”

“So, I’m just wondering if you’re finally going to pull your head out of your ass and give that boy a chance.”

Kurt scoffs. “I don’t have my head in my ass, Mercedes. This is Blaine we’re talking about.”

“Yeah, exactly. It’s Blaine, who is gorgeous, and kind, and your best friend, and available, and in love with you.”

“He’s also Blaine who is Cooper’s younger brother.”

Mercedes rolls her eyes. “You know he’s been more than that for a long time now. Hell, Sam and I hang out with just us and Blaine quite a bit. Remember two weeks ago, when I asked you to babysit Eva? That was so Sam and I could go out drinking with Blaine.”

Kurt tuts playfully. “I can’t believe you asked me to babysit so you could go out and encourage underage drinking. For shame, Mercedes.”

Mercedes sighs, placing her hand on Kurt’s shoulder. “Except it’s not underage drinking, Kurt, because Blaine is twenty-three.”

Kurt’s heart stutters in his chest. He finds himself glancing over to where Blaine is talking to Rachel animatedly, one hand holding a glass of wine and the other moving animatedly. “Wow,” he says, noticing the slight stubble growing on Blaine’s jaw, and the width of his shoulders in his jacket.

“See, this is what I’m talking about, Kurt. You always said that the reason you couldn’t like Blaine was because he was just a kid. Well, he isn’t a kid anymore. He hasn’t been for a long time. We’ve all noticed it, we’ve all accepted it. Why haven’t you?”

Kurt continues watching Blaine, throat drying. “I don’t know,” he says, eyes roving over Blaine as though seeing him for the first time. “I guess to me Blaine is still that thirteen-year-old boy sitting on Cooper’s bed in our dorm room. Maybe he always will be.”

“He isn’t that boy anymore, though,” Mercedes says. “He hasn’t been for a long time.” She runs her hand softly between his shoulder blades. “And honestly Kurt, I love you, but your refusal to see that is almost becoming cruel.”

Kurt swallows thickly, tearing his eyes away from Blaine and turning to Mercedes. “I can’t just force myself to have feelings for him,” he says. “Not liking somebody back is not a crime.”

“Yeah, but the fact that after all these years you refuse to even consider him? Even for a second?” she shakes her head. “Look, Kurt, I can’t tell you what to do, and I know you wouldn’t listen to me even if I could. I just think that you’re closing yourself off from something that could be really fantastic, for reasons that don’t even exist anymore.” She pats his back gently, then stands up slowly. “Think about it, okay? Because really, I think we all know that you could never do better than Blaine.”

She walks over to her husband, leaving Kurt with thoughts swirling in his head. His eyes go back to Blaine, and he sighs. Twenty-three-year-old Blaine. When the hell did that even happen? He feels like he’s somehow been fully aware of Blaine’s adulthood, while at the same time completely oblivious.

Blaine’s eyes flick over to him, and he smiles at Kurt softly before turning back to Rachel. Kurt sighs.

Mercedes is right. He really will never be able to do better than Blaine. Blaine is basically the best person in the entire world, and Kurt knows that they’d make a good couple based on their platonic chemistry.

Still, he can’t just flick a switch and turn feelings on. And honestly, the idea of giving Blaine a chance only to realize what he already knows – that he will never be able to have romantic feelings for the boy (man, he reminds himself) – sounds even worse than never giving Blaine a chance at all.

What is he supposed to do? Walk up to Blaine and say, “Hey, I know you’ve had a crush on me for a good ten years. Want to give it a shot, no strings attached, just to see if I can get over the fact that, in some ways, I still see you as the thirteen-year-old younger brother of my best friend?” There’s no other variation he could try. No matter if he tried to sugar coat it, the truth would still be there.

To Kurt, that seems crueler than not giving Blaine a chance. Besides, it’s like Mercedes said earlier. When you know, you know. Kurt has known that he and Blaine will only ever be friends for a damn long time.

He lets his eyes roam over Blaine’s body, reminding himself that it isn’t creepy because Blaine is an adult now, even if Kurt’s brain keeps trying to tell him that he’s still a kid. He looks over those gorgeous legs, up to an out-of-this-world ass. Moves up to a tiny waist, perfect for holding on to, then to his broad shoulders, perfect for leaning on while watching a move. Finally, he reaches Blaine’s face, with its perfect jawline, amazing mouth, and sparkling eyes.

He sighs. It’s almost too bad that he’ll never be able to have those feelings for Blaine. The man sure grew up nicely.

Part Twenty-Two: Width

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hey jj! i'm incredibly late to the party but i recently rewatched seasons 2-3 (i've watched till the end once before) and i was wondering if you have any thoughts about where brittana stood both off screen in between those two seasons and in the first few episodes of season 3, till "pot o gold" when they become official. i feel like by season 3 a lot is different in comparison to the end of s2 and i'm really fascinated by their relationship in those first three episodes.

Hey, @deleteee!

So here is the thing:

The hiatus between S2 and S3 is kind of a lost period in Brittana history. As S2 ended, fans had high hopes that we would see a lot of Brittana development play out in S3, but that’s not really what ended up happening. To be sure, things, as you say, were most definitely different for Brittana once S3 started. It’s just that we didn’t get a lot of answers as to how that difference came about. So much was left open to interpretation and introduced through insinuation.

The bad news is that because the show kind of glossed over this transition in canon, we can’t really say, “The Brittana relationship specifically underwent X, Y, and Z changes between S2 and S3.”

The good news is that we have a lot of room for imagination due to the lack of canon evidence—which means that this time period is open for a lot of headcanon.

If you’ll allow me a good jabber, I’ll do some recounting and offer my take after the cut, okay?

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When episode 2x22 “NewYork” originally aired, spoilers per Brad Falchuk suggested that Brittana would end S2 “with abang.”

Many fans hoped that this “bang” would take the form of a first onscreenBrittana kiss and/or Santana coming out of the closet and/or the girls finally decidingthat they were officially dating.

Instead, the “bang”played out as the Heart Locker, a scene which gave us a reaffirmation ofBrittana’s best friendship, a really sweet hug and a pinky-link, and Brittany tellingSantana that, for them, “anything is possible” because they love each othermore than anything else in the world.

Initially, therelative quietness of this “bang” left many fans feeling underwhelmed. For allthe ups and downs that last six episodes of S2 had provided, Brittana had neverthelessmade very little in the way of measurable progress towards dating. No one wasexactly sure where they stood or even if TPTB at Glee were going to continue topursue a romantic storyline for them come S3.

During the summerhiatus between S2 and S3, rumors and fears abounded. Some fans worried that thewriters might introduce a new love interest for one or both of the girls comeS3. Others worried that once S3 started, Brittana would once again be relegatedto background status and all forward development for them would cease.

As the summercontinued, hopeful spoilers started to leak out, and the fandom allowed itselfto imagine some more favorable scenarios: Maybe Brittana would kiss or startdating in the season premiere. Maybe Santana would begin S3 out. Maybe she andBrittany would already be dating by the time S3 started. Maybe we would seeflashbacks to what they did with their summer vacation or at least hear aboutit in a JBI retrospective.

But, again, thingsdidn’t unfold exactly as the fandom expected.

Episode 3x01 “ThePurple Piano Project” was not the Brittana watershed we were hoping for.

The S3 premiere sawBrittana back on the Cheerios for the first time since episode 2x11 “The SueSylvester Shuffle,” with Santana being awarded dual captaincy with Becky.

In Brittana’s firstscene together, Santana got a lunch tray for her and Brittany to share andwalked with her arm-in-arm to their seats. They did talk to JBI but not abouttheir love lives, only about Santana’s plan to rock her senior year andBrittany’s efforts to assemble a functional time machine.

There was no explicitconfirmation that Brittana were dating each other—but, then again, there wasalso nothing to say that they were dating anyone else, either.

They tried to re-recruitQuinn to the New Directions and Cheerios together, but it was unclear what, ifanything, Quinn knew about their relationship.

The girls were onceagain a two-shot, appearing in almost every scene together. They danced on thetables with each other during “We Got the Beat” and sat side-by-side followingthe food fight (“Those are your nipples”).

Later on, Sue seemedto intimate that she knew the truth about Santana’s sexuality and used thatknowledge to blackmail Santana into sabotaging Will’s piano project. Santanadid not appear to be out, but she and Brittany were being awfully chummy inpublic. When Santana got kicked out the glee club, Brittany appeared noticeablydistressed, to the point that even Finn seemed to notice.

Everything was,frankly, ambiguous.

There was nothing tosay that Brittana had made progress between S2 and S3. There was also nothingto say they had regressed.

After working throughsome initial feelings of disappointment, the fandom held its collective breath,waiting to learn more.

Some fans, myself included, wondered if Brittana werealready secretly dating and suspected that maybe a big reveal would come about at somepoint later in the season. Other fans fretted that maybe we would never see anymore mainline development for romantic Brittana at all—that this “Are they oraren’t they?” ambiguity was all we were ever going to get.

True to form, Gleestrung us along. The next two episodes of S3 tiptoed around Brittana’srelationship, with each new episode offering tantalizing clues but never delivering anything definitive.

In episode 3x02 “I AmUnicorn,” Brittany seemed bound and determined to make WMHS a safe space forLGBTQ kids, and she attempted to use Kurt’s campaign for the senior classpresidency to achieve that end. When Kurt rejected Brittany’s designs,Santana made a point to compliment her genius and encourage her to believe inherself. Everything was very sweet and seemed significant, but, again, nothingwas explicitly explained.

In episode 3x03 “AsianF,” Brittany showed up the Booty Camp, seemingly in support of Santana. Later,she performed “Run the World (Girls)” with Santana singing backup. Theperformance was definitely sexy and suggested Santana’s devotion not only toBrittany’s cause but to Brittany herself. However, it was perhaps lessintriguing, from a Brittana perspective, than Mercedes’s dream sequence performanceof “It’s All Over,” in which Mercedes clearly identified Brittana as a powercouple and talked about Santana “knocking off that piece who thinks she’sbetter than everybody running for president”—i.e., Brittany. Once again, fanswere left wondering what, if anything, was the deal with Brittana. Were theydating or what? If so, did the whole school know about it? Or was Mercedes aspecial case?

Finally, episode 3x04 “PotO’ Gold” provided some answers—though, again, not the answers fans perhapsexpected.

It turned out thatBrittany and Santana had been going on dates—eating out at BreadStix, takingromantic baths together, etc.—only Santana wasn’t sure if that meant they were actuallydating. Brittany reassured her that they were, in fact, dating if she wantedthem to be dating (“I ordered shrimp”). And Santana did want them to be dating, just with the stipulation that their relationship remain private (“under thenapkin”), at least for the time being.

This developmentfilled in some blanks for the fandom:

Santana was not yetout.

Brittana had spent the summer and early school year going on dates but notdefining their relationship.

Brittany was fine with taking things at Santana’s pace.

Santana was ready to date Brittany and be in a committed relationship with herbut not yet ready to make their relationship public.

What it didn’t tell uswas how, exactly, Brittana had spent their summer vacation or to what degreethey had discussed Santana’s coming out process to date. Did they have a planfor how they were going to proceed or were they more playing things by ear?

To this point in showhistory, we, as the audience, still had yet to meet Santana’s family on screen, soquestions remained as to how accepting or unaccepting they might beconcerning her sexuality.

There had been some hints to suggest that Santanafeared their potential reaction to her coming out but nothing had beenexplicitly stated.

Fans wondered to what degree the Lopez family would figure into Brittana’sstoryline going forward.

They also wondered how much or how little Brittana’sromantic development would feature in the show throughout the rest of theseason.

When spoilers startedto leak for Santana’s “coming out” arc, set to feature in episodes 3x06 “MashOff” and 3x07 “I Kissed a Girl,” the fandom hoped that maybe we would learnmore about the nature and history of Brittana’s relationship from the end of S2until present.

But that’s the thingabout Glee: The writers very rarely examined developments in retrospect. Thingshappened off screen, through insinuation, and in passing and were never againrevisited. No new details or developments were made, and the story clipped alongat its same heady pace, full steam ahead.

So was the case withBrittana’s relationship.

We got developmentsgoing forward in S3, but the narrative never looked back or provided any newinsight into what had happened to get Brittana from the Heart Locker in 2x22 to “Iwish you’d hold my hand” in 3x04.

That being the case,there just aren’t that many concrete answers to be had about the summer S2-S3 hiatus period in Brittana history. All we can dois make inferences and write fanfiction.

My personal inferencesabout that “lost summer” are these:

I believe that,following the Heart Locker conversation, Brittany and Santana’s relationshipachieved a state of new equilibrium.

Things weren’t thesame as they had been pre-Hurt Locker, where they were friends who slepttogether but never talked about feelings (even though feelings were obviouslythere). Things also weren’t the same as they had been throughout the Back Six ofS2, with so many stutter steps and hesitations and backslides andcomplications, each new week trading heartbreaks and triumphs.Neither one of the girls was dating anyone else, and they weren’t desperately tryingto maintain the image of heterosexuality, as they had in the past.

Instead, Brittana achieved a new normal.

They spent timetogether—probably lots of it in each other’s homes, as we can infer from thefact that they occasionally bathed together—and they gradually resumed theirphysical intimacy, only this time it was different, because the feelingsunderlying it weren’t being suppressed and secreted anymore.

Though fans hadoriginally inferred that Brittany wouldn’t be ready to date Santana untilSantana came out, the truth was that Brittany was ready to date Santana as longas they were exclusive with each other and there was no more obfuscationbetween them about the nature of their feelings.

They didn’tnecessarily have explicit conversations about the nature of their relationship,hence why Santana remained uncertain, even going into the new school year, asto whether or not Brittany was actually her girlfriend. Brittany, on the otherhand, knew that she and Santana were steady dating, but she wasn’t about toforce Santana into labeling their dynamic before she was ready, so she just playedthings cool, waiting for Santana to come to her.

In the meantime, thegirls decided—together—that they would rejoin Cheerios and attain leadershippositions in Sue’s organization.

They also decided thatthey would try to reform the Unholy Trinity and get Quinn to rejoincheerleading and glee club with them.

When the school yearbegan, they essentially hid their new and improved dynamic in plain sight.Santana didn’t come out to the school, and she and Brittany didn’t tell anyonethey’d been going on dates. However, the girls also made no efforts to hide theircloseness or to beard with boys, as per their m.o. in years past. If people sawthem together and made inferences, then so be it. They just weren’t going tomake any public announcements themselves—and especially not before they haddefined their relationship between the two of them.

There was perhaps somesense between them that they were gradually working towards “going public”—thatSantana was trying to become more comfortable with herself and that they werebuilding up the kind of social capital that would afford them the freedom to dowhat they wanted within the walls of WMHS—but I don’t think they had a stricttimeline on coming out or even a real plan as to how that process might unfold.

Things were still newbetween them, and they were still figuring out how to bridge the gap betweenwhat they had been in the past and what they were now—hence all the ambiguityduring the first few episodes of S3.

Honestly, this periodin Brittana history is one of my favorites to imagine, specifically because itis so open to interpretation, so I’ve written a lot of fic about it. If you are interested, you can find my main “summer between S2-S3″ stories here:

AndEverything is August You

Can’tHelp but Fall Just to Land

Of course, these stories are just my take on this particular period in Brittana history, and other authors have imagined things in delightfully different ways.

As stated above, we don’t have many hard answers about how Brittana made the transition between S2 and S3. We just have the sense that things were keenly different between Brittana, starting their senior year.

In any case, I have jabbered a lot now.

Thanks for the question! If you continue with your rewatch, I hope you enjoy it.

#Crazy Brittanalyst answers #deleteee #Brittanalyzing #Brittanalysis #P.S. The Brittanalyst is traveling so all my answers are on delay #I apologize for the lag #I just want queue

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slipping-through-my-fingertips · 3 years

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august

Summary: August slips away and their summer fling is going to have to end.

Notes: it’s my birthday!! To celebrate here is the august story of my folklore series

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For most people, all roads lead to Rome but for one Kurt Hummel, all roads lead to the mall.

First stop: coffee.

Once Kurt had secured his iced mocha, he began his window shopping. It was just so nice to walk around the air-conditioned mall.

There were plenty of middle and high schoolers wandering around with their friends. Enjoying the freedom of summertime. Kurt was pretty happy to be able to spend his summer days at the mall; almost like a relaxing vacation if it weren’t for the fear of running into old bullies and homophobes.

His dad just wanted Kurt to work a few days a week at the garage when the staff was short but with Finn there full-time, Kurt was barely needed. So, he spent his days off running errands and wandering around the Lima Mall.

There was no way for him to get lost at the mall. One, he had become very familiar with the mall having spent many weekends with his girls from glee club here. And two, it wasn’t a very large place.

Eventually, Kurt decided to splurge by getting a cinnamon pretzel and found a bench to rest. It wasn’t long until a curly-haired boy took a seat at the other end.

Kurt wasn’t sure if he was supposed to say hello or not. They were likely the same age. Close in age and cute. While he was debating whether or not to engage with this boy, he made the first move.

“I’m Blaine.”

He’s now facing Kurt.

“Kurt.”

They smile at each other. Kurt can feel his face getting warm.

“You here alone?” Blaine asks.

“Yeah, you?”

Blaine nods. “Wanna walk together?”

Kurt holds up his half-eaten pretzel.

“Oh,” Blaine says, “that’s okay. I can just…”

Blaine moves to stand up and leave.

“No!”

It comes out louder than intended but it stops Blaine.

“I can walk and eat.”

****

They took road trips together and talked about everything except school. It was so refreshing to have something in common with another human besides McKinley High.

Blaine never said he was from Lima; Kurt suspected he wasn’t since he hadn’t seen him at school. Though, it was possible Blaine went to some private school outside of Lima. At one point, Kurt thought he might have to transfer if the bullying got too intense.

Honestly, it was just nice to have someone who understood him like Blaine did. They had so much in common from singing and acting to taste in Broadway musicals to the same favorite hate-watching shows. The only thing they seemed to disagree on was coffee.

Blaine had a strong opinion about drinking black drip coffee with a dash of cinnamon. Whereas, Kurt always got a nonfat mocha. However, they did agree hot chocolate was the superior wintertime drink to eggnog.

Blaine was willing to compromise in ways Rachel Berry never would.

So, it was no surprise to Kurt when he realized his feelings for Blaine.

Once again, Kurt Hummel was falling for a boy who wouldn’t like him back. This time it would hurt more because Blaine could like him, since he was also gay, but didn’t. Because who could love a boy like Kurt.

****

One day they were sharing a pretzel in Blaine’s car parked behind the mall as they typically did.

“Here,” he says, handing over the last piece.

Mid-chew, Blaine almost caused Kurt to choke.

“Can I kiss you?”

Kurt swallowed.

He must’ve been blushing because his face felt hot. Blaine clearly read the look on Kurt’s face as his answer and leaned forward over the center console.

The first thing Kurt noticed was that Blaine’s lips were dusted with cinnamon sugar. He swept his tongue over Blaine’s bottom lip gathering the flakes before painting Blaine’s tongue with cinnamon.

It was an intense first kiss to say the least. Kurt had always pictured a short peck as his very first but this was better. This kiss was just a few steps away from making out.

As the weeks of summer trickled by, Blaine and Kurt spent their days texting and meeting up to make out behind the mall. They’d climb into the backseat of one of their cars and for the next hour touch any skin available. If summer was good for one thing it was exposed skin.

Blaine often wore tank tops so Kurt became very familiar with the muscle tone of his arms.

Oftentimes, Blaine was the one reaching out first. Kurt found himself waiting by the phone for a text; careful to not have permanent plans in case Blaine called. He’d canceled anything to spend time with Blaine. As far as Kurt knew they only had this summer and now it was August. How many more days would he get with Blaine?

****

One late night in August, they went stargazing. Blaine had spread blankets and pillows on the hillside and managed to secure a cheap bottle of wine courtesy of his older brother. As it turns out, Blaine didn’t know much about constellations; luckily, Kurt did.

He spent loads of nights with his mom in the backyard. She told him so many myths of the sky.

Kurt shared some with Blaine, who had interlaced their fingers. Eventually their bodies were fully pressed together. Blaine was hovering over Kurt, placing kisses along his neck.

Kurt bent his head back to give Blaine more room to cover with his lips.

Then, shirts were riding up and removed. Blaine was playing with Kurt’s zipper.

“Can I?” He asked.

Kurt nodded.

“Are you sure?”

Another nod.

“I’ve never done this before,” Blaine whispers.

“Me neither.”

For two boys who have never had sex and weren’t necessarily prepared to that night, it was always going to be a little sloppy. Misplaced hands, teeth clinking against each other, and nervously checking if something was okay.

When it was over, Kurt pulled a blanket to cover them. Blaine was resting his head in between Kurt’s head and shoulder breathing him in.

“I could fall asleep so easily,” Blaine tells him.

Kurt agreed with him but he was seriously contemplating a different kind of falling.

****

Summer had to come to an end. Before Kurt realized it, he was laying out an outfit for the first day of school. He and Blaine never did have a conversation about what was going to happen to them after summer vacation. In fact, Kurt hadn’t heard from Blaine in a few days.

He texted but went to bed without a reply.

Meanwhile, Blaine was wide awake in his own bed. He stared at the unopened text from Kurt on his phone. He could text back but he didn’t know what to say.

Sorry, I’m moving schools tomorrow.

Sorry, I lied to you all summer.

Sorry, I’m not the person you think I am.

Every single message his brain could conjure up began with an apology.

In the end, Blaine ran out of time to text him back. From a restless sleep to breakfast to rushing to get to his new school on time, he was almost able to believe Kurt hadn’t texted him at all.

As Blaine introduced himself for the first time, his eyes caught sight of people passing the door; stranglers being tardy to their first class of the day. Every person in his peripheral vision made his insides jump. They all looked like Kurt.

Except, Kurt wasn’t here. Kurt could never be here. Whatever he and Blaine had over the summer was just that—a summer thing

Blaine never thought of himself as the type for flings but Kurt was different. He’d take any time he could have with him. If three months was all he had then that was okay. He knew this last summer would stick with him for a long time.

When he closed his eyes, he was staring at Kurt’s blue ones. He could feel Kurt’s fingers dancing along his naked back with the stars watching them.

Luckily, the classes seemed to be taking it easy on the students. Going over the class schedules, future projects, and what percentage of their grade was exams and quizzes. Of course, Blaine played plenty of those ice breakers and get-to-know-you exercises.

He loved those.

By the time lunch rolled around, Blaine even had someone to sit with in the cafeteria. A nice girl named Tina sat near him in history and offered him a spot at her normal table. Blaine had mentioned wanting to join the glee club and she bounced up to him after class.

“New Directions always needs members. Sit with us at lunch and we can give you pointers for your audition.”

He met Mike, Tina’s boyfriend, Quinn, head cheerleader, and Mercedes, second lead female soloist of glee. Rachel Berry soon joined the table and sized Blaine up. She had lots of questions about his range, experience, and if he was a spy. Her boyfriend, Finn, seemed suspicious of Blaine as well. Blaine was familiar with Finn’s concerns.

The pointed glares and scowl were markers of a jealous boyfriend. Finn wasn’t worried about Blaine becoming first male lead, he didn’t want Blaine to pursue a relationship with Rachel.

This was not the first time Blaine was being mistaken for your token straight guy.

The table just kept growing. People pushing tables together and pulling empty seats. A Mohawk boy called Puck was asking Blaine about sports he liked (mainly college football) when two more cheerleaders joined them.

Brittany, the blonde, was intrigued by a new student. She had some record to keep up and asked if he wanted to sneak off somewhere to help her with it. He declined. The other, Santana, was too busy waving to someone in the distance to really notice Blaine at all.

“Porcelain, finally,” Santana says, patting the seat beside her. “Meet New Kid.”

“It’s Blaine actually,” Rachel corrected.

The boy, Porcelain, sat down and looked over at Blaine. Their eyes met and instantly widened.

“I’m Kurt,” he says.

“Hi, Kurt.” Blaine watched the boy of his dreams swallow hard. “Blaine, it’s nice to meet you.”

Lunch continued and no one seemed the wiser. Why would the New Directions assume the New Kid in town had already met their beloved Kurt Hummel? No one's first instinct would be that these two boys shyly watching each other would be “they spent the summer hooking up behind the mall.” Well, technically making out at the mall and hooking up in the park, just that one night.

Blaine tried to participate in conversation so as to not raise suspicion that he was staring at Kurt’s lips, which he was completely guilty of.

Once the glee kids started talking about a disaster of a party Rachel once threw, Blaine is able to tune them out in favor of his summer memories.

Sitting in the dark movie theater and bumping hands with Kurt as they reached for popcorn at the same time. Reaching over, buttered fingers and all, to grab for Kurt’s hand. Being able to catch a glimpse of Kurt’s smile as the movie flashed in front of them.

Lost in his daydream, Blaine didn’t hear the bell ring until Kurt tapped his hand, which was stretched out almost in the middle of the table.

“Hey, time to get to class,” Kurt tells him, “walk with me?”

“Okay.” Blaine gathered his books and trash.

“Where to?” Kurt asks.

“Crafts actually.”

“Oh, that’s just down the hall here.” Kurt guides them through the crowds. “Thanks for not spilling everything to them today.”

“What do you mean?”

“Our summer together.” Kurt’s blushing. “It was special.”

“To me too,” Blaine assures. “I wouldn’t have said anything to them. I don’t really know those guys yet. I’m new remember?”

Kurt nods. “Not new to me though.”

“I suppose you’re right.” Blaine chuckles.

They reach Blaine’s art classroom.

“I’ll see you in glee club,” Kurt says.

“Okay.”

Blaine only lets Kurt take a few steps before he’s touching his hand. “Wait.”

Kurt is staring at their joined hands and examining the hallway before meeting Blaine’s eyes. No one else is paying them any attention.

There are so many words Blaine wants to say to Kurt.

Be with me. Please. Be mine.

Don’t leave. Don’t slip away.

Stay, stay, stay.

Instead, he steps closer to Kurt and cups his face with his other hand. Kurt leans into the touch. Blaine gives the hallway one last look but it’s almost empty. The late bell will ring soon so he can’t waste any more time.

Blaine leans forward and pecks Kurt.

“Please,” he murmurs, against his lips.

Not even sure what he’s asking Kurt for exactly. Kurt seems to know what he means without needing more information or clearer words than a simple ‘please.’

Kurt drops Blaine’s hand and pulls their bodies close together and opens Blaine’s mouth with his tongue.

There’s a bell ringing, which Blaine thinks must be his own form of fireworks.

“If you two are quite done, there’s a class happening,” Blaine’s crafts teacher tells them.

They pull apart instantly, red in the face from being scolded, Kurt hurries off to his own class. Blaine does another round of introductions and can’t remember anyone’s name but Kurt Hummel.

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