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Hey guys! Back with another fic. Written for the #klaine word scramble challenge by @klaine-word-scramble .
Took up the scramble posted on July 31
Words used: ice, core, rose
Work from Home by @annatimberlakesworld
Everything was going on plan for one Kurt Hummel until his sweet husband broke in and pulled a Sugar daddy. Wait till both of them get sexy embarrassed.
A Married! Klaine one shot. Fluff, sweet and humour filled. Inspired by Darren's Hedwig costume and the song"Work From Home" by Fifth Harmony!
(We've got Brittana too)
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Can you do #14 for the meet cutes?????
Hi, anon! Yes, I certainly can...
Send me a meet-cute and I'll write Klaine
14- They cover the small amount of change you are short on for a purchase.
Kurt is digging through his bag for those loose pennies he knows are in there. Likely sitting together at the very bottom laughing at him. It’s what he gets for picking up spare change in the parking lot of Lima Mall. He’s holding up the line and about to just give the cashier another dollar to cover the 17 cents of change. Apparently, it’s too much to ask to be able to pay exact change for his medium, iced, low-fat mocha. 
Seems like it’s just one of those days when everything goes to shit. 
It started this morning when Kurt literally fell out of bed. Tangled in his favorite fluffy blanket, which had twisted around his ankles in the middle of the night, he reached to shut off the blaring alarm clock, and instead of finding his hand on the nightstand to steady himself, he found himself flat on the hardwood floors of his bedroom. 
When he went downstairs, Carole and his dad had left just enough coffee in the pot for him. Despite it having sat for a good ten minutes, Kurt still managed to burn his tongue on it upon his first sip. Hence his want of an iced coffee this afternoon. No chance of being burnt. 
After scorching his taste buds, Kurt had gotten dressed in coveralls ready to head over to the garage—he offered to help out over spring break—when he noted a sticky note on the counter as he was grabbing his keys. 
Kurt, 
Take the day off, we got it covered
Dad
Slumped down on a bar stool, Kurt decided he might as well cook a decent breakfast. He had planned to grab whatever the garage had out before getting his hands dirty. Usually, someone got doughnuts or bagels. A breakfast sandwich sounded yummy. He started with an English muffin in the toaster, bacon in a pan, and cracked his eggs into another. 
When the toaster popped, the English muffin was a shade too dark and the bacon wasn’t crispy enough, but at least the eggs were cooked. 
With a deep sigh, Kurt put his plate away and went upstairs to change into some real clothes. He slid into his dark denim skinny jeans before bending down to tie his boots. The sound of ripping echoed off his walls. No, this wasn’t happening. A few inches long right down his leg exposing his lavender boxers. 
Trying to find a bright side to ripping his favorite jeans, Kurt decided he was in desperate need of a mall trip. That was how he’d spend the rest of his day. 
Now he was standing in line trying to pay for coffee before venturing off to find new jeans and couldn’t find any change. Seventeen cents. He found a nickel and dime easily but those last two pennies vanished. 
Just when Kurt’s about to hand over a dollar bill and apologize, the person behind him offers up a couple of pennies. 
“Thanks,” Kurt says, turning around. 
And oh my god…he swallows hard. 
The boy looks around his age, impeccably dressed in a blue polo and slightly darker colored chinos, boat shoes with no socks. Curly hair gelled down and bright hazel eyes filled with laughter. 
“Thought I’d give you my 2 cents.” 
And a dorky joke, who was he? And was he single? Because Kurt was ready to fall head over heels. 
The cashier interrupted with a cough and his receipt. She indicated Kurt could wait at the other end of the counter for his coffee. That was that, the beautiful boy behind him stepped up to order and Kurt was left to wait for his drink before disappearing into the ether. 
It’s not often Kurt hopes to be waiting on coffee but today he’d give anything for the barista to move a tad slower. He’s watching the cute boy hand over cash when Kurt’s order is set on the counter. 
Would it be weird to wait around for another minute or two just for the chance to talk to the boy again? 
Yes, it would be, Kurt decides. With one last look at the boy, Kurt walks back into the mall. 
He’s on a mission to find new jeans after all. In and out of stores, getting distracted by wonderful window displays, and an empty mocha a half-hour later but still no jeans. Where is a fashionable gay man in Ohio supposed to find decently priced but still sinfully delightful skinny jeans? Clearly, Kurt was going to have better luck thrifting than at their only shopping mall. 
Still, this store had a decent clearance section and Kurt Hummel was never one to turn down a sale. He checked his phone and it was almost lunchtime. Plenty of time to hit up a Goodwill or two before he needed to be home for dinner. 
As he scans the clearance racks, Kurt bumps into someone. 
“Oh sorry!” 
“Sorry!” 
When he looks up it’s the boy from the coffee line. 
“Hey, I know you,” Kurt blurts, “thanks for the two cents.” 
The boy chuckles, turning slightly pink in embarrassment.
“I’ve been that person digging for change, I hate feeling like I’m holding up a line so I thought I’d help you out.”
“I appreciate that,” Kurt says. 
“I’m Blaine by the way.” 
“Kurt.” 
“Nice to meet you.” 
They’re silent for a minute. It’s a tad awkward. 
“Sooo….” Blaine says, “if that corny line earlier didn’t scare you off, I’d love to get to know you better…over lunch perhaps.” 
Maybe Kurt’s luck was finally turning around. 
“I’d love that.” 
Together, they went to the food court.
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gleefulpoppet · 26 days
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Boop Day [One-shot] ~1500 words.
Kurt and Blaine wake up to the Tumblr shenanigans of April Fool's Day 2024, and they just can't stop booping each other.
“What? Why?” He hasn’t opened Tumblr in weeks. He reaches over to the nightstand, grabs his phone, pulls the blankets up tight around him again, and inhales Blaine’s scent for a brief moment. He wishes they actually could stay home. They have been much too busy. “Oh god! It’s April Fool’s Day!” “Right?” “How does this even work?”
You can read it on AO3 [HERE].
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Distraction
Author: @kurtsascot
Rating: M
Status: Completed in December 2023
Word Count: 6,910
Summary: Blaine Anderson is doubling as Saturday Night Live’s host and musical guest to promote his first album in 10 years.
He’s also secretly fucking his manager.
Tropes/Genre: musician!Blaine, Saturday Night Live, secret relationship, age!gap, older Kurt, one shot
Lynne's review: Ohhh, really good. Sneaky boys. Very much in love.
Read at: AO3
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forabeatofadrum · 7 months
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The Class Menagerie
Summary: Kurt is a pre-school teacher at a school that has a huge variety of animals to care for. Unfortunately, one day, Kurt finds out that ten of them have escaped their cages. Luckily, a new trainee teacher named Blaine, offers to help him out.
Notes: Hello, hello, welcome to The Class Menagerie, my fic for the Klaine Back-To-School challenge, hosted by @the-lima-bean. There are animals!
The title was given to me by an anon on Tumblr, so anon, if you're reading this, thank you!!!!
Also, also, don't try to wrap your head around why this random pre-school in New York has this variety of animals. It is my fic and I get to decide the reality of the situation!
I hope you enjoy.
AO3 | S&C
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Kurt is about to lose his mind. He has no idea where it has gone wrong, but it has gone wrong.
"Fuck," he yells, because he's fucked. He is so totally fucked. It's his third year as a pre-school teacher and this has never happened before.
He needs to reel in the swearing before the kids arrive. He also needs to fix this mess before the kids arrive.
They will be devastated if they find out that ten of the classroom pets have gone missing.
"Fuck!" Kurt says again. How did this happen? These animals are all specially cared for. They live here in special cages. This classroom is reserved for them. Kids come here to see the animals, not the other way around.
Suddenly, Kurt hears a voice.
"Everything all right in here?" he hears, "I heard swearing."
Blaine Anderson is leaning in the doorframe and he has no right looking that good while doing so. Kurt knows of him. Blaine joined this pre-school’s staff as a trainee teacher a week ago. He mostly helps out in Mercedes’s class, so Kurt hasn’t gotten a chance to properly talk to him yet. Sure, they’ve exchanged some words, but Kurt would love to get to know him more properly.
Unfortunately for him, Blaine just happened to walk into an awkward situation.
Then he realises that the animals might be in the room.
“Close the door!” he frantically yells towards Blaine.
Blaine is shocked, but he manages to do so.
“What’s going on?” he asks, looking alarmed.
“We lost ten animals,” Kurt gestures around. Blaine takes in his surroundings and he sees the empty cages. His eyes widen when the realisation hits him.
“How did this happen?” Blaine asks frantically.
“I don’t know!” Kurt answers, sounding equally frantic, “I came in around eight, since my class will visit the fur babies first, and this is what I found. I don’t know how long they’ve been out. Or how they got out in the first place.”
Blaine checks his watch and Kurt sees the realisation sink in. They need to find these animals fast, otherwise they will have to deal with a lot of upset and potentially crying pre-schoolers.
“Check every corner, now!” Blaine yells.
It doesn’t have to be said twice.
Both Kurt and Blaine sprint towards the corners, but to no avail. Kurt’s about to tear his hair out, which is saying something cause usually nothing would allow Kurt to mess up his hair.
Then he hears it.
“Shhhh!” he shushes Blaine.
“What?”
“Shhhhhh!”
It is dead silent and that’s when Kurt can hear it more clearly. It’s a squeaking noise. It’s the sound of a little hamster. Kurt and Blaine follow the sound.
“Let me check,” Blaine says and the next thing Kurt knows, Blaine’s on the floor. He’s trying to see if he can spot the hamster underneath the furniture.
Kurt looks at Blaine and he reminds himself that he’s at work.
“I think there is an animal there!”
“Toffee?”
“Toffee?” Blaine asks.
“The hamster is named Toffee,” Kurt says.
Blaine slowly gets up and Kurt holds out his hand to help him. Blaine takes it and once Blaine’s up, he doesn’t let go. He doesn’t seem to notice. Should Kurt comment on it?
“Who are we missing, apart from Toffee?” Blaine asks and Kurt reminds himself to stay focused.
“Uh…”
“Kurt?”
“Right!” Kurt snaps out of it and he gets out of Blaine’s grip. Kurt sees that Blaine quickly looks down to his hand, but he also doesn’t comment on it and Kurt turns away to check the cages.
Kurt quickly makes a list of all the missing animals and his frustration only grows. He knows that ten are missing, but now that he knows who are missing, it becomes more real. They’ve already found Toffee, but they need to find two baby rabbits, a baby ferret, a baby meerkat, one guinea pig, a chinchilla, a rat, a hedgehog and a mouse. Usually, Kurt is proud of this school’s boastful collection, but now he wishes that they weren’t known for this.
“Kurt, help!” he hears and when Kurt turns around, he sees that Blaine is stuck.
“What happened?”
“I tried to reach Toffee, to no avail! I tried to reach through this gap between the cabinet and the wall,” Blaine says, “Could you help me move this cabinet?”
“Oh Blaine,” Kurt laughs, “This cabinet has wheels!”
“… Oh.”
Kurt takes the brake of the wheels and Blaine uses his free hand to push the cabinet aside and Kurt has to stop himself from laughing. Blaine looks so bewildered.
“Well, Toffee is accounted for,” Kurt says as he reaches down to pick up Toffee, “Although I am afraid it’s not going to be as easy to find the others.”
Blaine checks his watch.
“What are we going to do?”
“Let me send a message to Rachel,” Kurt says, “She can welcome my class.”
Rachel isn’t a full-time teacher. She sometimes gives music classes to the kids, but Kurt happens to know that she doesn’t have a class this morning and she’s at school. She likes to get here early to prepare.
Kurt quickly sends her a message, explaining the situation.
Meanwhile, Blaine is listening attentively for more sounds. He’s following something.
“Kurt, I think I found something,” he whispers.
Kurt presses send and he hopes Rachel sees it in time, otherwise they’ll be in big trouble.
Blaine’s crouched down in front of a bookcase. The bookcase is filled with informative children’s books about all the animals in the classroom, including the one who is currently sleeping behind the bookcase.
It’s Waffle, the chinchilla.
“Waffle!” Kurt whispers excitedly.
“Did you all name them after food?”
“I didn’t name them,” Kurt answers, “Some kids named them and they aren’t all named after food. Most are, though.”
“What name would you give to your pet?”
Kurt stops and think. He doesn’t really know. He’s never thought about it, since his landlord doesn’t allow pets and even if they did, Kurt wouldn’t have the space.
“I don’t know. You?” he casts the question back.
“Mimi,” Blaine answers.
“Mimi,” Kurt repeats, “I like the sound of that.”
“Thanks, I’ll tell her.”
“You have a pet?”
Blaine nods happily.
“Yes, wanna see a photo of her?”
Kurt would love to, but just at that moment, Waffle chooses to wake up. Kurt and Blaine’s heads jerk back towards the bookcase. They can hear Waffle making noises. It seems like the chinchilla hasn’t moved yet, so now is their chance.
The bookcase doesn’t have wheels, though, so Kurt carefully stars taking books off the lowest shelf. He hopes that Waffle won’t be scared. Blaine is in position to grab Waffle.
It works and Blaine carefully puts Waffle back in the cage. Two down, eight to go.
“This is a nightmare,” Kurt groans out.
“At least we’re together,” Blaine laughs.
“Huh?”
“I mean, the two of us. Here. Two is better than one. We’re faster!” Blaine says quickly.
“Exactly,” Kurt says.
“So, uh, do you want to see a photo of Mimi?”
“Absolutely.”
Blaine whips out his phone and his background is a photo of Mimi wearing a rainbow bandana, so he doesn’t have to sift through photos. Mimi is a cute light brown cavalier king Charles spaniel. Kurt focuses on the bandana.
“Oh, yeah, she wore this for Pride.”
Kurt already heard through others that Blaine is gay, but this confirms it for him.
“Very stylish,” Kurt says back.
“How about this? Let’s have some fun!”
Kurt raises an eyebrow.
“For every animal we find, I show you a Mimi photo.”
Kurt lets out a laugh. Blaine is adorable.
“Deal.”
The two of them continue to search the classroom and Kurt thinks he can hear some stomping coming from one corner. He moves the furniture so that he can get a better view.
“Oh!”
“What?” Blaine asks from the other side.
“You should see this for yourself.”
Blaine moves to stand next to Kurt and his eyes also widen. Then he looks amused.
“This is why they call it breeding like rabbits,” he says.
“Do we… interrupt them?” Kurt asks.
“Maybe we’ll come back to these later. At least we know where they are now.”
Kurt moves the furniture back, now in a way to prevent them from easily running away from that spot, and Kurt and Blaine continue their search.
They find Noodle the hedgehog in the open cupboard with all the food. Kurt carefully wraps him in a towel so that Kurt won’t get hurt. Blaine cleans up the bag of food that Noodle demolished.
Afterwards, Blaine shows Kurt a photo of Mimi wearing a raincoat.
Blaine then has the idea to use the leftover food to potentially lure an animal out of hiding. He places it on the ground and he and Kurt move behind the cages. Lo and behold, Crumpet the guinea pig crawls out of a box with toys.
Even though Blaine is the one who came up the plan, Kurt still feels like he’s being rewarded when Blaine shows him a photo of Mimi sleeping with her head tucked between her paws.
“It’s so dark in here,” Kurt says, “Maybe some additional light will help the search.”
Kurt then draws the curtains open and Nathaniel the rat jumps on him from the windowsill. Kurt shrieks in shock and Nathaniel jumps off him and runs away.
“Bad girl!”
Blaine runs after her and dives to the floor in order to prevent her from hiding in another tight spot.
“I got her!” Blaine yells, “I got- Ouch! She bit me!”
Luckily, instead of hiding in that tight spot, Nathaniel zooms across the classroom. Kurt tries to catch her. He feels a bit bad for her, because she is clearly stressed, so Kurt makes a mental note to tell the kids to give her an extra treat later.
“Nathaniel, please just work with us!”
“She’s named Nathaniel?”
“Yes! Again, kids named these animals!”
Eventually, both Kurt and Blaine push her towards a corner. Luckily, she doesn’t jump on Kurt again, or Blaine, so they manage to carefully pick her up. Blaine places her back into her cage and Kurt’s left behind to clean up the poops, because Nathaniel pooped in fear.
By the time everything is clean, the bunnies have also finished their business, so Kurt and Blaine put them back in their cages as well. Luckily, they were too tired to run away. Besides, Kurt suspects that they don’t mind being in the cage as long as they’re together.
“That calls for 3 Mimi photos!” Blaine says.
“We fucking need it,” Kurt says back.
“Language, Mr. Hummel!” Blaine laughs.
“The kids aren’t here yet. Let me have this.”
“You can have this instead,” Blaine holds out his phone to show him a photo of Mimi running in the grass. Then he swipes to one of Mimi chewing a toy, and then to one of Mimi with a squirrel.
“That’s Watson,” Blaine explains, “He lives in Central Park and he’s Mimi’s best friend.”
Kurt coos. Of course Mimi has made a friend in the park.
“Alright, three left,” Kurt says and he quickly checks his phone. Rachel has sent him a thumbs up emoji and Kurt lets out a sigh of relief. He’ll deal with the repercussions of all of this later, but first he and Blaine have three more animals left to catch.
“Where the hell could they be?�� Blaine ponders out loud.
He has a point. Kurt feels like he’s scoured every nook and cranny of this classroom, but he is still missing something. The windows have been closed this entire time, and apart from the moment Blaine came in, the same goes for the door. They must be somewhere.
There are some more cabinets with closed doors. They never checked that, because how the hell would these animals get in there?
Still, it doesn’t hurt to look.
Kurt and Blaine go through all the cabinets and indeed, they find Cookie the ferret sleeping between some blankets.
“How did this even happen?” Kurt asks.
“I have no clue,” Blaine says, as he carefully lifts Cookie out of the cabinet.
“These blankets do seem more comfortable than the cages,” Kurt says.
Blaine puts Cookie safely away and then shows a video of Mimi. She’s singing along with Blaine, who is playing some simple piano melodies and Kurt’s heart swells at the sight of Blaine. And Mimi. Mimi, too, of course.
Luckily, watching the video has an added benefit. Bear the mouse reacts to the sound by peeping. Kurt and Blaine follow the sound and find Bear in another closed cabinet. It’s an old one, so Kurt can see that Bear ate part of the door to make an entrance.
“Bear the mouse?” Blaine asks.
“Again, kids!” Kurt says as he puts Bear in the cage, “Someone thought it was funny to name a small animal after a big one.”
“I wouldn’t call Mimi Hedgehog or something.”
“You’re no fun,” Kurt teases.
Mimi is indeed a small dog. The photo of her standing next to a big tree illustrates that.
“One more!” Blaine says cheerfully.
Kurt smiles. His eyes fall on the clock. School has started, but it’s alright. Rachel will keep his kids entertained and all things considered, they’re doing this fairly quickly.
Right?
Twenty minutes later, Kurt realises he was mistaken.
They cannot find Sebastian the meerkat.
Meanwhile, Rachel is trying to message him, asking for how long it’s going to take. She obviously has to be discreet, since she cannot be on her phone while teaching the kids, but it makes it all a bit more complicated, since they can’t just call.
Blaine’s bowtie is untied and he looks stressed. Kurt’s certain he also looks messy. They’ve uprooted so many pieces of furniture in these past twenty minutes and that is exhausting.
“Can I go on the record and say that I fucking hate Sebastian,” Blaine says.
“Who’s swearing now?” Kurt says with mock horror.
“You were right. It is necessary.”
“Where could he be, though?” Kurt sighs.
“Maybe we need to change our approach,” Blaine says.
Kurt raises an eyebrow.
“What do you suggest?”
“Maybe we need to startle him, so that he comes out of hiding. We can make a loud noise.”
“Hm. That’s an idea.”
“There’s one downside, though.”
“Hm?”
“We will disturb the other animals, and I don’t know if I can handle that. Emotionally.”
Kurt looks around and he also doesn’t like the idea. Cookie is still sleeping peacefully and Nathaniel has finally calmed down.
“I don’t think I can handle it either, but what choice do we have?”
“Yeah…” Blaine nods solemnly.
“What noise do we make, though?” Kurt asks, “We also can’t make too much of a mess, because it might scare the kids.
“I have a whistle.”
“Why do you… carry a whistle?” Kurt asks.
“It’s to remember my marching band days,” Blaine says and he reaches for something in his pockets. It’s his key ring and there is indeed a small silver whistle attached to it.
“I didn’t know you marched!” Kurt exclaims.
“I mean, we haven’t really gotten the time to get to know each other yet,” Blaine points out.
It’s true. There’s a lot that’s left to discover and Kurt likes the idea of that. He wonders how Blaine will react when he finds out that Kurt was on the football team for a short while and that he was a cheerleader for a little bit longer.
“Maybe after all of this, we can hang out more,” Kurt suggests.
“You can come and meet my dog!” Blaine immediately says.
“I’d love to!” Kurt beams.
“How about this? If we find this meerkat, you can meet Mimi in the flesh!”
“How will that work? Is she here at the school?”
Blaine turns a bit red.
“Erm. Uh. I meant you could come over to my place after work.”
“Oh.”
“I- You don’t have to, if you have plans! Or whatever reason! You don’t have to justify a no if it’s a no-”
“Blaine, it isn’t a no!” Kurt quickly says.
“Ah,” Blaine looks relieved, “Good.”
“We better find this meerkat, then, if me meeting Mimi is the pay-off.”
Blaine nods and he blows his whistle. As expected, a lot of the animals react and Kurt feels like a terrible person, but it has the desired effect. Sebastian the meerkat shows up from God knows where and starts running around the classroom, jumping on furniture, throwing off things, and creating chaos in general. It doesn’t help that Kurt and Blaine are frantically chasing him.
“Fuck!” Blaine yells as he trips over something and goes down.
Since Kurt was running right behind him, he, in turn, trips over Blaine and lands right on him.
“Ouch!” Kurt says.
“At least you landed on me,” Blaine groans.
“Are you hurt?” Kurt asks.
“Nothing is wrong. I managed to catch myself. I just lost some of my dignity.”
Kurt rolls off Blaine. Blaine also rolls on his back, and to Kurt’s surprise, Blaine starts laughing.
“What’s so funny?” Kurt asks, aghast.
“Just… You know…” Blaine laughs some more.
“What?”
“This is the weirdest things that has happened here at work,” Blaine says through his laughter, “And we work at a pre-school, Kurt. Kids do crazy shit.”
“Like naming a mouse Bear,” Kurt says and he also starts to feel a bit giddy. This is ridiculous.
“Exactly!”
The two of them lie on the ground, just laughing. They can’t wait to tell the others in the staff room. Kurt turns his head to Blaine and he’s surprised to see Blaine staring back. Kurt wants to say something else, but he doesn’t know what. The laughter has been replaced by a comfortable silence.
Kurt wants to reach out. He’s no longer on top of Blaine, since that’s the appropriate response, but he realises he misses it. That’s weird.
But before Kurt can even make up his mind about it, he feels something on his legs.
He looks at his leg and he sees Sebastian the meerkat crawling around.
“Uh.”
“Stay still,” Blaine says and he slowly gets up.
Sebastian the meerkat walks up towards Kurt’s face. By now, Blaine’s crouching next to Kurt, waiting to grab this damned animal.
Unfortunately, the meerkat must have crazy reflexes, because the moment Blaine tries to reach, he jumps off Kurt and runs away. Blaine loses his balance and falls face down on Kurt.
“Fuck this meerkat!” Blaine yells against Kurt’s chest.
“This meerkat seems to have a secret agenda to have us fall on each other,” Kurt jokes, “Now you’ve landed on me.”
“There are worse things to land on, I guess,” Blaine says and he lies there.
“Uh. Blaine?”
“Yeah?”
“We should get up and find Sebastian.”
“Right!” Blaine says as he gets up. He holds out his hand to also help Kurt up.
Sebastian is once again nowhere to be seen, so Kurt and Blaine look around, but he’s gone. Or so it seems. Where the hell can a meerkat be?
Blaine takes out his whistle.
“I can do this again…” he trails off. He doesn’t want to and Kurt understands. It was a last resort and it scares the other animals.
Maybe they need to give up. Kurt can explain to the principal what happened and all ‘animal care’ lessons have to be put on hold.
Kurt sighs and he checks the other animals to see if they’re alright. He pets everyone, apart from Noodle, because the spikes would hurt him. He gives Nathaniel an extra treat. He chuckles when he sees that the rabbits are cosied up together. He says hi to Sebastian. He is happy to see that Cookie is still asleep. He-
Wait a second.
He backtracks.
He stops in front of Sebastian the meerkat’s cage.
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” Kurt hears Blaine from behind. Kurt can understand the sentiment. Sebastian is in his cage. They couldn’t find him the second time around, since Sebastian straight up moved back on his own.
Kurt quickly closes the cage door.
“Well… At least all animals are accounted for.”
“Oh my God,” Blaine says.
“Does this still count for the Mimi photo requirement?” Kurt asks to lift the mood. It has its desired effect because Blaine loves the photos and the photo of him and Mimi on the beach does not disappoint.
And just like that, it’s over. Kurt quickly fixes his hair and Blaine also ties his bowtie. They have places to go. Kurt has a group of pre-schoolers to look after and Blaine also has to prepare some stuff for work. They’ve already lost valuable time, so they need to get going, but a part of Kurt doesn’t want to. As wacky as this was, it was also kind of fun.
Blaine coughs.
“Anyway. See you later? We can meet up in the staff room, or I can send you the address.”
“What?”
“For the Mimi meeting.”
“Oh, of course!”
Blaine opens the door. He waves and then walks out of the classroom. There’s nothing left for Kurt to do, so he leaves as well.
When he arrives at his own classroom, the relief on Rachel’s face is evident. They play it off in front of the kids and they don’t ask a lot of questions. It’s time to get to work.
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Blaine’s apartment is very small, but Kurt likes it. The best part is that Mimi immediately runs towards them.
“Did you miss me?” Blaine coos as Mimi jumps against him and Kurt’s heart swells, “I missed you too!”
Kurt crouches down and Mimi tilts her head.
“This is Kurt, he’s a friend, and we had quite an adventure today,” Blaine tells her.
Kurt holds out his hand for Mimi to sniff it. He passes the test, because Mimi licks it.
“She likes you,” Blaine says.
“I like her too!” Kurt says and he’s beaming. Mimi is very playful and Kurt pets her. She revels in it. At one point, he scratches her head and her head tilts back and she squints her eyes. Kurt’s about to burst.
He looks up and he sees Blaine looking down with adoration written across his face. Kurt gets it. He’s only known Mimi for a few seconds and he’s already willing to go to war for her. Kurt’s certain he has the same smitten look on his face.
“You can carry her, if she wants you to,” Blaine says.
“How do I know?”
Blaine kneels down next to Kurt and Mimi.
“Just kneel in front of her and stretch your arms. If she’s willing, she’ll jump into your arms, so you must catch her.”
Kurt tries it and Mimi is eager to be loved, so she leaps into his arms.
“Look!” Kurt turns to Blaine, with Mimi pressed against his chest.
“I’ve never seen her warm up to someone this quickly,” Blaine sounds a bit amazed.
Blaine helps Kurt get up and Kurt carries Mimi to the living room. Blaine gives him a small tour of his place and he asks if Kurt wants coffee. Kurt can’t say no to that!
Kurt cuddles Mimi and Blaine talks from his kitchen. He tells Kurt how he adopted Mimi. A friend of his had a dog who unexpectedly got pregnant, so Blaine and his friends adopted all of the babies. They still have reunions with Mimi’s mom and siblings.
“I have pictures!”
“Please show them!”
Blaine returns with coffee and the two of them spend the remainder of their time together looking at pictures of adorable dogs. It starts with Mimi and Mimi’s family, but then Kurt learns that Blaine also volunteers at a shelter when he has the time and he has many pictures of animals there.
“That’s partially why I hoped to do my traineeship at our pre-school,” Blaine explains, “I like that this particular pre-school has the animals. I want to become a teacher because I love working with kids, so it’s a win-win.”
“Well, it’s important to learn kids from a young age how to care for other life.”
“Exactly!”
“My three-year-old niece once wanted to pet a friend’s rabbit, but she just started slamming that poor animal’s back. Luckily, my sister-in-law stopped her.”
“That sounds unfortunate.”
“How did you get into teaching?” Blaine asks.
Kurt lets out a sigh. It isn’t a big marvellous story. Teaching wasn’t his dream growing up, but that is fine. Sometimes you work hard on something, only to realise that it isn’t what you want after all. That’s what happened to Kurt. He was enrolled in a drama school, but he wasn’t feeling it. This only stressed him out, because he’d worked hard to be accepted into the school. He thought that acting on stage was his dream, so it really messed him up when he realised that it wasn’t true.
Still, he saw no way out. He was committed to finishing his degree. Then in his second year he had to do an internship and he did it at a school. He helped out in a drama department and it was as if the clouds in his head parted. He realised that he was still young and that he had his life ahead of him, so he made the big decision to quit drama school to learn to become a teacher.
During that time, he realised he preferred the pre-school age.
“And here I am,” Kurt wraps up his story.
“Here you are!” Blaine laughs and it’s a nice laugh.
“I’m glad I ended up at this school, even though our principal makes, uh, questionable decisions sometimes,” Kurt says, “But don’t tell principal Sylvester I said that!”
“My lips are sealed,” Blaine pretends to zip his mouth shut, but then he immediately says: “I am also glad I ended up there, even if I am just a trainee. It’s a great place, with amazing extracurriculars and other extra ‘classes’.”
Kurt hums in agreement.
“And, uh, I met you.”
Kurt looks up in surprise. Blaine is staring back, looking a bit nervous. Is he trying to flirt?
“I’m glad you joined our team too!” Kurt says, just to be safe, but then he adds: “I’m even glad that the two of us had our little adventure this morning.”
“Yes, although I will forever detest Sebastian.”
Kurt shrugs.
“I don’t. Because of him, we had more time together.”
Kurt really, really hopes he isn’t overstepping and that he understood Blaine correctly.
“Yeah, that is one way to look at it,” Blaine says back with a smile.
Kurt wants to say something more, but then his phone beeps. He knows what it is. He set an alarm for himself. He’s meeting up with some other people, but he so desperately wanted to meet Mimi and see Blaine, so he added this to his already busy day.
“Ah. I… have to go.”
Kurt puts his empty coffee cup down and he lets Mimi jump off his lap. He already misses her warmth.
“Okay.”
“But thanks for having me.”
“Always. Mimi loves you.”
“And I love her,” Kurt says and on a cue, Mimi barks.
Blaine walks Kurt to his front door and Kurt realises he really doesn’t want to leave, and that he wants to stay here with Blaine and Mimi, but he’s made these plans with the others weeks ago so he really cannot bail.
“Will I see you again?” Kurt asks as he puts on his coat.
Blaine has an amused look on his face.
“We will see each other tomorrow at work, remember?” he says.
Kurt lets out a small laugh. He knows that, but that’s not what he meant.
“Outside of work, dummy,” Kurt clarifies and Blaine turns red, either from embarrassment or something else.
“Yeah?”
“Yeah.”
“With Mimi?”
Kurt thinks about that. He loves Mimi and he’d love to see her again, but the idea of just going somewhere with Blaine sounds appealing as well. He tells Blaine that. Blaine turns even redder and Kurt’s pretty certain he must look the same.
“Are you, uh, asking me on a date?” Blaine asks.
“Yes,” Kurt says, “Interested?”
Blaine nods eagerly.
“Definitely. I’ve been meaning to get to you know me ever since I first saw you!”
“Ah well, as I said, maybe it’s a good thing that 10 animals escaped this morning,” Kurt says.
His phone beeps again. Shit, he really needs to go if he wants to catch his train.
“I’ll text you, okay?” Kurt asks.
“Okay.”
“Yeah.”
And with that last eloquent word, he leaves Blaine’s apartment.
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They have their first date the weekend after. It’s nothing glamorous. They have coffee at a local place and then pick up Mimi to go for a walk.
It’s absolutely perfect.
Blaine’s also picked up a picnic blanket and the three of them bask in the sun in the park. There’s a fenced off area for dogs, so Mimi can roam free and Kurt and Blaine take a lot of photos, because they can.
But all good things come to an end.
Blaine’s rolling up the picnic blanket and Kurt’s holding Mimi and scratching her behind her ear.
“See you on Monday, huh?” Kurt says.
“Yup.”
Kurt holds out Mimi so Blaine can take her. It’s time to go.
And Blaine does want to take her, because Kurt’s pretty sure he wouldn’t get away with kidnapping Mimi. Kurt moves closer so that he can put Mimi in his arms.
Once Mimi’s settled, she nestles herself in Blaine’s embrace and Kurt’s heart melts. He wishes he could just kiss Blaine.
And then Kurt realises that maybe he can.
He can’t help it. Blaine’s so close and Kurt leans in.
Blaine realises what Kurt’s aiming for and he doesn’t seem opposed to it, which is a win.
Kurt presses a kiss on Blaine’s lips as a goodbye. Blaine kisses back. Mimi lets out a bark, which makes Blaine laugh. It’s a bit awkward, because there is still some distance between them, since they don’t want to squash Mimi.
So Blaine puts Mimi down, much to her annoyance, but Kurt sees that as an invite to pull Blaine closer and he kisses him again.
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That Monday, Kurt and Blaine see each other at the pre-school again. On their way to the staff lounge, they pass the classroom with animals.
“We should thanks them,” Blaine says, which makes Kurt adore him even more.
He’s right. They should.
Kurt opens the door so that the two of them can take a peek inside. For a split second, Kurt’s worried that some of them have gotten out again, but once he looks inside, he sees that all the animals are peacefully in their cages.
“Thanks guys,” Kurt whispers.
“Yeah, thanks! Even you, Sebastian!”
Kurt closes the door and the two walk to the staff room, hand-in-hand.
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End notes: I hope you enjoyed. And that you love Mimi as much as I do. You can check my meme tag for memes about her, because I am me. And a shout out to @cerriddwenluna for naming Bear the mouse (kinda, she suggested naming a small animal after a big one) and @raenestee for naming Noodle the hedgehog and Nathaniel the rat.
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every blaine anderson performance -> do they know it's christmas?
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datshitrandom · 2 years
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“Courting Royalty” by @thnxforknowingme
Rachel Berry of Lima, OH and Blaine Anderson of Westerville, OH have been identified as the mysterious royal twins. These two average American teenagers have grown up completely unaware that they might one day rule a small nation on another continent. 
This is a Klaine 3-2-1 Prompt Bang Fic with a really beautiful art by @quizasvivamos
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I don’t mean to be that bitch, but why did the buddie scene at the grave crane shot remind me of the klaine shot from glee at Pavarotti’s bird funeral?
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thnxforknowingme · 2 years
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Cohabiting
Klaine, Rated T, 1k words
Summary: Set between New Directions and New New York, during Blaine’s first semester at NYADA (or, quarter? I guess I don’t know what academic calendar NYADA uses). Living in close quarters with your former crush can be awkward, especially when your fiancé can relate.
Notes: I’ve had this idea for ages, and the @klaine-word-scramble motivated me to actually write it out! I believe I used words from all six of the currently-extant scrambles, including: brain, academy, mad, very, bare, year, gasping, sing, sip, tickle(d), vacated, and act.
Blaine was sitting on the couch with his laptop balanced on his knees, reading an analysis of storytelling techniques in Oklahoma! when he heard his name being called.
“Blaine, buddy,” Sam was saying. “I’m going for a run, you wanna come?”
Blaine finished the sentence he was on before glancing up. When his eyes landed on Sam, he could barely refrain from gasping.
Sam was standing outside the bathroom, wearing a tank top and a pair of athletic shorts. And they were short, like 1980s-basketball-uniform short.
God, look at his thighs, Blaine’s brain thought without his permission. How has he still not signed a modeling contract?
Before Blaine could formulate a response - or even process what Sam had asked, really - Kurt spoke up from where he was leaning against the kitchen counter. “Where’d you get that outfit, Sam?”
Sam glanced over at Kurt. “Thrift store down the block,” he said. “My McKinley gym clothes were getting ratty, so I needed something new to work out in.”
Kurt raised an eyebrow. “Remember to wear sunscreen.”
Blaine took a deep breath, trying not to blush. He hoped Kurt hadn’t noticed him ogling Sam. “I can’t go for a run,” he said, pointing at his computer. “I’ve got homework.”
Sam walked across the room, leaning over Blaine’s shoulder to look at his computer screen. Sam’s bare bicep was inches from Blaine’s face as he reached out to adjust the laptop, and his breath tickled Blaine’s ear as he said, “I don’t get it. It’s an academy of dramatic arts, right? Shouldn’t your homework just be to sing or act or whatever?”
Blaine knocked Sam’s hand away from his computer. “We have to read about stuff, too. Learning the theory behind performance is just as important as the performance itself.”
“Huh,” Sam said, straightening up. “Well, I’m gonna head out. Be back in like an hour.”
He slipped a hair tie off of his wrist as he walked to the loft’s door, pulling his hair into a ponytail.
Once Sam had vacated the apartment, leaving just Kurt and Blaine behind, Blaine turned his attention back to his reading. He’d only gotten through another paragraph when he heard footsteps approaching him, and then the couch cushion sank as Kurt settled on his right side.
“What’s up?” Blaine asked, his eyes flicking over to his fiancé. 
Kurt had a mug of coffee cradled in his hands, and was looking back at him with something like curiosity. “Can I ask you something?”
“Of course,” Blaine replied, setting his laptop aside to give Kurt his full attention.
Kurt brought his coffee to his lips and took a slow sip. “Have you ever been into Sam?”
Blaine spluttered, his body overtaken by shock and guilt. “What?” he exclaimed. “What are you talking about? Of course not -”
Kurt pressed a reassuring hand to Blaine’s knee. “Don’t worry,” he interrupted in a mild tone. “I’m not accusing you of anything. It’s just that I know he’s your best friend, and he’s obviously very attractive, so I wondered if you ever…?”
“You’re my best friend,” Blaine insisted.
Kurt rolled his eyes. “Second-best, then. And you’re avoiding the question.” He gave Blaine’s leg a gentle squeeze. “I won’t get mad at the answer, I promise.”
Blaine stared back at Kurt, but found nothing accusatory or hurt in his expression. He seemed genuinely unbothered by the whole situation.
Blaine glanced up at the ceiling and sighed. “Okay,” he said finally, “last year there was…a period of time…where I had just the slightest crush on Sam.”
“I knew it,” Kurt said, his smile turning smug.
Blaine groaned. “It didn’t mean anything! I just missed you so much, and he was there being nice and cute - I promise it was nothing. Please don’t lord this over me.”
“I would never!” Kurt said, his tone light. “After all, it’d be a little hypocritical.”
Blaine turned his head to face Kurt. “...what??”
Kurt shrugged. “I’m not saying I ever had a crush on him,” he said. “But when he first transferred to McKinley I was…interested, I suppose. In the possibility of him.”
Blaine felt his eyes widen. “Kurt!” he chastised. “How have you never told me this?”
“And then when he moved in with us senior year?” Kurt whispered conspiratorially. “Torture. He’d come to breakfast half-naked, or get back from swim practice all sweaty and damp.”
“Kurt!” Blaine gasped, scandalized.
Kurt gave him a cheeky grin, taking another sip of his drink. “All I’m saying is that…if it’s a bit, let’s say, challenging to have him in the same apartment, I can relate. Even with his stupid hair, he’s still very cute.”
Blaine leaned forward, hiding his face against Kurt’s shoulder. “I can’t believe you’re doing this to me.”
“I’m not doing anything,” Kurt said. “I’m empathizing with you.”
“You’re embarrassing me,” Blaine replied, but there was no bite to it.
Kurt wrapped his free arm around Blaine, pulling him closer. Blaine happily surrendered to his embrace. “You’re only human,” Kurt said. “And god, those shorts.”
“They were ridiculous,” Blaine agreed. “How could he not realize what he was doing?”
Kurt laughed, the movement jostling Blaine slightly. “The cluelessness is part of his charm. There’s a reason every girl in glee club was in love with him at some point or another. I understand the appeal.”
Blaine shifted his head so that he could look up at Kurt. “No one’s as appealing as you.”
Kurt smiled softly. “That was never in question.”
He pressed a kiss to Blaine’s hairline, and then pulled away. Blaine watched the graceful lines of Kurt’s body as he stood up. “I’ll let you get back to your homework,” he said, walking back towards the kitchen. “After all, you’ve got less than an hour until Sam shows up all post-workout sexy and distracts you again.”
“Hey!” Blaine called out, defensive, watching the teasing look that Kurt threw back at him. “Not fair.” But he grabbed his computer and opened it back up, because even if he’d never admit it aloud, Kurt did sort of have a point.
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spaceorphan18 · 1 year
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If you could write one “fix it” episode of Glee what would the main four to five plot lines be?
Oohh, hmmm - what point in canon are you dropping me?
I don't know if there's anything I'd 'fix' per se. But... maybe I'd clean up the wedding episode. I'd give it a two hour episode.
Plot lines:
Instead of the somewhat preachy, over-the-top barn wedding -- let Brittany and Santana elope. Brittany's parents can drive them and shenanigans ensue and you can still have Jennifer Coolidge and Ken Jeong guest star.
Kurt and Blaine get back together -- only Kurt has a catalyst for running back to Blaine instead of it being out of nowhere. And in that they figure out they still want to spend the rest of their lives together - but they have the rest of their lives to figure it out.
(Bonus addition to the Klaine episode - let Blaine and his mom have actual screen time together.)
Rachel and Sam break up -- in a mature way where they both recognize what they were to each other, but Rachel is heading to New York again, and deep down, Sam knows where his heart belongs, too.
Tina and Mike sleep together -- but it's a one off thing, and kind of like a goodbye to each other. At the end - Tina and Mike can still reconnect.
That is what I would do. :)
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blurglesmurfklaine · 1 year
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authors losing that fic guessing game was the best thing to ever happen to this fandom
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i am nowhere near the mental capacity required to participate in nanowrimo, but i am attempting to embrace the energy on a smaller scale by actually following through and publishing fanfiction by the end of this month
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klaineccfanficlibrary · 2 months
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can y’all recommend me the fluffiest schmoopy-est one shots you know? am currently sick and mopey rn :(
So many great fluffy one shots, I've tried to choose a selection. We have the oneshot tag and the fluff tag! But here are some. Get well soon! ~Jen
In your atmosphere  By Mistyday
AU; Kurt's an out of work actor in LA, Blaine's the boy playing guitar on the 3rd Street Promenade. Companion piece to Covered in Rain, in which we explore if it'd been Los Angeles instead of New York.
and follow up Covered in Rain by Mistyday
AU; Blaine plays guitar in a cafe, Kurt's there one day and Blaine's smitten. Inspired by a picture found on Zachary Quinto's twitter and John Mayer's Covered in Rain. A love song to New York City.
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A Season of New Developments By Coffeeaddict80 @caramelcoffeeaddict
Shortly after Kurt moves into a new apartment building and meets his hot new neighbor, Blaine, he hires Blaine to photograph a huge fashion spread that he's organizing for the January issue of Vogue. In the meantime, the two men spend their free time getting to know one another better.
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Blind by calliopemelpomene
Blind dates never work out. Except sometimes.
Read at:  [PDF]
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How Something Like luck you are by OhQuixotica
 Kurt and Blaine have a crappy date, then make up for it on the playground, and Blaine never does find his shoes.
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I thought maybe you knew by @gleefulpoppet
A sweet coffee shop meet-cute, where a stranger with gorgeous hazel eyes saves Kurt from one of his exes. Sappy trope goodness through and through.
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She gave me two hearts by anna_timberlake @shame-is-a-wasted-emotion
Kurt Anderson-Hummel found some reports pertaining to Blaine Anderson-Hummel about his past medical records which contained a very shocking secret. What would happen when Blaine finds it? How would they handle it together?
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Us-Tube By daffodilkurt
We’re both rival YouTubers with the “anything you can do I can do better” rivalry. Whoever uploads a video first the other one makes a video exactly like it but better. Our subscribers ship us even though we live far away from each other. We have an encounter at a con one day
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Sleep tips for the Chronically Nocturnal by rockitman
Kurt can't sleep and Blaine takes that as a personal challenge
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Midnight by notenoughttogivebread
Written for Klaine Advent: Kurt and Blaine after The First Time.
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and couldn't resist adding:
In Sickness and in… by flaming_muse
There’s just Blaine, his hot pillow, and the heavy winter clouds pressing down on his chest. Futurefic.
Please also recommend!
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nerdywriter65 · 3 months
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Written for day one of the Klaine Valentines day challenge! Just a short little fluffy kinda sexy married!klaine one-shot. I'm not sure if it really matches the prompt, but it was fun to write. See you all tomorrow for another one-shot! 💜
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The music was pounding in Kurt's ears, and Blaine had disappeared into the crowd to get them both another drink, leaving Kurt alone on the outskirts of the dance floor. He wasn't drunk, but rather pleasantly tipsy, and he was enjoying it. 
"Hey, stranger," Blaine says loud enough to be heard over the pounding music, pressing a cold drink into Kurt's hand. 
"Hey yourself," was Kurt's response, taking a sip from his drink, and wincing slightly at the burn of the alcohol on his throat, "is this one stronger?"
"Nah, you're just drunk," was Blaine's response, a sloppy grin on his face. Blaine looked absolutely stunning tonight, his hair loose and wild, and his long sleeved dress shirt rolled up past his forearms.
"I'm not drunk," Kurt argued, sipping from his drink again, "just pleasantly tipsy," Blaine laughed, stepping further into Kurt's space, close enough Kurt could feel his breath on his face. He'd assumed Blaine was going to kiss him, but instead the younger man just smiled in a way that made Kurt's heart skip a beat. He'd never understand how Blaine managed to have such power over him, they'd been married for three years now, and together for even longer, but all Blaine had to do was smile, and Kurt was done for. 
"You look amazing tonight," Blaine breathed, before finally giving in, and they kissed, deep and passionate, Kurt's free hand grabbing Blaine's waist, while Blaine's wrapped around his neck, and it was wonderful.
 "You smell good," Kurt murmured when they broke the kiss, and Blaine didn't reply, instead pulling away enough to take a long sip of hia drink. 
"You're staring, honey," Blaine teased, and Kurt shrugged shamelessly.
"You're gorgeous, I'm pretty sure it's fair," was Kurt's casual response, and he watched Blaine's eyes light up with a praise.
Soon enough, their drinks were finished, their glasses taken away by a server, and as soon as their drinks were taken, Blaine had his arms around Kurt's waist, pulling him in close. Dancing with his husband was electric, the music pounding in their ears, and the feel of Blaine's racing heart against his own made it seem as if no one else was there, despite them both knowing perfectly well how many people were around them. At some point, dancing turned into seeing how subtly they could grope the other's ass, which turned into Blaine sucking hickies onto Kurt's neck, and eventually turned into their hips grinding against each other in search of some friction to relieve the tension.
"We should go home," Blaine panted into Kurt's ear, and hos voice sent shivers down Kurt's spine. 
"Yeah?" Kurt asked, his mind buzzing with alcohol and arousal.
"Yeah," Blaine replied, and before Kurt knew it he was being pulled through the crowd and out of the club into the chilly New York air. Unfortunately, the cold was rather sobering, his mind clearing a little more than he would've liked. Blaine stepped back into his space, and he once again expected a kiss, before he watched realization wash over Blaine's face. The same realization that used to cross their faces in high school when they desperately wanted to kiss, but realized that in public, it wasn't always the smartest thing for them to do. So instead, just like he had in high school, Blaine grabbed Kurt's hand, and pressed a kiss to his knuckles, as a promise of what was to come. And with that, they wordlessly walked to their apartment. 
Kurt had barely gotten the door locked behind him before Blaine had him pressed against the wall, kissing deeply and messily.
"Kurt," Blaine breathed, and Kurt shivered. He loved the way his name sounded on Blaine's lips. Blaine kissed him again, and he tasted of the fruity cocktail he'd been drinking, and something else that was so distinctively Blaine that Kurt could hardly breathe. 
"I love you so fucking much," Kurt murmured between kisses, breathlessly tangling his hands in Blaine's hair. Blaine pulled him impossibly closer, their chests pressed together, and Kurt could feel Blaine's heart racing. 
"Love you more," Blaine replied, mouthing at Kurt's jawline.
"Bedroom?" Kurt suggested, and Blaine nodded.
Half an hour later, they lay on their sides, face to face, and wonderfully satisfied.
"We're good at that," Blaine said, reaching over and taking Kurt's hand in his own. Kurt laughed, squeezing Blaine's hand lightly.
"I'm so in love with you," Kurt murmured, and Blaine smiled warmly.
"And I'm so in love with you," he promised before kissing him deeply. Eventually, they'd pull themselves from the warmth of their bed, and shower, before pulling on some ratty pajamas, and falling asleep in each other's arms, but for now, Kurt was perfectly content to stay here, curled up in Blaine's arms. 
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“Mayday” by @grlnxtdr30
Blaine laughed softly. “Yeah, here we are, stranded in the Pacific in the middle of a category one typhoon. We should probably get back inside the plane.” As they had been talking, the wind had started to pick up again, and now there was a light smattering of rain drops.
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wowbright · 5 months
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Fic: Brotherly Duties
Fandom/pairing: Glee, Kurt/Blaine
Event: December Klaine Fanworks Challenge 2023
Words: ~700 words                                           
Rating: Mature
Summary: Kurt gets a package from Cooper in the mail.
Notes: This is part of my Mormon!Klaine universe. It takes place after Out of Eden, which I am still in the process of posting to AO3. It’s among the likely possibilities for their future.
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Two months before Blaine returned from his mission, Kurt received a package in the mail. “Special delivery from Cooper Anderson,” his dad said, handing it to Kurt in the kitchen. “Easter Peeps?”
It had become a thing with them. For Kurt’s return home from his mission, for Pioneer Day, for Labor Day and Thanksgiving and Christmas and Valentine’s Day, Cooper made it a habit to regale Kurt with Peeps. Kurt’s dad had thought it was a little odd at first, but Kurt had explained it away with, “It’s sort of a thing from our mission,” followed by, “Also, he’s weird.”
Kurt’s arms buckled from the unexpected weight as he took the package from his dad. “That feels heavier than Peeps, Dad.” The package wasn’t heavy, exactly, but it was at least a couple pounds—not the scant ounces that marshmallow and thin paperboard should weigh.
His dad shrugged. “I thought so too, but I didn’t think this Cooper guy knew how to mail anything else. I mean, I know I’ve seen him on TV, but with all these packages you’ve gotten from him, I’ve kind of started to picture him in my head like a giant PEZ dispenser—which I know doesn’t exactly work, Peeps are marshmallows and PEZ are solid, but still … You swear he wasn’t a PEZ dispenser when you met him?”
“Scout’s honor, Dad.” Kurt considered the padded envelope in his hands. Through it, the contents felt stiff and rectangular.  “It’s probably a bunch of signed headshots for me to share with friends and family. That’s his idea of a generous gift.” Kurt tore open the flap, peeked in, and immediately closed the envelope back up, feeling his cheeks betray his embarrassment. “Never mind. I'll open it later.”
His father gave him an amused look. “The head shots are that bad, huh?”
“Something like that,” Kurt said, standing up from the kitchen table and heading toward his room, where he closed the door and locked it and considered putting a chair under the handle for good measure. But no, that was silly. He was a grown adult. This was nothing to be ashamed of. Besides, his parents respected his privacy.
Instead, Kurt pulled the chair up to his desk and sat down, sliding the contents of the envelope out onto the desk. A hardcover copy of The Joy of Gay Sex made a loud thumping noise as it fell on to the surface.
There was a note, too:
Bought this for my brother—I even inscribed it to him!—but then I realized there was no good way to get it to him in Germany. Too high a chance of it being intercepted by someone in his mission, and who knows, customs would probably charge him duties on it anyway. I felt vanquished and without hope. But then I realized this was all for the better. You're the one he's all hot for, and I'm pretty sure you’re going to pounce on each other as soon as you possibly can after he gets off the plane (gets off, get it?), so you really better know what you're doing. This book actually has mixed reviews from my gay friends, but it was the one most of them mentioned when I asked for recommendations, and it’s illustrated, which I think will be very helpful. I hope you don't still have Mormon hang ups about every picture of a naked body being porn. I looked through the book, and I thought the illustrations were very educational and not too raunchy at all. Of course, if you want to jerk off to them, that's your business and nobody else’s. Have fun!
Kurt's face was on fire all the way to the roots of his hair. He put the letter in the shredder and opened the book. And indeed, there was an inscription to Blaine on the title page:
Blainey— Not being knowledgeable in this area, I hand off some of my older brother sex-talk duties to this educational volume. One tip I can give you: you'll probably want to let up on the hair gel a little during times of intimacy, particularly for certain acts in which your lover is likely to want to grab your hair. Trust me on this one. —Coop
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