A/N: No prompt this time. This is a flashback to a time before INB plot takes place - specifically, the scene that this exchange between Sebastian and Kurt alluded to:

"Just... take care of yourself, okay? I don't want to have to scrape you off a New York sidewalk one day. I really prefer you in one piece."

Kurt just nodded. They'd never talked ( Read more... )

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CHAPTER 3

Present day

Blaine spent the rest of the flight hidden safely behind his closed eyelids and his iPod headphones. He didn't want conversation with any of his suddenly talkative neighbors, he just wanted to think. Needed to think, or he'd burst with the sudden hurricane of ( Read more... )

Artist: volsura
Author: anxioussquirrel
Beta: punkkitten2113
Genre: fluff with a healthy dash of angst
Rating: art: G; story: PG-13, bordering on R
Warnings: mentions of character death; making Kurt's life harder than the writers on Glee did
Word count: ~10 000

Summary: Once upon a time, two strangers met in New York. They only spent twenty-four hours together, a day and a night that ( Read more... )

CHAPTER 17

The walk to Coach Sylvester’s office is short and silent, and all too soon, Kurt’s standing by the door. It’s funny, how he’s more afraid of this conversation than he’d been for what he’d just done in Glee. Instinctively, he knows why - Coach is known for her sharp tongue and even though the new rules had stopped her offensive speeches, ( Read more... )

CHAPTER 16

Blaine doesn’t contact him at all that weekend, and Kurt stays silent too, as per his request. They only say hi when they pass each other in the hallway on Monday morning, and Blaine keeps a pleasant face, but deep in his eyes Kurt can see hurt and disappointment, as if he expected so much more from him. He understands - he’d be ( Read more... )

CHAPTER 15

Burt Hummel is still up when his son comes home; sitting in his chair with a beer and a bowl of nachos, watching a game. He smiles widely, seeing the crown on Kurt’s head, but then concern flashes through his features.

“Kurt, is everything alright? I didn’t expect you until noon at least.”

Kurt smiles reassuringly. Now that the time has ( Read more... )

CHAPTER 14

The next two weeks are dominated by junior prom preparations and campaigning. Quinn is all excited about it while Kurt is stoically playing his role by her side. He doesn’t much care for the title, but he knows it’s part of the image. So they spend almost all of their time at school together, and they must seem closer than ever, because ( Read more... )

CHAPTER 13

It’s Quinn who’s the cause of the first argument between Kurt and Blaine.

It starts with an innocent question Kurt asks as they enjoy their usual cup of coffee at the Andersons’ kitchen table. They’ve just finished their preparations for the history quiz they have the next day.

“So have you ever had a boyfriend?”
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CHAPTER 12

At first Kurt thinks that it’s just his imagination, but then two weeks later someone comments on it out loud, and it turns out that everyone’s noticed how many teachers there seem to be in the halls in between classes, how they seem to pay attention during lunch and recess. Someone saw Miss Pilsbury and Mr. Schue conferring with other ( Read more... )

CHAPTER 11

The beginnings of what Kurt would very much want to become friendship one day are tense and awkward. He’s not exactly sure what he could do to signal his eagerness to meet Blaine outside of school again, without sounding too desperate. He’s never done any of this before; never really had a close friend.

But the truth is, Kurt is getting ( Read more... )