Title: Little Yellow Tags
Fandom: Glee
Pairing: Kurt/Blaine
Categories: AU, romance, D/s, angst, badboy
Length: Epic (84,000)
Warnings: BDSM and associated kinks (incl. sexual and domestic power exchange, some TPE), depression, eating disorders, self-harm, drug usage, public sex, multiple participant sex (focusing on Kurt/Blaine), voyeurism.
Author on LJ: n/a
Author's website:
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Summary: Kurt’s life is turned around by a new member of the Skanks, who sees him like no one has before. (Verse-each part is a standalone oneshot).
Review: Little Yellow Tags is a heavy yet moving story told from an angle that I've seen a lot less of in this fandom--that of Dom!Blaine and sub!Kurt. It is a completed verse that can be read as a series of standalone oneshots, or through as a linear fic. Either way, you'll probably cry.
Riah lurkdusoleil has great talent at writing both BDSM and all that is kinky as well as deeply emotional and difficult subjects. This fic ties those two skills together beautifully, bringing a beautiful romance story--featuring an incredible sexy skank!Blaine--alongside that of personal growth and identity, while tying in the concept of power exchange and D/s. Blaine recognizes Kurt's problems, and while he is not the cure--the only one who can fix them is Kurt himself--he understands how he can help guide and protect him, and eventually grow to love him.
This fic/verse is beautifully crafted and written, as well. It will leave you aching for more, and drooling over every single smut scene. (Yes, this is absolutely smoking hot.) The kinks associated with a D/s lifestyle--bondage, punishment, other forms of play--are employed to an incredible advantage once Kurt and Blaine start toying with them.
This is an intense, emotional, and dangerously hot fic, that I would definitely recommend setting aside time to read for. It will be well worth it.
Little Yellow Tags